A NAPOLEON III AUBUSSON CARPET, the tan field with bold monochrome raspberry-red scrolling vine around a large cusped central fox-brown panel containing a light blue and ivory concentric roundel bordered by laurel leaves and a floral wreath around the central floral bouquet, the panel within a golden laurel-leaf border linked to large floral cartouches within acanthus scroll frames in the centre of each side, the broad ivory border with bold floral sprays between moulded golden leafy and arcaded stripes, broad plain outer dark brown stripe (a few areas of slight wear and splitting) backed