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Carpet Sample

1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hugh MacKay Carpets (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Durham (City) (made)

Three-frame Brussels carpeting sample. On a dark brown ground, a geometric pattern of lozenges with a small yellow cross on a large stepped lozenge in red and white is worked in three-frame Brussels. On the back is a trade label. The quality name of this sample is 'STURDEE', ‘colour 1816, Design 7385, 80% wool 20% nylon. Construction: Wilton’.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Carpet sample
Materials and techniques
Wool and nylon
Brief description
Carpet sample, wool and nylon, manufactured by Hugh MacKay Carpets, Durham, 1978
Physical description
Three-frame Brussels carpeting sample. On a dark brown ground, a geometric pattern of lozenges with a small yellow cross on a large stepped lozenge in red and white is worked in three-frame Brussels. On the back is a trade label. The quality name of this sample is 'STURDEE', ‘colour 1816, Design 7385, 80% wool 20% nylon. Construction: Wilton’.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.125in
  • Width: 27.625in
  • Weight: 0.78kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘colour 1816, Design 7385, 80% wool 20% nylon. Construction: Wilton.' (On the back is a trade label.)
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Hugh MacKay Carpets
Object history
The original file states that the carpet sample 'copies the design of a double-cloth woven possibly in the late 18th century'. This probably refers to a piece of carpet once loaned to the Museum by the National Trust, from Townend in Cumbria (object number NT 479101.1) dated as 1768.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.45-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O258650/carpet-sample-hugh-mackay-carpets/
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