Cray

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The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other.

The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0

Maker: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896), Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940), Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)
Date: Design 1884, made 1884–1917
Medium: Cotton, plain weave, block printed
Dimensions: 280.8 × 97.8 cm (110 5/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

Adjust the guideNew to it · Medium

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

Cray was the most complex of the large-scale designs named for rivers in that it required 34 printing blocks—more than any other.

The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0

Maker: Designed by William Morris (English, 1834–1896), Produced by Morris & Co., London (English, 1875–1940), Merton Abbey, London (English, 1881–1940)
Date: Design 1884, made 1884–1917
Medium: Cotton, plain weave, block printed
Dimensions: 280.8 × 97.8 cm (110 5/8 × 38 1/2 in.); Repeat: 94.5 × 45 cm (37 1/4 × 17 3/4 in.)
Place of origin: England
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0