Carpet
Category
Carpets, rugs and mats
Date
1830 - 1835
Materials
Wool
Measurements
7240 mm (Width); 14410 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Axminster
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421814
Summary
Carpet. A very large hand-knotted English carpet, probably Axminster, of about 1830-35, the field decorated with neo-classical motifs (baskets of flowers, some surmounting Corinthian capitals, acanthus leaves and garlands), in ochre, yellow, dark brown, ginger, chestnut, peach, a range of greens, reds and purples, now faded to a general beige/pale brown, within four floral borders.
Provenance
by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust for display at Penrhyn Castle, 1961.