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ENGLAND, CIRCA 1940
Details
A PONTREMOLI GROS-POINT AND PETIT-POINT CARPET
England, circa 1940
With occasional silk highlights, the ice-blue field with rectangular panels alternately containing pale-pink rosettes around a pronounced central fan-like roundel with ivory ribbon-tied floral swag border, a similar half roundel at each end, smaller part roundels in the middle of each side, in a pale-pink border of meandering golden acathanus with inner mushroom-grey floral roundel and octagon border between narrow plain and moulded bud motif stripes, signed 'J.M.P,' one corner section cut and with small missing area
20 ft.2 in. x 13 ft.7 in. (615 cm. x 414 cm.)
England, circa 1940
With occasional silk highlights, the ice-blue field with rectangular panels alternately containing pale-pink rosettes around a pronounced central fan-like roundel with ivory ribbon-tied floral swag border, a similar half roundel at each end, smaller part roundels in the middle of each side, in a pale-pink border of meandering golden acathanus with inner mushroom-grey floral roundel and octagon border between narrow plain and moulded bud motif stripes, signed 'J.M.P,' one corner section cut and with small missing area
20 ft.2 in. x 13 ft.7 in. (615 cm. x 414 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by Colonel Norman Colville, M.C.
Special notice
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