Acanthus

Art Institute of Chicago

Acanthus

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

Date
Design 1876, made 1877–1917
Medium
Cotton, twill weave with supplementary pile wefts forming cut "velveteen"; block printed
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
52412

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Credit line
Gift of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Provenance
Frances Glessner (Mrs. John J. Glessner, born Sarah Frances Macbeth, 1848-1932) and John J. Glessner, Chicago, by 1923 [according to correspondence from William Tyre dated May 18, 2021 in curatorial file, fabric from wing chair in Glessner House bedroom recorded in 1923 photograph]; Chicago Architecture Foundation (now Glessner House Museum), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978.

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Object type
AAT300014063

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