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ANTIQUE #SA1091255

Portuguese Needlepoint

£4,250    $5,453    €5,109
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 Portuguese are also known for weaving specific types of Portuguese rugs that are called Alpujarras Rugs.
 
Portuguese Needlepoint carpets differ from traditional Persian carpet weaving in that they produced using a tapestry needle and are created using diagonal stitches on the carpet’s jute or wool canvas. They have a larger wool knot because of this technique.  The elegant floral patterns are actually created by changing the colours of the wool.  Where as traditional Persian carpets are woven on a vertical loom, where the warp is strung vertically and the weft and knots go across the warp.
 
The tradition of weaving needlepoint rugs goes as far back as 1492 in Spain, Queen Isabella had weavers create beautiful chair coverings, bed head boards and floor coverings. Queen Isabella expelled the Jews in the same year and many of them ended up in Arraiolos in Southern-Portugal.
 
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Antique #SA1091255, shown on this page, originates from 1940. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1940
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