Drawings

Design for Embroidery

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1865-1870
Accession number: 2000.5.91
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by William Morris(Opens in new tab) (British, 1834–1896)
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (36.2 x 23.5 cm.)
Medium: graphite and ink on tracing paper
Description: Sunflower and leaf design, with indications marked with brown ink in some leaves showing the direction of the stitches for an embroidery. Sunflower shown at top in large circle, leaves fanning out around it.
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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