AN EMPIRE AUBUSSON CARPET
This lot is offered without reserve.
AN EMPIRE AUBUSSON CARPET

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN EMPIRE AUBUSSON CARPET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Having a rosette medallion on the pale blue field with griffins in each corner, lacking original borders
Approximately 9 ft. 11 in. x 9 ft. 4 in. (302 x 284 cm.)
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Lot Essay

A pile Aubusson carpet woven from the same cartoon is currently in the collection of the Musée National du Château de Malmaison. It originally came from the Tuileries Palace and bears a label reading "Tuileries no. 63" (see E. Floret, Great Carpets of the World, Paris, 1996, p. 260, pl. 243. and S. Sherrill, Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America, New York, 1996, p.104, pl. 112).

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