. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 21.—Floor covering, American, early i gth century. Brown flowers bloom on the white lattice spread over the gray-green ground of this needlework wool carpet. The Greek-key border and its surrounding sea- shells are brown and white. The inset section was made to fit around the fireplace hearth. {Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum oj Art, gift of Miss Isabelle C. Mygatt, ig2j.) usually was used to cover furniture rather than floors. Although some of the 18th-century floor coverings in needlework may have been copies of Orientals, most
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 21.—Floor covering, American, early i gth century. Brown flowers bloom on the white lattice spread over the gray-green ground of this needlework wool carpet. The Greek-key border and its surrounding sea- shells are brown and white. The inset section was made to fit around the fireplace hearth. {Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum oj Art, gift of Miss Isabelle C. Mygatt, ig2j.) usually was used to cover furniture rather than floors. Although some of the 18th-century floor coverings in needlework may have been copies of Orientals, most seem to have been made with naturalistic floral pat- terns often in rich colors against a dark ground, ac- cording to extant English examples.'"' The field and border of these carpets may be lavishly strewn with flowers or filled with a balanced arrangement of "" Tattersall, op. cit. (footnote 93), frontispiece and plates 26-20. floral bouquets, garlands, and medallions. Pre- sumably American needlewomen with the time and skill could have embroidered similarly patterned carpets. If they did or if needlework carpets were used on this side of the Atlantic in the 18th century no evidence seems to exist of it today. There is, however, an American example made after the turn of the 19th century (fig. 21). This carpet is reported to ha\e been made by the immediate members of Judge Pliny Moore's family for the draw- ing room of their house in Champlain, New York, and remained in possession of descendants until PAPER 59: FLOOR COVERINGS IN 18TH-CENTURY AMERICA 45. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt
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