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Acanthus by William Morris — VisualArtsDB

Acanthus

Acanthus

1879

Medium: Wool, silk
Dimensions: 52.7 × 119.4 cm (20 3/4 × 47 in.)
Genre: weaving
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Arts and Crafts Movement

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19th centurywool (textile)natural dyebotanicalplant-derived motifbritishsilk (textile)botanical/floralArts and Crafts MovementTextileBritish Arts and Crafts Movementfoliageweaving

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