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A FRAGMENTARY CAIRENE CARPET
EGYPT, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The raspberry-red field with a counterposed design of lime-green, indigo, light blue and dark green leafy scrolling vine issuing palmettes and flowerheads around an indigo floral part medallion, in a broad raspberry-red border of scrolling leafy flowerhead vine between lime-green skittle-pattern and flowerhead stripes, backed, composite, overall wear and old repair
6ft.6in. x 4ft.7in. (198cm. x 140cm.)
EGYPT, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The raspberry-red field with a counterposed design of lime-green, indigo, light blue and dark green leafy scrolling vine issuing palmettes and flowerheads around an indigo floral part medallion, in a broad raspberry-red border of scrolling leafy flowerhead vine between lime-green skittle-pattern and flowerhead stripes, backed, composite, overall wear and old repair
6ft.6in. x 4ft.7in. (198cm. x 140cm.)
Provenance
Ibrahim Beyhoun Collection, Beirut
Literature
Gray, Basil (intro.by): Art Islamique dans les collections privées libanaises, exhibition catalogue, Beirut, 1974, no 212.