Sale 8323
New York, East
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 3,220
Estimate
AN AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY FRAGMENT Late 17th Century Woven with a bird in the foreground and with towers and buildings in the background, amid flowering greenery, right side associated and partially rewoven, within later guard borders 5ft. 1in. x 4ft. 10in. (152.5cm. x 147cm.)
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