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Cherwell

Manufactory Merton Abbey Tapestry Works British
Designer John Henry Dearle British
Workshop of Morris & Company
designed 1887, printed 1887–1917
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cherwell
  • Manufactory: Merton Abbey Tapestry Works (British, founded 1881)
  • Designer: John Henry Dearle (British, London 1859–1932 Purley, Surrey)
  • Maker: Workshop of Morris & Company
  • Date: designed 1887, printed 1887–1917
  • Culture: British, Merton Abbey
  • Medium: Cotton
  • Dimensions: L. 82 x W. 65 inches
    208.3 x 165.1 cm
  • Classification: Textiles-Printed
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, and Gift of Adele Pharo Azar, in memory of her late husband Jemile Wehby Azar, by exchange, 1987
  • Object Number: 1987.160
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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