Yardage, hemmed. “Strawberry Thief,” William Morris Design Materials: Cotton, plain weave, unglazed chintz Techniques: Hand block-printed Colors: Navy, green, rose, on cream ground Dimensions: 54.5 by 41 inches Reproduction of William Morris design “Strawberry Thief” using original blocks and original colors. See Ciba Review 1961-2 to compare color with photo of original. This seems faded. (Blocks owned by V. & A. and Stead, McAlpin & Co., Ltd. Printed with help of Warner & Sons, Ltd. England. See letter in gift file by date: May 9, 1963 Greef Fabrics
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
ENGLAND
Culture or time period:
English
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 55 inches and width 41 inches
Loans:
S1983-1984 #49: University of California, Davis/Univ. of Hawaii, UC Davis, Richmond Art Center (April 16, 1984–April 24, 1984) and S1984-1985 #28: University of California, Davis/Univ. of Hawaii, UC Davis, Richmond Art Center (January 18, 1985–March 13, 1985)