Carpet Sample
1978 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Five-frame Brussels carpeting sample. On a mustard ground are large golden crosses with a stepped cross at the end of each arm, decorated with bosses in pink and red and given depth with a brown mock cast shadow. Each large cross is set in a lozenge of small crosses, arranged in stepped rows. 80% wool 20% nylon.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool and nylon |
| Brief description | Carpet sample, wool and nylon, manufactured by Hugh MacKay Carpets, Durham, 1978 |
| Physical description | Five-frame Brussels carpeting sample. On a mustard ground are large golden crosses with a stepped cross at the end of each arm, decorated with bosses in pink and red and given depth with a brown mock cast shadow. Each large cross is set in a lozenge of small crosses, arranged in stepped rows. 80% wool 20% nylon. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Trial sample woven specially for London show Histrical collectin T4524' (Label on back) |
| Credit line | Given by Hugh MacKay Carpets |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.44-1979 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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