Royal Carpets

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19028, 30 May 1936, Page 10

Royal Carpets

pONNOLSSEURH of the future may regard twentieth-century English needlework carpets as some of the finest specimens ever produced

The Duke and Duchess of Kent are among the enthusiasts who have acquired some of t hese works of art. for their home in Be I grave square, London.

Another of great beauty in a Regency design has just; boon completed for a neighbouring house —the now home of Mr. Henry and Lady Honor Chaiinon at No. 5, Belgravc square.

They have been carried out in London workrooms by British girls under the expert eye of Mr. ,T. M. Pontrctnoli, the antique carpet expert, under whom a w.onderful carpet of (1,000,000 stitches was made for the Italian Embassy. Each of the two small carpels, Sft. by oft., for the Ducliess of Kent's bedroom, took four months to make and contains over 1,000,000 stitches. They differ front many old-time hand-made carpets. They are all in one piece, worked on an Irish linen canvas that will last, for centuries. Colours, 100, will last, longer limn those of many specimens now in the museums. The new method of steam dyeing, produces shades fast to sun and water.