Holland Park carpet
c. 1883 · Hand-knotted wool carpet, Turkish (Ghiordes) knot · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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About this work
- Artist
- William Morris (1834–1896)
- Year
- c. 1883
- Medium
- Hand-knotted wool carpet, Turkish (Ghiordes) knot
- Original size
- 515.6 × 396.9 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Movement
- Arts and Crafts
A deep indigo field is covered with scrolling pale stems and flowers in coral, rose and buff around a central medallion, framed by a cream inner band and a wide red outer border of leaf scrolls. The design takes its name from carpets William Morris made for the Ionides family's house at 1 Holland Park in London in the 1880s. The Met dates this example to the late nineteenth century; it is hand-knotted in wool with Turkish knots, 25 to the square inch, and is more than five metres long. Morris set out to make England independent of the East for hand-knotted art carpets, weaving first at Hammersmith and then at Merton Abbey, where there was space for large commissions. It came to the Met through the bequest of Frank A. Munsey in 1927.
This print shows the whole sample, uncropped, from a high-resolution museum scan of the original. The design is in the public domain.
Where it works
Indigo, coral and a red border give a grounded, warm piece for a living room, study or above a long sideboard. Pair it with Swan House carpet at 16×24 in natural wood.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Arts and Crafts pattern
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1883)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- decorative, classic
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, study or library
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. The cream ground is its own mat: a slim black or natural wood frame, no extra mat.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
