Strawberry Thief
William Morris · c 1936 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Perhaps the most recognizable of Morris’s textiles, Strawberry Thief celebrates the thrushes in Kelmscott Manor’s garden. May Morris remarked, “You can picture my Father going out in the early morning and watching the rascally thrushes at work on the fruit beds and telling the gardener who growls, ‘I’d like to wring their necks!’ that no bird in the garden must be touched.” With Strawberry Thief, Morris perfected the indigo-discharge process, which required the entire cloth to be dyed blue before it was bleached and block printed, in this case with more colors than any of his other textiles.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- William Morris (British, 1834–1896)
- Date
- c 1936
- Medium
- plain weave cotton, discharge printed
- Dimensions
- Overall: 88.3 x 99.1 cm (34 3/4 x 39 in.)
- Place of origin
- England
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Henry Chisholm
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
