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PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A LARGE SILK EUROPEAN EMBROIDERY
PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A large yellow silk ground needlework carpet with attached guard stripes of scrollwork, the centre with an oval cartouche with two pineapple motifs and flowers, set among a field of scrollwork and vegetation
25 ft. 9 in. x 13 ft. 3in. (784 cm. x 403 cm.)
PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A large yellow silk ground needlework carpet with attached guard stripes of scrollwork, the centre with an oval cartouche with two pineapple motifs and flowers, set among a field of scrollwork and vegetation
25 ft. 9 in. x 13 ft. 3in. (784 cm. x 403 cm.)
Provenance
Maria Callas
Sold Hervé Chayette, Paris, Hotel Georges V, 14 June 1978, lot 138
Sold Hervé Chayette, Paris, Hotel Georges V, 14 June 1978, lot 138
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