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CIRCA 1880
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AN AUBUSSON DESIGN MACHINE MADE AXMINSTER CARPET
CIRCA 1880
The field with a raspberry-red lattice of quatrefoils around a large central ice-blue roundel with gothic style concentric cruciform panelled medallion containing floral motifs, a concentric ice-blue and khaki floral roundel in each spandrel, in an ice-blue panelled border of delicate floral sprays, outer brown border of linked angular panels containing gothic floral designs, divided by similar lozenges, back glued to hessian, small repairs mostly in the border, slight splits in a couple of places, one small area of moth damage
23 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 6in. (726 cm. x 502 cm.)
CIRCA 1880
The field with a raspberry-red lattice of quatrefoils around a large central ice-blue roundel with gothic style concentric cruciform panelled medallion containing floral motifs, a concentric ice-blue and khaki floral roundel in each spandrel, in an ice-blue panelled border of delicate floral sprays, outer brown border of linked angular panels containing gothic floral designs, divided by similar lozenges, back glued to hessian, small repairs mostly in the border, slight splits in a couple of places, one small area of moth damage
23 ft. 10 in. x 16 ft. 6in. (726 cm. x 502 cm.)
Provenance
The White Drawing Room, Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire