Carpet Sample
1980 (made)
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Carpet sample of wool with a 5-frame looped-pile, one black, one white, one brown, and two 'planted' in greens, red and orange, and in pink, orange, yellow and blue. The pattern is of heavy 'rococo' scrolls and leaves, shaded mainly in brown and black on a white ground, and with polychrome flowers and leaves in stripes of colour from the 'planting'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven wool |
| Brief description | Carpet sample of wool with a 5-frame looped-pile, made by Hugh MacKay Carpets, Durham, 1980 |
| Physical description | Carpet sample of wool with a 5-frame looped-pile, one black, one white, one brown, and two 'planted' in greens, red and orange, and in pink, orange, yellow and blue. The pattern is of heavy 'rococo' scrolls and leaves, shaded mainly in brown and black on a white ground, and with polychrome flowers and leaves in stripes of colour from the 'planting'. |
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| Credit line | Given by the makers |
| Object history | Registered File number 1981/856. |
| Production | Copied from a mid-1800s rococo design woven for Osborne House, Isle of Wight. |
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| Accession number | T.275-1989 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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