Stair carpet
John Dicken
Category
Carpets, rugs and mats
Date
1818 - 1898
Materials
Wool
Measurements
830 mm (Width); 500 mm (Width)
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609962
Summary
Stair carpet fragment. Triangular fragment of crimson Brussels stair carpet with black guilloche border. 1818 bill itemises ; ' 52 yards best Brussels Black and Scarlet Stair Carpet, made to order'; Supplied by John Dicken in 1818 (cf.Shropshire Record Office 43.114 bill dated 1818). 1898 inventory; 'Crimson and black bordered Pile Carpet to front stairs and landing'.
Provenance
Possibly part of the carpet supplied for the Attingham Grand Staircase.
Makers and roles
John Dicken