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Acanthus by William Morris — VisualArtsDB

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Acanthus

Acanthus

Acanthus

1876

Medium: Cotton, twill weave; block printed; two loom widths joined
Dimensions: 265.5 × 131.1 cm (104 5/8 × 51 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 55.9 cm (22 in.)
Genre: Textiles
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Arts and Crafts Movement

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block printing19th centurycotton (textile)natural dyefloralacanthusflowerstwill weavingbritishweaving - printedprintedArts and Crafts Movement20th CenturyTextileBritish Arts and Crafts Movementprinted textileplain weaving

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