SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

細節

A FRENCH NEEDLEWORK CARPET
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The ivory field with stylized lattice containing polychrome floral bouquets and sprays, centred by a coat of arms, in a brown floral border, small hole in one corner, localised wear, backed
13 ft. 9 in. x 13 ft. 8 in. (419 x 416 cm.)

來源

Almost certainly commissioned by Isidore-Elizabeth-Jean-Baptiste Alleye de Ciprey, created Baron Alleye de Cyprey in 1830.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 14th October 1987, lot 645.

注意事項

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拍品專文

The arms are those born by Isidore-Elizabeth-Jean-Baptiste Alleye de Ciprey, who became Baron Alleye de Cyprey in 1830. Born in Gaudeloupe in 1784, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary in Mexico in 1840. This may have been commissioned to celebrate his enoblement in 1830, following his second marriage in 1824 to Mme. Jacoby.
A closely related carpet, almost certainly manufactured in the same workshop, is illustrated in M. J. Mayorcas, English Needlework Carpets 16th-19th Centuries, Leigh-on-Sea, 1963, pl.68.