Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 12,650
Estimate
A PAIR OF BRUSSELS TAPESTRY BORDER FRAGMENTS 17th Century Woven in wools and silks, each depicting a column with grotesque feet supporting a basket of scrolling flowers surmounted by a putto holding a parrot and two further putti supporting a cornucopia issuing fruits and flowers, within a later cream and blue outer slip, minor reweaving and patching 9 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. (300 cm. x 49 cm.) (2)
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