Paul McGhee
@pmcghee.bsky.social
Rug repairer. Haunter of car boot sales. Cambridge, UK.
Also stereography at @pmcghee2.bsky.social
Also stereography at @pmcghee2.bsky.social
Found this 19th century idea for improving the Google logo in Norwich Castle museum.
November 12, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Found this 19th century idea for improving the Google logo in Norwich Castle museum.
Pattern Recognition
Batch of medieval floor tiles imaginatively displayed in Norwich Castle.
Batch of medieval floor tiles imaginatively displayed in Norwich Castle.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Pattern Recognition
Batch of medieval floor tiles imaginatively displayed in Norwich Castle.
Batch of medieval floor tiles imaginatively displayed in Norwich Castle.
They also have this nice suzani with a pattern like Iznik tiles.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
They also have this nice suzani with a pattern like Iznik tiles.
Rug of the Day
Big fabulous kilim from (?) Konya seen in Turkish restaurant Haggle* in Norwich with similar one courtesy of Mr Google.
*so called because all furnishings were bought in the Istanbul souks, so the owner tells me. Food was also fabulous!
Big fabulous kilim from (?) Konya seen in Turkish restaurant Haggle* in Norwich with similar one courtesy of Mr Google.
*so called because all furnishings were bought in the Istanbul souks, so the owner tells me. Food was also fabulous!
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Rug of the Day
Big fabulous kilim from (?) Konya seen in Turkish restaurant Haggle* in Norwich with similar one courtesy of Mr Google.
*so called because all furnishings were bought in the Istanbul souks, so the owner tells me. Food was also fabulous!
Big fabulous kilim from (?) Konya seen in Turkish restaurant Haggle* in Norwich with similar one courtesy of Mr Google.
*so called because all furnishings were bought in the Istanbul souks, so the owner tells me. Food was also fabulous!
Some charkha tech at the South Asia Collection in Norwich. Worth going to see.
thesouthasiacollection.co.uk
thesouthasiacollection.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Some charkha tech at the South Asia Collection in Norwich. Worth going to see.
thesouthasiacollection.co.uk
thesouthasiacollection.co.uk
Good view from the Castle battlements.
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Good view from the Castle battlements.
A close look at the structure for rug geeks.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A close look at the structure for rug geeks.
Rug of the Day
Detail from an old carpet of my acquaintance. Identified by AI as, variously, an Anatolian rug, a Safavid textile or a piece of embroidered canvas work. What do you think?
Detail from an old carpet of my acquaintance. Identified by AI as, variously, an Anatolian rug, a Safavid textile or a piece of embroidered canvas work. What do you think?
November 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Rug of the Day
Detail from an old carpet of my acquaintance. Identified by AI as, variously, an Anatolian rug, a Safavid textile or a piece of embroidered canvas work. What do you think?
Detail from an old carpet of my acquaintance. Identified by AI as, variously, an Anatolian rug, a Safavid textile or a piece of embroidered canvas work. What do you think?
Rug of the Day
People made from loop and cut pile on canvas by Anna Perach, seen in Norwich.
People made from loop and cut pile on canvas by Anna Perach, seen in Norwich.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rug of the Day
People made from loop and cut pile on canvas by Anna Perach, seen in Norwich.
People made from loop and cut pile on canvas by Anna Perach, seen in Norwich.
I just searched the Fellowship page of the Royal Society for Elon Musk and got this. Has something quietly happened?
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I just searched the Fellowship page of the Royal Society for Elon Musk and got this. Has something quietly happened?
Not easy to see in their photo .
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Not easy to see in their photo .
Rugs of the Day
Four wedding blankets from the marshy bit at the bottom of Iraq, which have, unexpectedly but appropriately, ended up in a Fenland auction house.
www.khm.uio.no/english/coll...
Four wedding blankets from the marshy bit at the bottom of Iraq, which have, unexpectedly but appropriately, ended up in a Fenland auction house.
www.khm.uio.no/english/coll...
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Rugs of the Day
Four wedding blankets from the marshy bit at the bottom of Iraq, which have, unexpectedly but appropriately, ended up in a Fenland auction house.
www.khm.uio.no/english/coll...
Four wedding blankets from the marshy bit at the bottom of Iraq, which have, unexpectedly but appropriately, ended up in a Fenland auction house.
www.khm.uio.no/english/coll...
Weight is an issue. This thick wool tapestry weighs 13 kg, so you need to put up strong rails.
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Weight is an issue. This thick wool tapestry weighs 13 kg, so you need to put up strong rails.
Rug of the Day
Seen at the car boot sale.
Solidly built Melas (W Anatolia) rug with silky highlights in the white petals of the flowers
Seen at the car boot sale.
Solidly built Melas (W Anatolia) rug with silky highlights in the white petals of the flowers
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Rug of the Day
Seen at the car boot sale.
Solidly built Melas (W Anatolia) rug with silky highlights in the white petals of the flowers
Seen at the car boot sale.
Solidly built Melas (W Anatolia) rug with silky highlights in the white petals of the flowers
Heading into and out of our local M&S
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Heading into and out of our local M&S
Wandlebury has the sweetest cows.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Wandlebury has the sweetest cows.
Today's Car Boot Sale Treasures
Eclectic or what?
Eclectic or what?
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Today's Car Boot Sale Treasures
Eclectic or what?
Eclectic or what?
I'll just check if my milk has been delivered yet
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I'll just check if my milk has been delivered yet
Went to Dungeness today. Derek Jarman's cottage more suburban street than liminal idyll, IMHO. The rest of the area was much more interesting.
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Went to Dungeness today. Derek Jarman's cottage more suburban street than liminal idyll, IMHO. The rest of the area was much more interesting.
Loving these structures in Hastings - three-storey sheds for storing the different nets and tackle the fishermen needed to catch the different types of fish arriving off the coast in three different seasons.
October 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Loving these structures in Hastings - three-storey sheds for storing the different nets and tackle the fishermen needed to catch the different types of fish arriving off the coast in three different seasons.
TIL: John Betjeman owned Henry James' morning suit and later passed it on to John Wells. Apparently, Betjeman was exactly the same size as James. I find this utterly charming.
#ReduceReuseRecycle
#ReduceReuseRecycle
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
TIL: John Betjeman owned Henry James' morning suit and later passed it on to John Wells. Apparently, Betjeman was exactly the same size as James. I find this utterly charming.
#ReduceReuseRecycle
#ReduceReuseRecycle
They will have the best desktop accessories
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
They will have the best desktop accessories
Gonna de-clutter, paint my table white and head down to the garden centre.
October 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Gonna de-clutter, paint my table white and head down to the garden centre.