Strawberry Thief chintz

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Date: designed c. 1880
Dimensions: 33.6 x 71.7
Object Type: textile
Material: printed cotton
Technique: indigo discharge and block-printed
Catalogue number: F54b
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Credit notes: Presented by Miss F.J. Lefroy, 1951

Part of a collection of sixteen fragments of various sizes, originally from an upholstered Morris & Co. armchair. As the production process used three separate printing dyes; indigo, red (alizarin) & yellow (weld), it took a number of days to produce ‘Strawberry Thief’ and was consequently one of the firms most expensive cottons. However, it remained to be one of Morris’ most popular designs.

A set of printing blocks for Strawberry Thief, cut by the Firm of Barretts of Bethnal Green Road, London, are now in the V&A Museum.

Details

Date: designed c. 1880
Dimensions: 78.1 x 9.5
Object Type: textile
Material: printed cotton
Technique: indigo discharge and block-printed
Catalogue number: F54a
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Credit notes: Presented by Miss F.J Lefroy, 1951

Part of a collection of sixteen fragments of various sizes, originally from an upholstered Morris & Co. armchair.

As the production process used three separate printing dyes; indigo, red (alizarin) & yellow (weld), it took a number of days to produce ‘Strawberry Thief’ and was consequently one of the firms most expensive cottons. However, it remained to be one of Morris’ most popular designs. A set of printing blocks for Strawberry Thief, cut by the firm of Barretts of Bethnal Green Road, London, are now in the V&A Museum, London.

Material: printed cotton

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