Design for Acanthus Textile

Details

Dimensions: 22.86 x 13.97
Object Type: design
Material: watercolour
Catalogue number: A270
Artist: Mackmurdo | Arthur Heygate | 1851 | 1942
Credit notes: Presented by Miss Constance MacQueen, 1956

This abundant mirrored design by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo is likely for a textile or wallpaper, and demonstrates the designer’s skill and affinity for capturing flowing natural forms. It includes scrolling green acanthus leaves, which were also a common motif found in many of William Morris’s designs.