Furnishing Fabric

Description

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey is known for his textile designs that incorporate attenuated floral and plant forms. Alexander Morton & Co. produced woven textiles for a number of British Arts and Crafts artists. The firm’s work was technically inventive, using subtle shifts in texture to heighten a pattern’s effect, which contributes to the success of this design.

Furnishing Fabric

Alexander Morton & Co.

c. 1900

Accession Number

72872

Medium

Cotton, cotton chenille, and wild silk, plain weave double cloth with three-color complementary main warps

Dimensions

246.8 × 113.6 cm (97 1/8 × 44 3/4 in.); Repeat: 36.1 × 31.3 cm (14 1/4 × 12 3/8 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mrs. Julian Armstrong, Jr. Memorial Fund