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AN ARRAIOLOS RUG
AN ARRAIOLOS RUG

PORTUGAL, 17TH CENTURY

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AN ARRAIOLOS RUG Portugal, 17th Century Having a dark green medallion with stylized carnations on the camel field with split-leaf arabesques within a cobalt rosette border Approximately 7ft. 8in. x 4ft. 4in. (234cm. x 132cm.)

Lot Essay

For a similar Arraiolos please see Oliveira, F. Baptista, Historia e Tecnica dos Tapetes de Arraiolos, Lisbon, 1991, p. 127, fig. 62.

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