22nd Oct, 2024 10:00
Fine Art & Antiques to include Early Oak, Walnut & Pewter
477
The Chavenage Ziegler carpet
The Chavenage Ziegler carpet, Sultanabad area, West Persia, circa 1900, the soft madder field with an all over design of flowering vines and bold palmettes, framed by a wide indigo border of bold samovar motifs, curled leaves and flowerheads, flanked by triple guardstripes, 801cm x 605cm
Provenance:The property of The Executors of The Late D. Lowsley-Williams
Purchased for the ballroom by the Lowsley-Williams family as part of the new Edwardian west wing of Chavenage house in 1904/5 under the direction of the architect J. T. Micklethwaite
Thence by descent to the current owners
Footnote:The Manchester based Anglo-Swiss company of Ziegler & Co. manufactured carpets in the Sultanabad and Tabriz regions of Persia in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The company brought Western design sensibilities and tastes, as well as preferred and custom sizes to the carpet weavers in Iran. Many of the designs were derived from traditional Persian forebears but scaled and re-imagined in hues and scales to suit the European consumer. Ziegler carpets were retailed through luxury retailers such as Harvey Nichols and Liberty of London.
Chavenage is one of the most recognised country houses in the UK, having hosted stars including Aiden Turner, Damian Lewis, Alex Hassell and Eddie Redmayne alongside leading ladies Eleanor Tomlinson, Gemma Arterton and Anya Taylor-Joy on sets for Poldark, Rivals, Emma, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Wolf Hall among others.
More privately, Chavenage has also hosted Royal family members and English society events for centuries. Gentry and celebrities alike have been captivated by the Elizabethan house’s glorious gardens, tapestry-adorned function rooms and haunted history – and the oak panelled ballroom and its beautiful carpet have been at the heart (and under the feet) of it all.
The Chavenage Ziegler carpet, Sultanabad area, West Persia, circa 1900, the soft madder field with an all over design of flowering vines and bold palmettes, framed by a wide indigo border of bold samovar motifs, curled leaves and flowerheads, flanked by triple guardstripes, 801cm x 605cm
The property of The Executors of The Late D. Lowsley-Williams
Purchased for the ballroom by the Lowsley-Williams family as part of the new Edwardian west wing of Chavenage house in 1904/5 under the direction of the architect J. T. Micklethwaite
Thence by descent to the current owners
The Manchester based Anglo-Swiss company of Ziegler & Co. manufactured carpets in the Sultanabad and Tabriz regions of Persia in the late 19th and early 20th Century. The company brought Western design sensibilities and tastes, as well as preferred and custom sizes to the carpet weavers in Iran. Many of the designs were derived from traditional Persian forebears but scaled and re-imagined in hues and scales to suit the European consumer. Ziegler carpets were retailed through luxury retailers such as Harvey Nichols and Liberty of London.
Chavenage is one of the most recognised country houses in the UK, having hosted stars including Aiden Turner, Damian Lewis, Alex Hassell and Eddie Redmayne alongside leading ladies Eleanor Tomlinson, Gemma Arterton and Anya Taylor-Joy on sets for Poldark, Rivals, Emma, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Wolf Hall among others.
More privately, Chavenage has also hosted Royal family members and English society events for centuries. Gentry and celebrities alike have been captivated by the Elizabethan house’s glorious gardens, tapestry-adorned function rooms and haunted history – and the oak panelled ballroom and its beautiful carpet have been at the heart (and under the feet) of it all.
Scattered worn areas and low pile with foundation exposed in parts. Selvedges generally good with areas of wear and sections of fraying and low pile. Ends predominantly good, one end with a 10 cm tear and loss to plain outer guard, The other end with wear to plain outer guardstripe and losses. Minor signs of old moth in guard stripes.
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Auction: Fine Art & Antiques to include Early Oak, Walnut & Pewter, 22nd Oct, 2024
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