"Floral Baskets and Birds" French Wilton Carpet Runner, 1920
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Runner (Floor covering)
Date Made
1920
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.106.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Jute (Fiber)
Wool (Textile)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Length: 198 in
Width: 27 in
Inscriptions
on label on back of runner:
"Buy the Rug With a History" / Floral Baskets and Birds / Japan has awakened the admiration of the highest art critics / for its bronzes, some of which exceed in size any other / carvings. Its blades of steel are superior to [...] / It is easy to trace in the elaborately adorned field the care of the oriental / for the minutest detail--those little touches which distinguish the [...] / French Wilton Rungs are made of the very / choicest worsted yarns and of enduring dyes, and / are of a weave so fine that [...] / FRENCH WILTON / RUG / "FINE AS SILK" / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / Manufactured by / Hardwick & Magee Co. / PHILADELPHIA / Pat. 1509 / Col. 14 / Size 23 x 160 / Reg. / Made in the following sizes: / [...]
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