Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day Two - 06 Jul 2023
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A VICTORIAN NEEDLEPOINT RUG
A VICTORIAN NEEDLEPOINT RUG
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
the ivory ground centred by an armorial shield for Cleland quartering Jackson and impaling Leyland, framed by swags of naturalistic flowers and four further shields
184 x 88cm
Provenance
A private collection, Salisbury.
Catalogue Note
This rug was probably made for John Cleland of Stormont Castle, Co. Down (1836-1893) and his wife Therese Maria, co-heiress of Captain Leland, of Haggerston Castle, Northumberland. John and Therese married in 1859.