Embroidered 'Artichoke' pattern wall-hanging, by William Morris

An image of Textile. Wall Hanging. Morris, William, designer (British, 1834-1896), Godman, Ada Phoebe, embroiderer (British. Wall hanging, of linen, with polychrome wool embroidery in 'Artichoke' pattern. Linen twill, embroidered in crewel wools in shades of cream, beige, pale, medium and dark brown, yellowish-brown, pale yellow, salmon pink, pale, medium and dark rose pink, pale, medium and dark green, pale medium and dark Prussian blue, pale blue, grey, and white with Artichoke design incorporating stylized artichokes, other flowers, and foliage. The borders are of oblique stripes, and the lower edge is fringed. Height (whole) 213.5 cm, width (whole) 983.6 cm, circa 1875-circa 1899. Arts and Crafts. Notes: The design of 1877 entitled 'Mrs Godman. Design for embroidered hanging (artichoke design)' is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (65-1898). This hanging and the other pieces which covered the walls of the room were worked by Mrs Godman over about twenty-five years.

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Textile. Wall Hanging. Morris, William, designer (British, 1834-1896), Godman, Ada Phoebe, embroiderer (British. Wall hanging, of linen, with polychrome wool embroidery in 'Artichoke' pattern. Linen twill, embroidered in crewel wools in shades of cream, beige, pale, medium and dark brown, yellowish-brown, pale yellow, salmon pink, pale, medium and dark rose pink, pale, medium and dark green, pale medium and dark Prussian blue, pale blue, grey, and white with Artichoke design incorporating stylized artichokes, other flowers, and foliage. The borders are of oblique stripes, and the lower edge is fringed. Height (whole) 213.5 cm, width (whole) 983.6 cm, circa 1875-circa 1899. Arts and Crafts. Notes: The design of 1877 entitled 'Mrs Godman. Design for embroidered hanging (artichoke design)' is in the Victoria & Albert Museum (65-1898). This hanging and the other pieces which covered the walls of the room were worked by Mrs Godman over about twenty-five years.

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Accession Number: T.1-1979
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 752 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.19MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:02:21 11:28:44

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19th Century Ada Phoebe Godman artichoke Arts and Crafts British embroidered embroidery English Fitz_AA floral flowers foliage fringed linen patterned textile Victorian wall hanging weaving William Morris wool

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