Cray

Art Institute of Chicago

Cray

Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896)LinkedCulture matchlcp-0ff1f0101033

Date
Design 1884, made 1884–1917
Medium
Cotton, plain weave, block printed
Culture
England
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
240421

Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other.

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Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder
Provenance
Martha Batchelder (Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, born Martha Lee, b. 1906), Milton, MA [Incoming receipt RX9909 dated 11/05/1974 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1974.

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AAT300014063

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