Sale 8587
London, South Kensington
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24 November 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,185
Estimate
A fine Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded brick-red field with delicate leafy vine issuing polychrome palmettes, rosettes and floral sprays together with various animals around ivory cusped medallion with palmette pendants containing delicate flowering vine enclosing brick-red radiating floral centrepiece, light blue palmette spandrels, in an indigo border of bold palmettes, serrated leaves and rosette vine between ivory palmette and arabesque stripes, outer plain stripes 382cm. x 274cm.(12ft.6in. x 9ft.)
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