Cherwell printed cotton curtain

Details

Date: designed 1887
Dimensions: 181 x 147.3
Object Type: textile
Material: cotton
Technique: block-printed
Catalogue number: F281
Designer: Dearle, John Henry (1859 - 1932)
Manufacturer: Morris & Co.
Credit notes: Presented by Mrs Margaret I. Miller, 1979

Curtain made up from 3 widths of ‘Cherwell’ fabric in a turqouise colourway, with Morris & Co. lining fabric. ‘Cherwell’ was designed by John Henry Dearle in 1897 as a velveteen and a cotton, from 1891 it was also used as a design for a wallpaper. The curtains have a label from Morris & Co.’s Oxford Street shop, dating the curtain to between 1887-1917, when the firm moved to George Street.