A Handmade Donegal Carpet After a Design by Gavin Morton, G.K Robertson. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,500 AT HAMMER
This Lily of the Valley pattern handmade Donegal carpet comes up as lot 285 at Reilly’s auction in Prosperous, Co. Kildare on September 14. The sale of 500 lots – on behalf of renowned jockey Michael J Kinane of Eadling House, Punchestown – features a number of Donegal and Persian carpets and runners as well as fine furniture, art and collectibles. This one is estimated at €3,800-€4,000, the most expensively estimated at €8.000-€9,000 is a blue ground design by Gavin Morton and G K Robertson, who began their collaboration in the 19th century.