Yardage, hemmed “Corncockle,” William Morris Design Materials: Cotton, plain weave, unglazed chintz Techniques: Hand block-printed Colors: (a) brown, orange on cream ground (b) (c) greens, blue, rose, orange, on cream ground Dimensions: (a) 46 by 27 inches (b) 45 by 58 inches (c) 45 by 58 inches Reproduction of William Morris design “Corncockle” using original blocks and original colors. Registered 1883. (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 58 inches and width 45 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)