Lot 416
416
THE PROPERTY OF THE LANSDOWNE CLUB
A MASSIVE AXMINSTER CARPET, the shaded burgundy field with bold scrolling entwined leafy ochre sprays around a central scalloped cartouche bearing the arms of the Goring family, the ivory inner border with floral bouquets and trailing blue ribbons tied in bows, in a chocolate-brown scrolling pink acanthus and rosette border between golden leafy and floral stripes, a floral cartouche in each corner, circa 1830 (areas of wear and repair, central armorial a later addition, sides bound)

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A MASSIVE AXMINSTER CARPET, the shaded burgundy field with bold scrolling entwined leafy ochre sprays around a central scalloped cartouche bearing the arms of the Goring family, the ivory inner border with floral bouquets and trailing blue ribbons tied in bows, in a chocolate-brown scrolling pink acanthus and rosette border between golden leafy and floral stripes, a floral cartouche in each corner, circa 1830 (areas of wear and repair, central armorial a later addition, sides bound)
36ft.8in x 22ft.1in. (118cm. x 673cm.)

Lot Essay

This carpet appears to have been purchased by Charles Goring (d.1849), after he inherited Wiston Park, Sussex in 1829. The original central bouquet of flowers was subsequently replaced with the Goring family arms, whose motto is They will rise again. The carpet remained with the Goring family until the late 1960's, when it was purchased by the Lansdowne Club for the drawing room.

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