Object Description
A really fun and colourful Antique Portuguese Needlepoint, circa 1940 woven in the village of Arraiolos, Southern-Portugal. A light off white to sandy tone background canvas is a wonderful base colour to allow the varying colours to shine, pinks, brick toned reds, and varying green with pale blue wool to create this flowing elegant floral design. Look at the wonderful floral images, cypress tree designs, subtle flower motifs with birds, peacocks and rabbits too. A really sweet design and the weaver clearly had a lot of enjoyment producing this piece.
In lovely original condition for its age, with original fringes which flow all the way round a needlepoint. Gently cleaned by our workshop recently, it has brightened up and is such a pretty decorative carpet. We love the deep green border on this design, a rare colour to find in carpets, but found more frequently in needleworks.
Arraiolos is where these Portuguese needlework carpets are from a town in the province of Alto Alentejo in southern Portugal. The weave on this needlepoint is Arraiolos long-armed cross-stitch along with hand dyed wool using natural dyes. The Portuguese are also known for weaving specific types of Portuguese rugs that are called Alpujarras Rugs.
If you would like to view this beautiful antique Portuguese Needlepoint at home, you can request a home visit and select a preferred day and time. Alternatively please do organise a visit to our barn showroom in the picturesque village of Crondall in Surrey.