A virtual carpet in Charleston.(Brief Article)

The Magazine Antiques | February 1, 2001| | Copyright

Ralph Blakely, a carpet collector in Charleston has sent us an intriguing speculation regarding the presence of Oriental rugs in that city in the eighteenth centruy. He bases his very plausible argument on a comparison of the portraits illustrated here, writing:

Considering the extravagant tastes of the cosmopolitan, sybaritic Charleston rice planters, Oriental carpets would hardly have been omitted from the lists of luxury goods they bought while abroad and shipped home. Yet in the few surviving Charleston inventories from the period there is no mention of Oriental ...

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