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    Sale 8587

    Carpets, Furniture and Works of Art

    London, South Kensington

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    24 November 1999

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    • An antique Tabriz carpet, Nort
    Lot 55

    An antique Tabriz carpet, North-West Persia

    Price realised

    GBP 6,325

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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    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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