The entrance to the Lecky Library has a new welcome mat in the form of Eileen Gray’s Castellar. The wool, long-pile rug has been mounted on the wall to allow for the fullest appreciation and replaces Robert Ballagh’s Three People with Jackson Pollock, which has been temporarily removed for conservation work.

Hung as it is, with its rectilinear forms and restrained colour palette, the piece almost resembles a work of Suprematist abstraction along the lines of that of Kazimir Malevich. It is easy to imagine this elegant and discreetly luxurious rug serving as the perfect counterpoint to the austerity of an International Modernist interior. More than a rug, more than a work of art, it is also a reminder and celebration of one of Ireland’s most visionary female architects, artists and designers.