Cherwell

Manufactory Merton Abbey Tapestry Works British

Designer John Henry Dearle British

Workshop of Morris & Company

designed 1887, printed 1887–1917

Not on view

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Provenance

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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