Wey

Description

This example of We may not have been finished, as the other printed cotton versions have yellow and pinkish-red colors that were applied over the initial treatment of indigo discharge printing, which is seen
here. The discharge technique employs a bleaching agent to selectively remove color from a fabric that has been dyed solid blue. This design was also made as a printed velveteen.

Provenance

Haslam & Whiteway, London, by 2007; sold to Crab Tree Farm Foundation, Lake Bluff, IL, Sept. 6, 2007 [Crab Tree Farm Foundation catalog record; copy in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

Wey

Morris & Co.

Design c. 1883, made 1883–1917

Accession Number

249115

Medium

Indigo discharge block printed cotton

Dimensions

177.8 × 121.9 cm (70 × 48 in.)

Classification

printed textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Crab Tree Farm Foundation