Gould - Hummingbird I art prints Hand-made bone and timber mirror

Hand-made bone and timber mirror

between 1870-1872

This vintage rug has a distressed low pile and signs of wear where the warp yarns become visible

Dimensions: 35cm diameter x 27cm high

Gould - Hummingbird I art prints Hand-made bone and timber mirrorIllustrations from the ornithologist John Gould's A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds, published in London in 1849 61. Gould was an obsessive collector of specimens and designer and publisher of more than 3300 plates. His wife Elizabeth Gould and later other notable artists such as Edward Lear executed the finished drawings to his design which showed remarkable detail and movement. Digitally remastered in the USA with exceptional