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Type
Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date
1898-1902
Accession number
2000.5.88
Maker
Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer
John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions
10 x 13 3/8 in. (25.4 x 34 cm.)
Medium
graphite, ink and watercolor on paper
Description
Rectangular panel, top left quarter of which is colored - white border with pink and blue flowers, green vine. Central panel is composed of pink flowers and green tendrils on blue ground.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
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View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)
This carpet design was made for George McCulloch (1852-1920), one of Morris & Company's most significant Australian clients. McCulloch ordered a set of the firm's Holy Grail tapestries in 1898 along with a special Hammersmith carpet for the same room. Inscriptions in the upper right corner of Dearle's design describe the client's preference for brighter colors than in earlier Morris examples, which generally had a deep indigo blue center with a contrasting red border.

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