Drawings

Merton

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1915-1920
Accession number: 2000.5.1141
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designers: Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954); John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (31.8 x 26 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Description: Intertwined clusters of flowers - three purple and three yellow daisy-like flowers - running in vertical repeating pattern. Gridded ground in pencil on right side. Verso upper left shows rough sketch of house with chimney - right shows pencil sketch of two blank stained glass windows. Center shows rectangular design for Duncan Dearle's bookplate, reading 'EX LIBRIS' with daffodil design below in Art Nouveau style.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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