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Unique and Important Carpet from the Palace of the Maharaja of Indore, Manik Bagh, circa 1930
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IVAN DA SILVA-BRUHNS (1881-1980)
Unique and Important Carpet from the Palace of the Maharaja of Indore, Manik Bagh, circa 1930
executed by the Manufacture de Savigny, Savigny-sur-Orge, France
hand-knotted wool
16 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 8 in. (491 x 422 cm)
signed in weave da Silva Bruhns and with manufacturer's monogram
Unique and Important Carpet from the Palace of the Maharaja of Indore, Manik Bagh, circa 1930
executed by the Manufacture de Savigny, Savigny-sur-Orge, France
hand-knotted wool
16 ft. 1 in. x 13 ft. 8 in. (491 x 422 cm)
signed in weave da Silva Bruhns and with manufacturer's monogram
Provenance
Maharaja of Indore, Manik Bagh, India, circa 1930
Maharajah d'Indore, Sotheby's, Monaco, 11 October 1987, lot 329
Marsha Miro, Detroit
Christie's, New York, 9 December 2014, lot 544
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 7 June 2017, lot 45
Maharajah d'Indore, Sotheby's, Monaco, 11 October 1987, lot 329
Marsha Miro, Detroit
Christie's, New York, 9 December 2014, lot 544
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, 7 June 2017, lot 45
Literature
'Indisches Märchenschloss 1933, Eine Berliner Architekt baut den Palast des Maharadschas von Indore', Berliner Illustrierte Zerfung, no. 46, November 1933, n.p. (for information on Manik Bagh and images of carpets designed by da Silva Bruhns)
R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, no. 223, September 1970, pp. 52 and 55 (for similar carpets in Manik Bagh)
A. Pica, 'Eckart Muthesius in India, The avant-garde meets history', Domus, no. 593, April 1979, p. 6 (for a similar carpet in Manik Bagh)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray: Architect-Designer, London, 1987, p. 188 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, Paris, 1987, p. 52, fig. 1 (present lot illustrated in situ)
P. Bayer, Art Deco Interiors, London, 1990, p. 136 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
P. Garner, Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect, Berlin, 1993, p. 36 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930: The Maharaja's Palace in Indore, Architecture and Interior, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 91 (present lot illustrated in situ)
S. Day, 'Art Deco Masterworks, The Carpets of Ivan da Silva Bruhns', Hali, The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art, no. 105, July-August 1999, pp. 78-80 (for two similar carpets for Manik Bagh)
Le palais du maharadjah d'Indore : photographies : Man Ray, Emil Leitner, Eckart Muthesius, exh. cat., Galerie Doria, Paris, 2006, p. 84-85 (present lot illustrated)
Eileen Gray, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2013, p. 69 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
Moderne Maharajah, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2019, pp. 102-103, 136-137, 173, 201 (present lot illustrated)
G. Lenain, Le Dernier Maharaja d'Indore, Paris, 2022, pp. 143, 145 and 146 (mentioned)
R. Descharnes, 'En Inde un Palais 1930', Connaissance des Arts, no. 223, September 1970, pp. 52 and 55 (for similar carpets in Manik Bagh)
A. Pica, 'Eckart Muthesius in India, The avant-garde meets history', Domus, no. 593, April 1979, p. 6 (for a similar carpet in Manik Bagh)
P. Adam, Eileen Gray: Architect-Designer, London, 1987, p. 188 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
Y. Brunhammer, Les Styles des Années 30 à 50, Paris, 1987, p. 52, fig. 1 (present lot illustrated in situ)
P. Bayer, Art Deco Interiors, London, 1990, p. 136 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
P. Garner, Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect, Berlin, 1993, p. 36 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
R. Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930: The Maharaja's Palace in Indore, Architecture and Interior, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 91 (present lot illustrated in situ)
S. Day, 'Art Deco Masterworks, The Carpets of Ivan da Silva Bruhns', Hali, The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art, no. 105, July-August 1999, pp. 78-80 (for two similar carpets for Manik Bagh)
Le palais du maharadjah d'Indore : photographies : Man Ray, Emil Leitner, Eckart Muthesius, exh. cat., Galerie Doria, Paris, 2006, p. 84-85 (present lot illustrated)
Eileen Gray, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2013, p. 69 (for a similar carpet in the Maharaja's bedroom)
Moderne Maharajah, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2019, pp. 102-103, 136-137, 173, 201 (present lot illustrated)
G. Lenain, Le Dernier Maharaja d'Indore, Paris, 2022, pp. 143, 145 and 146 (mentioned)
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Alexander Heminway
International Head of Design