An important Pontremoli needlework carpet
England, circa 1925.
Worked with wool in petit point and gross point techniques with additional silk highlights.
Signed: J.M. Pontremoli
38ft 5in x 14ft 9in : 1171cm x 450cm
In 1910, Mr Jaques Moreno Pontremoli established a workshop in Paddington, London, to make needlework carpets primarily based on designs by Haines and other designs copied from the Victoria and Albert Museum by his girls.
The carpets produced were a hybrid of different design styles and periods, not always successful, though the present carpet is in our opinion one of his most satisfying creations, with a design influenced by the Queen Anne period. The immense size obviously indicates a specific commission, probably for a Newport, Rhodes Island residence and as mentioned in an advertisement - the largest carpet created by Pontremoli, (Connoisseur Magazine).
The workshop was active during a period which saw the emergence of the Art Deco, a progressive modern movement and as such Pontremoli carpets, though based on classical period designs, do have a Miro-esque quality which allows them to be adaptable to both classical rooms and modern decorative schemes.
Examples of these needlework carpets remain in the Royal Household.
Literature: F. Lewis, The Pontremoli Collection, illustrated, plate 46.
Price : P.O.A.
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