Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,530
Estimate
A PAIR OF BRUSSELS TAPESTRY BORDER FRAGMENTS Second half 17th Century Woven in wools and silks, each depicting profuse foliate scrolls with a monkey to the base and birds within foliate wreaths, the centre with a spread eagle on a foliate plinth, within later brown outer slips, reweaving and patching, one variously cut and re-attached, minor variations in height One 8 ft. 10 in. (269 cm.) high; the other 8 ft. 8 in. (265 cm.) high; each 8 in. (20 cm.) wide (2)
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Saleroom Notice
The illustration for this lot is incorrectly numbered 387. The item that is numbered lot 390 in the illustration is actually lot 388.
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