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Dove and Rose silk and wool (1879)

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Date: 1879
Dimensions: 22.5 x 41.5
Object Type: textile
Material: wool and silk
Technique: hand-loom jacquard woven
Catalogue number: F425
Designer: Morris, William, 1834, 1896
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Manufacturer: Alexander Morton & Co.
Credit notes: Gift of Michael Whiteway, 2001

William Morris designed Dove and Rose in 1879. This example, in woven silk and wool with metal thread was manufactured either by Alexander Morton & Co or Morris & Co at Merton Abbey. An almost identical piece with two tone variation is in the V&A (see: T.26-1919).

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