{"id":1686,"date":"2025-10-08T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:16:31","slug":"needlepoint-carpet-with-roman-catholic-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/08\/needlepoint-carpet-with-roman-catholic-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Needlepoint Carpet with Roman Catholic\u00a0Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20230-ok-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20230-ok-1.jpg 907w, https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20230-ok-1-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/antiquerugstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20230-ok-1-768x847.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>#20230<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Needlepoint&nbsp; Square Carpet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17\u20196\u201d by 19\u20196\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>circa 1870<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cotton foundation, wool needlepoint embroidery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This mosaic floor pattern wool needlepoint carpet was clearly\u00a0a special commission for a high-level\u00a0Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop and then archbishop \/ cardinal as indicated by the hats with tassels in the corners. \u00a0Each of these corners surmount a shield of arms, one of which displays the cross, another with a wreath bearing the inscription \u2018pax\u2019 or \u2018peace\u2019, and the other two more distinctly armorial, probably indicating the cleric\u2019s family name. \u00a0The more tassels, the higher level the churchman. \u00a0Monsignors have the fewest tassels, archbishops at the cardinal level the most. \u00a0The archbishop\/cardinal\u2019s arms show a double-armed Cross of Lorraine surmounting a shield with a bend. \u00a0Another armorial shield shows a bend with a small lion beneath, and at the top an azure band with star and crescent ornamentation.\u00a0 The Lorraine Cross may (or may not) indicate service in the capital city of Nancy.\u00a0 Regardless, the original patron should, with further research, be identifiable. The shields indicate a patron of noble birth, as was the usual practice in the Catholic Church in France and Italy in the 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century. 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