Lot Essay
The pattern on this carpet relates to the designs found on larger voided-velvet carpets from the Qing period
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BEVERLEY JACKSON
A FINE APRICOT-GROUND SILK COUNTED-STITCH CARPET
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A FINE APRICOT-GROUND SILK COUNTED-STITCH CARPET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Embroidered with a large central lotus head surrounded by a main field of peony and lotus heads reserved on a dense leafy ground, within a key-pattern border superimposed with stylized striding dragons confronting lotus heads, all picked out in shades of aubergine, green, gray and coral against a pale orange ground--63 x 36in. (160 x 91.5cm.)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Embroidered with a large central lotus head surrounded by a main field of peony and lotus heads reserved on a dense leafy ground, within a key-pattern border superimposed with stylized striding dragons confronting lotus heads, all picked out in shades of aubergine, green, gray and coral against a pale orange ground--63 x 36in. (160 x 91.5cm.)