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    Sale 9107

    Carpets, European Furniture and Decorative Objects

    London, South Kensington

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    23 May 2001

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    • An antique Karabagh runner
    Lot 20

    An antique Karabagh runner

    Price realised

    GBP 940

    Estimate

    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200

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    An antique Karabagh runner
    the abrashed deep indigo field with stylised Afshan design of various bold polychrome palmettes, delicate floral tendrils, rosettes and split palmettes, in narrow shaded blackcurrant-red floral meander border between barber-pole and plain stripes, small localized moth damage to the pile, slight wear, old repairs, slight localized loss at one end --396cm. x 217cm.(13ft. x 3ft.10in.)

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