Bronze Medal awarded to Morris & Co for work shown at the Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900

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Date: 1900
Dimensions: 6.5 diameter
Object Type: sculpture
Material: bronze
Catalogue number: S57
Artist: Chaplain, J. C. (1839 - 1909)
Credit notes: WMG purchase , 2000

The Chadwicks had a long association with Morris & Co, several generations of the family having worked for the firm. Frank Chadwick started his career with Morris & Co. c.1921 as a dyer, later becoming one of the Firm’s weavers. The present medallion was sold together with other items, which included: a letter of recommendation for Frank Chadwick from Morris & Co. (dated 19 September 1940) following the closure and voluntary liquidation of the firm, a newspaper cutting (publication unknown) on the Chadwicks’ links with Morris & Co. and a booklet on Indigo: Its Application in Dyeing and Printing by Dr M Liebert of Meister Lucius & Bruning Ltd. (Pubd. Furstenhagen & Brown, Bradford, n.d.)

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Dimensions: 49 x 36 x 23
Object Type: sculpture
Material: bronze
Catalogue number: BrS34
Credit notes: Brangwyn gift, 1940

A copy of Roman work in the Naples Museum.

Object Type: sculpture

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