Untitled

Maker Unknown

Maker Morris and Company (British, 1861 - 1940)

Additional Title(s)

Design for Stained Glass

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Dateca. 1899

Mediumwatercolor and ink on paper

Dimensions12 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (32.1 x 23.8 cm.)

DescriptionRose window. Only lights for quarter section of rose drawn along with center. Half of outward radial lights filled in - blue backgrounds of stems and leavees with pink roses and lilies at top in clusters of three. Central light of rose shows crimson background with stem and leaf design woven through gold crown.

Inscribedrecto upper left in black ink and graphite: "NEW RENSHAW ST CHAPEL / LIVERPOOL / Scale 3/4" = 1' "; recto left side in graphite: "Rose / Lily & Crown"; recto lower left in brown ink: "Morris & Company / Merton Abbey / Surrey"; recto lower right in graphite by Sanford Berger: "143-1899"; verso center in graphite by Sanford Berger: "Pg. 143 Feb 25, 1899 / Mr. Dearle / Mr. Knight / Mr. Wren"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1298