Mid 19th Century English Needlepointrug no. 10681

Description

MId 19th Century English Needlepoint ~ English needlepoint rugs, renowned for their profuse ﬂoral motifs, reached an artistic zenith in 1700-1750 but were produced through the end of the nineteenth century. Needlepoint rugs were mainly used as table carpets, the earliest pieces, dating from 1550-1650, exhibited scrolls of ﬂowers with pictorial and heraldic motifs. Eighteenth-century needlepoint rugs reveal the inﬂuence of contemporary artistic movements including baroque, chinoiserie, neoclassical, and rococo.