Carpet
Axminster Carpets Ltd
Category
Carpets, rugs and mats
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
2120 mm (Width); 3190 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Axminster
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 534128
Summary
An Axminster rug with a warm brown base and blue and red formal design. Late 19th C Axminster machine made carpet with Jute wefts hearth rug
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946.
Makers and roles
Axminster Carpets Ltd