Sale 8587
London, South Kensington
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24 November 1999
Price realised
GBP 6,325
Estimate
An antique Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia The shaded beige field with scrolling flowering vine issuing polychrome palmettes and leaves around large indigo medallion with bold palmette pendants containing polychrome palmette and floral vine enclosing similar smaller brick-red medallion with similar design and rosette centrepiece, spandrels similar, in an indigo border of polychrome palmettes, fleur-de-Lys and flowering vine between light beige delicate floral meander and plain stripes, very slight localised wear 431cm. x 294cm.(14ft.2in. x 9ft.8in.)
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