Cray

William Morris (Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940); Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940))

Design 1884, made 1884–1917

Medium
Cotton, plain weave, block printed
Classification
Textile
Dimensions
280.8 × 97.8 cm (110 5/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Culture
England
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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About this work

Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0