GEORGE BAIN (1881–1968) FOR QUAYLE AND TRANTER, KIDDERMINSTER PAIR OF RARE 'HEBRIDEAN' RUGS, CIRCA machine-woven wool, one with applied maker's label

(121cm x 194cm)

Footnote: Provenance: From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire Note: Originally from Scrabster in Caithness George Bain studied at the Royal College of Art and began his career as a book illustrator. He studied Celtic art and in 1951 published Celtic Art, The Methods of Construction. He designed several carpets of Celtic influence for Quayle & Tranter of Kidderminster during the late 1940s. See V&A Museum collection T.579-1995 for a similar example.