Irish Rug designed by CFA Voysey BB2370 13'0" × 20'7" $170,000

An early 20th century C.F.A. Voysey-designed rug, the blue field with a dense pale polychrome trellis of controlled curving vines, blue and green leaves and red blossoms within a continuous dark blue geometric floral spray border. Born in England, C.F.A. Voysey was a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement, who had a great influence on his contemporaries. Early in his career as a designer and architect, Voysey primarily designed textiles and wallpaper. Among the retailers and manufacturers of his rug designs were Morton’s (Donegal rugs), Tomkinson and Adam, Yates and Co., and Heal’s department store.