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:
- 167 × 165 in. (424.2 × 419.1 cm)
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