The Thames at Richmond
Carpet
1935 (made)
1935 (made)
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Chenille carpet with a thick white cotton binding warp, 9 to the inch, and jute stuffer warp, 9 to the inch. The weft with a jute ground weft on two levels, and chenille pile weft, 7 to the inch.
Within a rococo border of ribbon wound round a pole, cartouches and shell forms in pink, fawn, green and yellow on a pale green ground, are four corner pieces with fish and waterfowl against a background of grey and green waves. A strapwork outline decorated with flowers, weed and ornaments, mark off the huge central lozenge of the field where, on a fawn ground, are two reserved lozenges containing deer and trees with intertwining branches, four lozenges of decorative leafy form, two structures containing a nest of young birds with an owl perched above them, all in brown, pink, yellow and fawn, and a central geometric form with a dark brown ground containing game birds. A plain outer edge is in grey-buff tone.
Within a rococo border of ribbon wound round a pole, cartouches and shell forms in pink, fawn, green and yellow on a pale green ground, are four corner pieces with fish and waterfowl against a background of grey and green waves. A strapwork outline decorated with flowers, weed and ornaments, mark off the huge central lozenge of the field where, on a fawn ground, are two reserved lozenges containing deer and trees with intertwining branches, four lozenges of decorative leafy form, two structures containing a nest of young birds with an owl perched above them, all in brown, pink, yellow and fawn, and a central geometric form with a dark brown ground containing game birds. A plain outer edge is in grey-buff tone.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | The Thames at Richmond (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Cotton, jute |
Brief description | Chenille carpet 'The Thames at Richmond' of cotton, designed by Philip Connard, made by John Crossley & Sons Ltd., Halifax, 1935 |
Physical description | Chenille carpet with a thick white cotton binding warp, 9 to the inch, and jute stuffer warp, 9 to the inch. The weft with a jute ground weft on two levels, and chenille pile weft, 7 to the inch. Within a rococo border of ribbon wound round a pole, cartouches and shell forms in pink, fawn, green and yellow on a pale green ground, are four corner pieces with fish and waterfowl against a background of grey and green waves. A strapwork outline decorated with flowers, weed and ornaments, mark off the huge central lozenge of the field where, on a fawn ground, are two reserved lozenges containing deer and trees with intertwining branches, four lozenges of decorative leafy form, two structures containing a nest of young birds with an owl perched above them, all in brown, pink, yellow and fawn, and a central geometric form with a dark brown ground containing game birds. A plain outer edge is in grey-buff tone. |
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Marks and inscriptions | Philip Connard (Signature of designer on outer edge) |
Credit line | Given by Lady Hutchison |
Production | Specially designed for the British Art in Industry Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1935. |
Collection | |
Accession number | T.307-1971 |
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Record created | March 16, 2004 |
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