Sale 9887
London, South Kensington
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14 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 956
Estimate
A fine Sarouk carpet the shaded indigo field with overall design of multicoloured stylised floral and leafy sprays together with angular floral vine, in broad shaded tomato-red border of bold palmettes and angular floral meander between light blue and tomato-red flowering vine stripes, outer plain stripe, reduced in width, very slight localized wear --588cm. x 307cm. (19ft.4in. x 10ft.1in.)
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