THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A CHARLES X SAVONNERIE CARPET
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A CHARLES X SAVONNERIE CARPET
The sang-de-boeuf field with a wreath of floral swags around a large central ivory floral roundel, in a cusped lemon-yellow frame outlined by ribbon-tied rose swags, each enclosing a bouquet, each corner also issuing acanthus vases with floral bouquets flanked by paired cornucopia, in an ivory border of scrolling acanthus leaves and rosettes between minor moulded golden stripes, partial plain sang-de-boeuf outer stripe, areas of wear, slight damage and old repairs
24 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. (739 cm. x 471 cm.)
The sang-de-boeuf field with a wreath of floral swags around a large central ivory floral roundel, in a cusped lemon-yellow frame outlined by ribbon-tied rose swags, each enclosing a bouquet, each corner also issuing acanthus vases with floral bouquets flanked by paired cornucopia, in an ivory border of scrolling acanthus leaves and rosettes between minor moulded golden stripes, partial plain sang-de-boeuf outer stripe, areas of wear, slight damage and old repairs
24 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. (739 cm. x 471 cm.)
Provenance
By descent since the 19th Century.