Product groups
Designer
Themes
Picnic rug | Wright
Estimated value: 1000-1500 US$
Auction:
Modern Design
Sales date: 2004-03-28
Location:
Chicago
Lot number: 431
Design
Raymond LoewyManufacturer Edward Fields
Architonic id
4103705
Machine-woven wool
35"w x 58"h
According to Jack Fields, president of Edward Fields, it was the original introduction of a series of Raymond Loewy-designed carpets by his father's company in 1952 that launched the concept of "area" rugs. At the time, it had been more common for the contemporary homeowner to use wall-to-wall carpeting to cover the often unfinished floors in newly constructed post-war housing.
35"w x 58"h
According to Jack Fields, president of Edward Fields, it was the original introduction of a series of Raymond Loewy-designed carpets by his father's company in 1952 that launched the concept of "area" rugs. At the time, it had been more common for the contemporary homeowner to use wall-to-wall carpeting to cover the often unfinished floors in newly constructed post-war housing.
