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Bird

Bird, 1878

William Morris, English, 1834-1896

Woolen double cloth

Overall: 60 × 52 1/2 inches (152.4 × 133.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund and funds from an anonymous donor

F1986.48

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Patterns (design elements)

Scrolling foliage

Flowers (plants)

Foliate patterns

Charles Canning Winmill

(Fine Arts Society PLC, London, England)

1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Parry, L. William Morris Textiles. New York, 1983, pp. 64-65, 152. The Fine Art Society, London. Cat. (Spring 1986): cat no. 62 (ill.).

William Morris, Bird, 1878, woolen double cloth. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William C. Yawkey Fund and funds from an anonymous donor, F1986.48.