Sale 7872
London
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7 October 2010
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Price realised
GBP 4,750
Estimate
A PAO TOU CARPET CHINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY 17ft.4in. x 14ft.11in. (527cm. x 455cm.)
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For the same design used in a Khotan carpet please see lot 258 in this sale.
Pre-Lot Text
Specialist Louise Broadhurst advises on everything from the identification of natural dyes to finding the right setting on your vacuum cleaner
Interior designer Robert Kime on how he came to acquire this magnificent tapestry — depicting a scene in the life of Alexander the Great — for just £7,500
Why the French Impressionist’s paintings of the Saint-Lazare train station are among his greatest achievements
Meredith Etherington-Smith hails the long and distinguished career of the London antiques dealer with a client list that reads like an international who’s who