Sale 9614
New York
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29 - 30 March 2001
Price realised
USD 43,475
Estimate
A FRENCH SAVONNERIE CARPET Second Quarter 20th Century Of a Louis XIV Grande Galerie carpet design, having a central rosette medallion within an acanthus framework all on a cream rinceaux field and within an egg and leaf border with a fleur-de-lys at each corner Approximately 16ft. 3in. x 13ft. 6in. (495cm. x 411cm.)
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Pre-Lot Text
RUGS AND CARPETS LOTS 338 - 351 PROPERTY BELONGING TO A FRENCH COLLECTOR
In the 1960s Robert Indiana made LOVE, a work that seemed to embody 1960s idealism. But there was also a darker side to this painter of the American dream
From Cupid to Kahlo to Keats — the artworks and objects that encapsulate the power of love