Lot 249
GEORGE BAIN (1881–1968) FOR QUAYLE AND TRANTER, KIDDERMINSTER
PAIR OF RARE 'HEBRIDEAN' RUGS, CIRCA 1948
Auction: Day One: 21 April 2021 | From 11:00
£3,000
Description
machine-woven wool, one with applied maker's label
Dimensions
121cm x 194cm
Footnote
Provenance: From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire
Note: Originally from Scrabster in Caithness George Bain studied at the Royal College of Art and began his career as a book illustrator. He studied Celtic art and in 1951 published Celtic Art, The Methods of Construction. He designed several carpets of Celtic influence for Quayle & Tranter of Kidderminster during the late 1940s. See V&A Museum collection T.579-1995 for a similar example.