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Carpet

1950s (made)
Artist/Maker
Lenygon and Morant (retailer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (retailed)

Pile carpet sample knotted in wool on white cotton with multiple shoots of white cotton weft, six rows of knots to the inch, 7 to 7.5 knots to the inch. Includes two large five-petalled flowers on a double stem, with stiff leaves, off which a thinner stem seems to form a wide lattice with smaller flowers at the junctions (border and field patterns?). Colours are in shades of olive green, grey-blue, pink and pinky-brown with small amounts of orange and yellow on a stone colour ground.


Object details

Categories
Floor Coverings
Textiles
Household Objects
Object type
Carpet
Materials and techniques
Knotted pile carpet in wool on cotton
Brief description
Pile carpet sample knotted in wool on cotton, retailed by Lenygon and Morant, Great Britain, 1950s
Physical description
Pile carpet sample knotted in wool on white cotton with multiple shoots of white cotton weft, six rows of knots to the inch, 7 to 7.5 knots to the inch. Includes two large five-petalled flowers on a double stem, with stiff leaves, off which a thinner stem seems to form a wide lattice with smaller flowers at the junctions (border and field patterns?). Colours are in shades of olive green, grey-blue, pink and pinky-brown with small amounts of orange and yellow on a stone colour ground.
Dimensions
  • Width: 14in
  • Length: 21in
  • Weight: 0.68kg
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 1 Miguel Stuyck' (On a label attached)
  • 'From Lenygon and Morant Ltd, 48, South Audley Street, London, W1' [printed] and 'The property of [?] Bateman Brown / 17.9.64' [in ink] and 'For Mr Glass 6.10.63 / OFF WHITE GROUND / GREENS AND YELLOWS / CUTTING OR GREEN TATTETA / DRAWING ROOM COVERS' [written on the back] (On a label attached. )
Credit line
Given by Mr V.L. Haines
Production
Possibly supplied by the Real Fabrica de Tapicas, Madrid.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.22-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O352282/carpet-lenygon-and-morant/
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