A sweet small antique Donegal rug woven in Killybeg''s town in Ireland around 1920-1930.  Beautiful colours and a dense wool pile, well drawn and in very good original condition.The first Donegal carpets were made in the late 1890s when the Scottish industrialist, Alexander Morton, opened a factory in Killybeg''s. Morton was head of a textile manufacturing firm in Ayrshire. Although his factories already made machine-woven rugs, he wanted to make handmade carpets like those popular from Turkey and Persia.  A chance meeting with a member of Ireland''s Congested Districts Board pointed him towards Donegal. The county had two things to offer: a ready supply of willing workers and an almost infinite number of sheep.Please request a home visit to choose a suitable time and day to view this antique Donegal rug in-situ.  We offer the service of viewing any of our carpets & rugs in-situ in London, Surrey, Hampshire & anywhere else in the UK by appointment.Farnham Antique Carpets ar...