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Gavin Morton

(United Kingdom, 1867-1954)
Estimate
40 000 - 50 000 SEK
3 530 - 4 410 EUR
3 750 - 4 680 USD
Hammer price
32 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Christopher Stålhandske
Stockholm
Christopher Stålhandske
Head Specialist Carpets, textiles and Islamic works of art
+46 (0)708 19 12 58
Gavin Morton
(United Kingdom, 1867-1954)

& G.K Robertson, attributed, a carpet, Donegal, Killybegs Ireland, ca 435 x 341 cm.

Around the year 1900. With a large polychrome arts and crafts pattern.

Provenance

Christie's New York, Park Avenue, auction 9018 'Fine European and Oriental Carpets', December 17, 1998, lot 45.

Literature

Compare Malcolm Haslam, 'Arts and Crafts Carpets', 1991, p. 97, plate 61.

More information

The Donegal company was founded in 1898 by Scottish textile manufacturer Alexander Morton. The Arts & Crafts Movement advocated the use of vernacular traditions and local materials and before establishing Donegal Carpets, Morton had first established a carpet crafting house on the west coast of Ireland and put to practice the techniques of the Donegal people who had been working with wool for generations. The company had a wide and important clientele for whom they wove private commissions, of which many remain in Britain's grandest houses including, Dublin Castle, the Royal Pavilion of Brighton and Eltham Palace.