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RUG

Creator(s): Real Fabrica de Tapices (Manufacturer) , McMillen, Inc. (Designer) , McMillen, Inc. (Retailer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The rug is shaped to fit the room. It has a cut pile. It has a pale blue ground decorated with a lattice of blue and white rosettes joined by twisted ribbons. There is a wide border in a slightly darker blue which contains roses on a straight rod joined by a continuous twisted ribbon. Near the outer edge are simulated reeds bound by crossed ribbons in two shades of blue and white. The narrow outermost edge is plain blue.

Object name:
RUG
Made from:
Wool
Made in:
Spain
Date made:
1963
Size:
426.7 × 381 cm (168 × 150 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
42.14
Class:
RUG
Signature marks:
LABELS Real Fabrica de Tapices / Fuenterrabia, 8 / Telef. 2 57 34 00 / Madrid Numero 17370 / Calidad 40/3 / Medidas: Larg8 / Ancho [?] / Mc Millen. Inc. [?]; Antipolilla Permanente / Mitin / toxico [Sewn underneath]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973