Sale 9878
London, South Kensington
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6 July 2004
Price realised
GBP 10,755
Estimate
A large quantity of crimson voided velvet, including thirty panels and a cover, woven with a cut and uncut crimson silk pile voided to a golden-yellow ground, with floral bouquets within an ogival foliate surround, with groups of stylised bees between, 1890sSee Illustration (detail) (a lot)
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