Decorative arts

Bird

Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1878
Accession number: 2000.5.872
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Thomas Wardle, Leek, Staffordshire(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 82 × 47 3/4 in. (208.3 × 121.3 cm.)
Medium: handwoven wool double cloth, hand-loom jacquard
Description: Deep blue background with green foliage pattern with white and blue small flowers interspersed along horizontal lines are pairs of birds either flying or standing with heads turned (plumage in pink, gold, and blue and green).
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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