Drawings

Sweet Briar

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1912
Accession number: 2000.5.1134
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Designer: designed by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 20 1/8 in. (34.3 x 51.1 cm.)
Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper
Description: Left hand side of paper shows watercolor of sweet briar - intertwining and ascending green leafy vines and rose vines with pik buds and blossoms interspersed throughout. Left side of paper shows rough sketches of roses and daisies with a sketch of twining vines of dense foliage - lavendar and blue flowers (unidentifiable design).
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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