AN IMPORTANT NICHOLAS I TAPESTRY CARPET

The Hon. Ernest Guinness purchased Luttrellstown Castle in 1927 as a wedding gift for his daughter Aileen Plunket. Under her care, Luttrellstown became a hub of social activity. Following the war, Mrs. Plunket embarked upon an extensive remodeling of the castle’s interiors. She hired one of London’s top interior designers of the period, Felix Harbord, to undertake the work, which continued until the early 1960s. The carpet offered here occupied the Ballroom, the far end of which opens opens into Harbord's famed Grisaille room, created to showcase the series of nine Grisaille paintings by Peter de Gree.