Axminster carpet attributed to Thomas Whitty, ca. 1765 (Met 2025.725)
Object · checked at the source
- Made by
- Attributed to Thomas Whitty (1713–1792); Axminster carpet manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1765
- Place
- Axminster, Devon
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Collection
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Number
- 2025.725
- Materials
- wool
- Size
- 17 ft × 14 ft 11 3/4 in. (518.2 × 456.6 cm), irregular rectangle
- Themes
- Woven carpet
Cite this source
Attributed to Thomas Whitty (1713–1792); Axminster carpet manufactory. Axminster carpet attributed to Thomas Whitty, ca. 1765 (Met 2025.725), ca. 1765. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025.725. metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/928622.
Research notes
Hand-knotted wool carpet ("Wool; knotted pile"), attributed to Thomas Whitty of the Axminster carpet manufactory, ca. 1765 (the Met's date range 1760–1770). Acquired by the Met in 2025: "Purchase, F.J. Hakimian Gift, in memory of Joseph Hakimian, and Christian Keesee and Anonymous Gifts, in memory of Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 2025". Gallery 511. Public domain image. Why it matters: a dated Whitty attribution from his first decade at Axminster (his first carpet was finished in 1755), a generation earlier than the Met's other Whitty carpet (57.162, ca. 1780–90). Source: Met Collection API, object 928622 (record dated 2026-07-16), saved in research/fetched.