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ORDERED BY LORD DUVEEN THROUGH THE DÉCORATEUR L. ALAVOINE FOR MRS. ANNA THOMPSON DODGE, CIRCA 1932-34
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AN AUBUSSON PILE CARPET
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine for Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge, circa 1932-34
Having a central light camel shaped cartouche containing various symbols of singing and music flanked by circular fan rosettes all on a light blue and cream diamond diaper trellis field within a shaped light camel floral garland border punctuated by urn, lyre and rosette medallions and with musical trophies in each corner, woven lengthwise
Approximately 47ft. x 21ft. 11in. (1457cm. x 658cm.)
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine for Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge, circa 1932-34
Having a central light camel shaped cartouche containing various symbols of singing and music flanked by circular fan rosettes all on a light blue and cream diamond diaper trellis field within a shaped light camel floral garland border punctuated by urn, lyre and rosette medallions and with musical trophies in each corner, woven lengthwise
Approximately 47ft. x 21ft. 11in. (1457cm. x 658cm.)
Provenance
Ordered by Lord Duveen through the décorateur L. Alavoine for Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge for Rose Terrace, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, circa 1932-34.
Bequest of Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge in memory of her husband, Horace E. Dodge, 1971.
Bequest of Mrs. Anna Thompson Dodge in memory of her husband, Horace E. Dodge, 1971.
Literature
T. Dell, et al., The Dodge Collection of 18th-Century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts, New York, 1996, p. 16, fig. 3, pp. 25-27.
Special notice
Tax exempt.