id:			117129
accession number:	1937.696
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.696
updated:		2025-07-12 11:02:22.700000

Strawberry Thief, c 1936. Designed by William Morris (British, 1834–1896). Plain weave cotton, discharge printed; overall: 88.3 x 99.1 cm (34 3/4 x 39 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry Chisholm, 1937.696

title:				Strawberry Thief
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creation date:			c 1936
creation date earliest:		1936
creation date latest:		1936
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Henry Chisholm
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culture:	England, Merton Abbey, 20th century
technique:	plain weave cotton, discharge printed
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

* William Morris (British, 1834–1896)  - designer

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measurements: Overall: 88.3 x 99.1 cm (34 3/4 x 39 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Design in Printed Textiles
	opening date:   1961-04-07T05:00:00
	<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).

	title:		Transitions: 19th and Early 20th Century French and English Textiles
	opening date:   1986-06-03T04:00:00
	<i>Transitions: 19th and Early 20th Century French and English Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 3-November 16, 1986).

	title:		Imagining the Garden
	opening date:   2015-10-24T00:00:00
	<i>Imagining the Garden</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).

	title:		William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise
	opening date:   2017-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2017-January 14, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Parry, Linda. William Morris Textiles. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983.
	page number: 	p. 155, no 46
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	Lemonedes, Heather.  “Imaging the Garden: The garden is a ground plot for the mind. —Thomas Hill, <em>The Gardener’s Labyrinth</em> (1577).” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 55, no. 6 (November/December 2015): 4-6.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 6.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-06

	Korkow, Cory. "Textiles." IN <em>William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise.</em> Cory Korkow and Victoria Hepburn, 8-23. Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 18-19; reproduced: p. 19, fig, 13.
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