"Swan House" Carpet

William Morris

Painted

Design c. 1883, made 1887

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile

A hand-knotted carpet designed by William Morris in 1883 for Swan House in Chelsea, London. Persian carpet structure filled with English garden flowers, red ground within a blue border. The pattern repeats, but the central medallion gives a fixed reference.

Object record (Art Institute of Chicago) · CC0

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