Sale 1385
New York
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15 June 2004
Price realised
USD 16,730
Estimate
A DONEGAL WOOL CARPET THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO GAVIN MORTON AND G.K. ROBERTSON, CIRCA 1900 12 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 1½ in. (392.4 x 308.6 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, November 7, 1992, lot 394A
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cf. Malcolm Haslam, Arts and Crafts Carpets, 1991, p. 97, fig. 61, carpet with similar field and color scheme designed by Gavin Morton and G.K. Robertson illustrated.
Pre-Lot Text
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