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Fitted Brussels Carpet


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      Date: 1840 -

Description: Large Brussels or Moquette carpet fitted to length and width of Drawing Room apart from the alcoves next to the fireplace. The central field has a red and brown curvilinear design which matches exactly the central field of the hearth rug. The pale background of the primary border highlights a colourful "floral" vine with large floral motifs in each corner. The alcoves are fitted with the same design as the central field. Listed in the "Inventory of Heirloom under the will of the late Thomas Archer Esq."

Format: Realia
Object: carpeting

Titles:
Fitted Brussels Carpet

Subjects: furnishingscarpeting

People/Orgs: Archer, Thomas

Places: Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania

Institution: Woolmers Foundation Inc.

Object number: WMF_0000051

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