A SHAPED FRAGMENT OF LIGHT GREEN SILK AND IVORY AND MAUVE WOOL | Christie's

Sale 6072

The Mayorcas Collection of Tapestries and Textiles

London

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12 February 1999

Browse Sale

Lot 626

A SHAPED FRAGMENT OF LIGHT GREEN SILK AND IVORY AND MAUVE WOOL

Price realised

GBP 518

Estimate

GBP 200 - GBP 400

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A SHAPED FRAGMENT OF LIGHT GREEN SILK AND IVORY AND MAUVE WOOL
Possibly first half 17th Century, probably Spanish
Woven with stylised carnation and pomegranate sprigs, against a green ground, some wear
10 in. x 48 in. (25 cm. x 122 cm.) at widest part;
a collection of matching fragments;
and a joined panel of pink and silver metal woven silk
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