Carpet
1881 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Machine-woven woollen chenille carpet with an all-over central design of marled blotching in shades of brown, camel and cream. Patterned border showing a repeating design of two geometric devises within squares worked in purplish-blue, cream and rust on a pink ground.
There is an inner and outer guard stripe of cream with black triangles edged in brown, an outer guard stripe showing a Near-Eastern stylised pattern in purplish-blue and black on cream and the carpet has an outer edging in black.
There is an inner and outer guard stripe of cream with black triangles edged in brown, an outer guard stripe showing a Near-Eastern stylised pattern in purplish-blue and black on cream and the carpet has an outer edging in black.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Machine-woven woollen chenille |
| Brief description | Machine-woven woollen chenille carpet, made by J.S. Templeton & Co., Glasgow, 1881. |
| Physical description | Machine-woven woollen chenille carpet with an all-over central design of marled blotching in shades of brown, camel and cream. Patterned border showing a repeating design of two geometric devises within squares worked in purplish-blue, cream and rust on a pink ground. There is an inner and outer guard stripe of cream with black triangles edged in brown, an outer guard stripe showing a Near-Eastern stylised pattern in purplish-blue and black on cream and the carpet has an outer edging in black. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Pamela Duveen |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.272-1983 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2004 |
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