'The Donnemara', a Donegal wool Carpet, designed by C.F.A. Voysey in c.1902, the field woven in alternate scrolling cartouches of poppies and tulips, supported by sinuous foliage against a reserve of dense leaves, within a tulip and band striped border, in shades of green, blue, purple, yellow and red (damages)
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'The Donnemara', a Donegal wool Carpet, designed by C.F.A. Voysey in c.1902, the field woven in alternate scrolling cartouches of poppies and tulips, supported by sinuous foliage against a reserve of dense leaves, within a tulip and band striped border, in shades of green, blue, purple, yellow and red (damages)
341cm. x 494cm.
Lot Essay
Cf. Malcolm Haslam, Arts & Crafts Carpets, London 1991, p.90, pl.57