A really pretty Antique Portuguese Needlepoint, circa 1940 woven in the village of Arraiolos, Southern-Portugal.  Deep indigo blue background with varying colours used for the lovely star medallion with pinks, greens with pale blue wool to create this flowing elegant floral design.  A really sweet design and the weaver clearly had a lot of enjoyment producing this piece, the ribbon border design is a really charming.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 rug.  We love the yellow 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 Po...