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An Aubusson carpet
the pistachio-green field with a broad circular roundel of scrolling acanthus leaves and four cartouches two depicting classical scenes and two with floral and laurel leaf motifs, enclosing delicate hanging floral sprays, musical instruments, horns, perching birds flowering vases human heads, surrounding a round central medallion containing a floral wreath, with neo-classical initial sprandrels, in a broad plum-red border around a buff-brown and leafy vine picture frame, plain outer fox-brown stripe (areas of damage and repairs) 22ft. 4in. x 21ft. 8in. (680cm. x 658cm.)
the pistachio-green field with a broad circular roundel of scrolling acanthus leaves and four cartouches two depicting classical scenes and two with floral and laurel leaf motifs, enclosing delicate hanging floral sprays, musical instruments, horns, perching birds flowering vases human heads, surrounding a round central medallion containing a floral wreath, with neo-classical initial sprandrels, in a broad plum-red border around a buff-brown and leafy vine picture frame, plain outer fox-brown stripe (areas of damage and repairs) 22ft. 4in. x 21ft. 8in. (680cm. x 658cm.)