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Kennet
William Morris (Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940); Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940))
Design 1883, made 1887
- Medium
- Silk, satin weave with self-patterning ground wefts
- Classification
- Textile
- Dimensions
- 92.8 × 69.6 cm (36 1/2 × 27 3/8 in.); Repeat: 59 × 17 cm (23 1/4 × 6 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
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The Kennet pattern was originally made in three different techniques: woven silk, printed cotton, and printed velveteen. These two silk panels [1971.682a,b] are all that remains of floor-to-ceiling window curtains from the parlor of Glessner House on Prairie Avenue in Chicago.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
