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A LARGE MACHINE WOVEN CARPET
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A LARGE MACHINE WOVEN CARPET

DESIGNED BY BILLY MCCARTY, CIRCA 1970

Fermé22 July 2020

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A LARGE MACHINE WOVEN CARPET
DESIGNED BY BILLY MCCARTY, CIRCA 1970
The cream field with foliate design within refoil and stiff-leaf borders, woven in strips
145 ½ x 264 in. (369 x 671 cm.)

Supplied by Billy McCarty Circa 1970 to Gloria Rutherston, later countess Bathurst (1927-2018).

Note du spécialiste

Gloria Rutherston (Later Countess Bathurst) commissioned the promising young interior designer, Billy McCarty to decorate her London home on Tregunter Road, Chelsea, circa 1970. The two formed a friendship which would last to the end of McCarty's tragically short life.