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This was one of three monochrome patterns designed especially by Morris to be printed by the indigo-discharge printing method, which had preoccupied him since 1875. \r\n\r\nExisting documents suggest that experiments using indigo for these designs started in April 1881 at Morris's workshop in Queen Square in London. They were finally successfully printed after he moved into his factory at Merton Abbey, Wimbledon, London, in June the same year. This example was surface printed later in madder, a natural red plant dye. The date when this cotton was printed can be calculated through marks and labels on the sample. \r\n\r\nThe attached paper label has a 'kite mark' indicating that the pattern was registered with the Patents Office on 17 June 1882. The selvedge (finished edge of the fabric) is printed 'Morris & Company 449 Oxford Street'. This form was used between 1877 and 1917, when the shop moved to another address. An additional label marked 'Decorators Ltd' uses a term adopted by the Morris firm in 1905. This narrows the date of the sample to between 1882 and 1905.","physicalDescription":"Cotton furnishing fabric printed with the 'Bird and Anemone' pattern of birds amongst flowers and leaves in white on red ground. 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In the case of textiles the firm concentrated on protecting patterns that represented new ideas or techniques they had developed, such as the indigo-discharge method of printing. This pattern was one of the first Morris designed for this method.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["T.654-1919"],"accessionNumberNum":"654","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1919,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP4964","2019LP2915","2019LR6721","2019LV7189"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}