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Cray
William Morris · Design 1884, made 1884–1917
Provenance
Ownership history
- Martha Batchelder (Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, born Martha Lee, b. 1906), Milton, MA [Incoming receipt RX9909 dated 11/05/1974 in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1974.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery,
- Selected Textile Acquisitions since 1973, Dec. 15, 1977–Mar. 26, 1978.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Revival and Reform: A Growing 19th Century Textile Collection, Nov. 25, 1998–Feb. 28, 1999.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://archive.artic.edu/apostlesbeauty/"><em>Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 7, 2009–Jan. 31, 2010, cat. 95.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Islamic Art, Gallery 50, Islamic Textile Rotation, July 26, 2017-Mar. 21, 2018.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9325"> Morris and Company: The Business of Beauty</a>, Dec. 18, 2021–June 13, 2022, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Objects of Desire: Victorian Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," Museum Studies 31, 1 (2005): 84, cat. 17.
- Judith A. Barter, ed., <em>Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 9, 19, 21, 32, 197, cat. 95, fig. 14 (ill.).
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