Cherwell

Textiles

Design 1887, made 1887–1917

Designed by John Henry Dearle (English, 1860–1932)
Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940)
Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: John Henry Dearle (Designer) , Morris & Co. (Producer) , Merton Abbey Works (Weaver)
Title: Cherwell
Places: Merton Abbey Works (Object made in), London (Object made in), Prairie Avenue, 1800 South (Object found in), England (Artist's nationality), Great Britain (Object made in)
Dates: Made 1887-1917 , Designed 1887
Medium: Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut solid "velveteen"; block printed
Dimensions: 49.8 × 57.5 cm (19 5/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Reference Number: 1978.193

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Sumptuous Velvets from the Permanent Collection, Mar. 1–Sept. 28, 1980

Frances Glessner (Mrs. John J. Glessner, born Sarah Frances Macbeth, 1848-1932) and John J. Glessner, Chicago, before 1936 [according to correspondence from William Tyre dated May 18, 2021 in curatorial file, fabric from unknown location in Glessner House]; Chicago Architecture Foundation (now Glessner House Museum), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978.

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