A FRENCH GOTHIC REVIVAL NEEDLEWORK CARPET the light blue field with rows of crowns enclosing the stems of lilies overlaid by X-motifs around columns of linked lobed burgundy quatrefoils with dotted motifs around scrolling floral fleur-de-lys shaped panels, the centre with a light blue roundel containing the entwined initials A and M surrounded by lilies, in an ivory scrolling leafy vine border between stepped motif and zigzag stripes between narrow plain light blue stripes, made in panels, circa 1850 (areas of slight wear) old backing