Sample length (selvage width, more than a yard in length) of Wilton carpet; cut pile, quality F, Jacquard-woven pattern: Very large all-over stylized foliage and floral design in browns, turquoise blue, and yellow-beige (browns predominating) on a cream ground. Made and donated by Bigelow Carpet, Co., Sales Office, Boston, MA; Mill, Clinton, MA; in 1884.
The pile warp is wool; gray ground warp, fiber not known; weft is linen. The name "Bigelow" is woven into the center back in a strip parallel to the selvages.
This sample is the field, which would be joined to a border, See T7406.