William Morris and Morris & Company
Kennet
1877-1887
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Physical Qualities
Cotton curtain and lining, 90 × 53 1/4 in. (228.6 × 135.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1993.512
A curtain panel made of the printed cotton fabric 'Kennet' by William Morris. The pattern is indigo discharged and block printed with a dark blue background and large pattern of flowers in white with yellow and green and light-blue touches of color.* The curtain is hemmed on all sides with machine stitching in navy blue thread. A heavy white pleating tape is sewn to the top with machine stitching. The curtain is completely lined in bleached white cotton. *Repeat according to Parry: 27-1/2' x 8-3/4' (70 x 22 cm.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1993; Dena Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD.
Linda Parry (ed.), William Morris, London: Philip Wilson Publishers in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996, pp. 264-265, cat. M.65, illus.; pp. 274-275, cat. M.90, illus. (silk version). Linda Parry, The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection: British Textiles from 1850 to 1900, New York: Canopy Books/Abbeville Press, Inc., 1993, p. 25; p. 78, pl. 91 (silk version). Linda Parry, William Morris Textiles, N.Y.: Viking Press, 1983, p. 49, p. 54, p. 155, #49. Christie's, London, 5 February, 1992, lots 105 and 107. Christie's, London, 9 October, 1992, lot 198.
Inscribed: Printed in block letters in white on right edge of reverse side: 'REG[D] MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET LONDON'; Note found on packing of 'Elmcote' and 'Kennet' read: 'Kennet Resist/Elmcote 69/3000 - 1500[pound or franc sign]/2000-1000[pound or franc sign]/ Reeves.937-1594'; Second note (typed) read: 'B)...of William Morris curtains 'Kennet' design c. 1880/ Woven and printed 100% cotton. British./ All with 100% cotton lining.'
