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Elegant Brussels and Royal Wilton carpetings.

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Made by: Henry Pettes & Company (Boston, Mass.)
Date: [ca.1845]
Place: Boston
Held by: Winterthur Library
Number: NK2799 P49 TC
Size: 8 p. ; 23 cm.
Themes: Woven carpet, Trade catalogs & marketing

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Henry Pettes & Company (Boston, Mass.). “Elegant Brussels and Royal Wilton carpetings.,” [ca.1845]. NK2799 P49 TC, Winterthur Library. library.winterthur.org/Record/vtls000088506.

Research notes

Retail trade catalogue. WinterCat: Boston, The Company, [ca.1845]; 8 p.; cover title; last 4 pages "extracts from the public press" about Pettes & Co.; prepared "for the use of purchasers of dry goods and carpets, at retail." Why it matters: Woven carpet: an early American retail source naming Brussels and "Royal Wilton" carpeting c. 1845. Found: Winterthur Library catalogue (WinterCat), search "Brussels carpet", 2026-10-28.