Yardage, hemmed “Compton,” William Morris Design Materials: Cotton, plain weave, unglazed chintz Techniques: Hand block-printed Colors: (a) pink, red, light blue, dark blue, shades of green on white ground (b) same colorings on navy background on white ground Dimensions: (a) 54 by 27.75 inches (b) 55.5 by 52.5 inches Reproduction of William Morris design “Compton,” last design 1896 in two of original colorings. (See p. 43, Penrose Annual 54-1960 to compare coloring of b. (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
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 56 inches and width 53 inches
Loans:
S1981-1982 #59: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (April 14, 1982–June 21, 1982) and S1983-1984 #49: University of California, Davis/Univ. of Hawaii, UC Davis, Richmond Art Center (April 16, 1984–April 24, 1984)