Marigold
William Morris (Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940); Wardle & Co., Bridgnorth (English, 1875-1930))
Design 1875, made 1917–25
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; block printed
- Classification
- Textile
- Dimensions
- a: 72 × 48.5 cm (28 3/8 × 19 1/8 in.); Repeat: 22.8 × 22.8 cm (9 × 9 in.)
- Culture
- England
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Theodore D. Tieken
- 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
Although many Morris & Co. designs are reproduced in different media today—such as printed textiles, woven textiles, and wallpaper—Marigold is one of the few patterns by Morris himself that was simultaneously printed on both fabric and wallpaper during his lifetime.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
