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'CRAY', a quantity of printed cotton, block printed with meandering flowering vines bearing large-scale peony flowers and scrolling leaves against a red ground, including two covers, each composed of two joined lengths--150 x 70in. (380 x 178cm.) and 156 x 70in. (396 x 178cm.); a fitted sofa cover--approx 75 x 78in. (191 x 198cm.) and a pelmet--37 x 107in. (94 x 272cm.), MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET LONDON W, printed to the selvedge, late 19th/early 20th century, the fitted cover and pelmet with some holes
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'CRAY', a quantity of printed cotton, block printed with meandering flowering vines bearing large-scale peony flowers and scrolling leaves against a red ground, including two covers, each composed of two joined lengths--150 x 70in. (380 x 178cm.) and 156 x 70in. (396 x 178cm.); a fitted sofa cover--approx 75 x 78in. (191 x 198cm.) and a pelmet--37 x 107in. (94 x 272cm.), MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET LONDON W, printed to the selvedge, late 19th/early 20th century, the fitted cover and pelmet with some holes

細節
'CRAY', a quantity of printed cotton, block printed with meandering flowering vines bearing large-scale peony flowers and scrolling leaves against a red ground, including two covers, each composed of two joined lengths--150 x 70in. (380 x 178cm.) and 156 x 70in. (396 x 178cm.); a fitted sofa cover--approx 75 x 78in. (191 x 198cm.) and a pelmet--37 x 107in. (94 x 272cm.), MORRIS & COMPANY 449 OXFORD STREET LONDON W, printed to the selvedge, late 19th/early 20th century, the fitted cover and pelmet with some holes
See Illustration (detail) and Front Cover (4)
出版
William Morris Textiles, Linda Parry, London, 1983, front cover and catalogue no. 57; William Morris, edited Linda Parry, exhibition catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1996, catalogue M.72
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

One of Morris's latest printed textiles, designed in 1884, 'Cray' was also the most expensive, requiring a total of thirty-four printing blocks. The selvedge dates this example to between 1877-1917