AN ENGLISH 'PONTREMOLI' NEEDLEWORK RUG, LONDON

AN ENGLISH 'PONTREMOLI' NEEDLEWORK RUG, LONDON

circa 1930

worked in wool and some silk, in tent stitch, in gros-point with details in petit-point, workshop of Jacques Mereno Pontremoli (1886-1952), the originally very pale blue ground (now cream shades), worked with an open overall design of a profusion of naturalistic and stylised flowers, including carnations, lilies, tulips, lilac, bluebells and sunflowers, with the design extending into the border, and incorporating a small petit-point butterfly within the main field, with silk worked initials, JMP on edge of corner

approximately 260 by 161cm; 8ft. 5in., 5ft. 2in.

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