Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 322
Estimate
A JOINED AND PIECED PANEL OF IVORY SILK Mid-18th Century Brocaded in coloured silks with serpentine trails of stylised flowers, sprouting leaves formed from a flush pattern in the ground, some damage and wear, re-backed 60 in. x 47 in. (152 cm. x 119 cm.)
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Saleroom Notice
The lot illustrated as 433 in Wardrobe XII (blue textile) is in fact lot 435.
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