Oak

Textiles

Designed 1881

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
J.O. Nicholson, Macclesfield, Cheshire (English, founded 1865) or Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881-1940)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: William Morris (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Retailer) , J. O. Nicholson (Weaver) , Merton Abbey Works (Weaver)
Title: Oak
Places: London (Object made in), Macclesfield (Object Possibly made in), Great Britain (Object made in), England (Artist's nationality), Merton Abbey Works (Object Possibly made in)
Date: Designed 1881
Medium: Silk; damask weave
Dimensions: 124.6 × 92.7 cm (49 × 36 1/2 in.); Repeat: 80.7 × 52.6 cm (31 3/4 × 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gordon R. Ewing
Reference Number: 1986.23
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Art Institute of Chicago, Islamic Art, Gallery 50, Islamic Textile Rotation, Mar. 7-July 26, 2017
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, Nov. 25, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999.

Mary Hunt Kahlenberg, Textile Arts, inc., Los Angeles, Calif., by 1986 [Incoming receipt RX15923 dated 2/18/1986 in curatorial file, Textiles Department]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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