Lot Essay
Compare The Homer Perkins Collection, Christie's, New York, 23 September 1998, lot 74.
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MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
A SAINT LOUIS CARPET GROUND WEIGHT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The ground composed of pale-pink hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in deep-salmon, set with five circlets of pale-green hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in dark-green, each enclosing a silhouette of a devil, a dog, a camel, a dancing figure and two dancing figures, the center with a circlet of blue centered white canes enclosing a composite cane in blue, green, white and salmon-pink
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter; 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high
MID-19TH CENTURY
The ground composed of pale-pink hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in deep-salmon, set with five circlets of pale-green hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in dark-green, each enclosing a silhouette of a devil, a dog, a camel, a dancing figure and two dancing figures, the center with a circlet of blue centered white canes enclosing a composite cane in blue, green, white and salmon-pink
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter; 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high