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A DONEGAL ARTS AND CRAFTS CARPET
DESIGNED BY GAVIN MORTON AND G. K. ROBERTSON, CIRCA 1900
The cream field with a polychrome stylized vinery strap-work, palmette and flowering branch lattice overall within a tangerine palmette and flowering branch border--approximately 7ft. x 6ft. 11in. (2m. 14cm. x 2m. 11cm.)
cf. Haslam, Malcolm, Arts & Crafts Carpets, New York, 1991, pp.106-109, figs. 67, 68, 69 and 70 for carpets woven from the same design as the presently offered carpet. The design of this carpet was originally created by Morton and Robertson for Hall at Dixcot, the Streatham Park home of wall paper manufacturer Raleigh Essex.
DESIGNED BY GAVIN MORTON AND G. K. ROBERTSON, CIRCA 1900
The cream field with a polychrome stylized vinery strap-work, palmette and flowering branch lattice overall within a tangerine palmette and flowering branch border--approximately 7ft. x 6ft. 11in. (2m. 14cm. x 2m. 11cm.)
cf. Haslam, Malcolm, Arts & Crafts Carpets, New York, 1991, pp.106-109, figs. 67, 68, 69 and 70 for carpets woven from the same design as the presently offered carpet. The design of this carpet was originally created by Morton and Robertson for Hall at Dixcot, the Streatham Park home of wall paper manufacturer Raleigh Essex.