rug, area
Object
Accession Number
2004.004Description
On reversible carpet of the so-called "in-grain" variety, wheat-yellow and ochre-coloured woolen yarn creating a foliate pattern.Narrative
Machine-made "ingrain" rugs and carpets were commonly-used inexpensive floor coverings in North American houses during the late 19th Century. Joan Olive Dunsmuir owned at least two of them. They sold as lots #449 & #450 at her Executor's estate auction held on June 22, 1909 at Craigdarroch Castle. (See: 2004.004 https://collection.thecastle.ca/Detail/objects/2857)This design of this rare example originates from the time of the Aesthetic Movement in the late 19th Century.
Because in-grain carpets were typically inexpensive and not robust, they usually did not last a long time and were normally discarded. This particular survivor is in unusually good condition. It was acquired to present Craigdarroch's Dunsmuir-era interiors.
