# Kennet

- By: William Morris (Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940); Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940))
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/37104)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/26a3e00e-aab7-449b-0bd1-a2e4232bea90/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Kennet pattern was originally made in three different techniques: woven silk, printed cotton, and printed velveteen.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