Cray
William Morris
1884
- Medium
- Block printed cotton
- Dimensions
- 34.3 × 48.3 cm (13 1/2 × 19 in.); Repeat: 92 × 45 cm (36 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- printed textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
block printing19th centurycotton (textile)natural dyeinkprintingflowersfloral motifsbritishweaving - printedvinesArts and Crafts MovementTextileBritish Arts and Crafts Movementfoliagecottonprinted textile
About
Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other.
