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Design for a frame border for pages 114 and 115 the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [drawing].

Accession number
PML 76925.1
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1896.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Watermark: Kelmscott "Perch" paper.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in pencil at upper right: frame for 3; at lower left: Exactly same size; on verso: Chaucer: frame for woodcuts on p. 114-115.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a foliate border drawn by William Morris for a pair of wood engravings illustrating pages 114 and 115 of the Clerk's Tale in his 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Classification
Department