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ART-JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
It 13 rather surprising that the English manu-
facturer of carpets should, till within the last
few years, be so far behind his foreign competitor
as, it must be acknowledged, he has been, seeing
that the use of these fabrics is so much more
general here than elsewhere; and it is an axiom
among the trading community, that not only
the supply of an article should keep pace with
the demand, but also that a stimulus should be
given to the demand by every kind of improve-
ment of which the object in question is capable.
Now there is scarcely an article of ordinary
domestic use better calculated to develope the
artistic resources of the manufacturer's mind
than those to which we are now referring,
whether they are intended for the dwellings of
the middle classes, or the mansions of the
wealthy, and, in consequence, we have latterly
noticed they exhibit a far greater degree of re-
finement and taste than we were wont to see
shown in them. Among the contributors of
carpets of various degrees of quality, some rich,
and others suited to more common purposes,
are Messrs. A. Lapworth & Co., of London,
from whose contributions we have made some
selections. The first engraving represents an
elegant Hearth-Rug, designed for Messrs. Lap-
worth by Miss Gann, a clever pupil of the School
of Design at Somerset House. The design is
simple, but very elegant, being nothing more
than wreaths of white and red roses, upo4Ha
dark, claret-coloured ground; in the border, a
white ribbon is entwined with them. The other
subject is from a rich Axminster Carpet; the
borders, corners, and centre of this are exceed-
ingly fanciful, but they manifest much beauty.
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It 13 rather surprising that the English manu-
facturer of carpets should, till within the last
few years, be so far behind his foreign competitor
as, it must be acknowledged, he has been, seeing
that the use of these fabrics is so much more
general here than elsewhere; and it is an axiom
among the trading community, that not only
the supply of an article should keep pace with
the demand, but also that a stimulus should be
given to the demand by every kind of improve-
ment of which the object in question is capable.
Now there is scarcely an article of ordinary
domestic use better calculated to develope the
artistic resources of the manufacturer's mind
than those to which we are now referring,
whether they are intended for the dwellings of
the middle classes, or the mansions of the
wealthy, and, in consequence, we have latterly
noticed they exhibit a far greater degree of re-
finement and taste than we were wont to see
shown in them. Among the contributors of
carpets of various degrees of quality, some rich,
and others suited to more common purposes,
are Messrs. A. Lapworth & Co., of London,
from whose contributions we have made some
selections. The first engraving represents an
elegant Hearth-Rug, designed for Messrs. Lap-
worth by Miss Gann, a clever pupil of the School
of Design at Somerset House. The design is
simple, but very elegant, being nothing more
than wreaths of white and red roses, upo4Ha
dark, claret-coloured ground; in the border, a
white ribbon is entwined with them. The other
subject is from a rich Axminster Carpet; the
borders, corners, and centre of this are exceed-
ingly fanciful, but they manifest much beauty.
161
2 T