The Pool Of Blood
Carpet
1914 (designed)
1914 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
Carpet, hand-knotted with wool pile. Outer border of two thick brown lines on yellow ground and finer brown lines which create lozenges enclosing irregular ovals. At the centre of the carpet is a rectangle of shades of red, orange and pink. This rectangle is surrounded by graduating shades of blue which appear to ripple out from the centre.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Pool Of Blood (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | hand-knotted using a wool pile. |
| Brief description | Carpet 'The Pool Of Blood', designed by Duncan Grant for the Omega Workshops, London, 1914 |
| Physical description | Carpet, hand-knotted with wool pile. Outer border of two thick brown lines on yellow ground and finer brown lines which create lozenges enclosing irregular ovals. At the centre of the carpet is a rectangle of shades of red, orange and pink. This rectangle is surrounded by graduating shades of blue which appear to ripple out from the centre. |
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| Credit line | Given by George M. Booth, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.150-1964 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2004 |
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