Details
A RARE ANTIQUE KHOTAN CARPET, the blood-red field with an overall lattice of lobed hooked panels in a triple blood-red and ice-blue or powder-pink and light blue key pattern border, plain outer blood-red stripe (some areas of wear, small repairs)
12ft.1in. x 8ft.9in. (368cm. x 266cm.)
12ft.1in. x 8ft.9in. (368cm. x 266cm.)
Provenance
Obolenski family, St. Petersburg, by tradition before 1815
Prince Alexis Obolenski, from whom purchased by
'Prince' Mike Romanoff at the Russian Nobility Association in America Ball, held at the Pierre Hotel, New York, 26 February 1939
Prince Alexis Obolenski, from whom purchased by
'Prince' Mike Romanoff at the Russian Nobility Association in America Ball, held at the Pierre Hotel, New York, 26 February 1939