Sale 6072
London
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12 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 8,625
Estimate
AN ENGLISH NEEDLEWORK TABLE CARPET First half 17th Century The indigo field of fruit and floral vine surrounding a cartouche with a central flowering urn surrounded by interlaced strapwork enclosing floral vine, an ivory border of stylised floral fruiting, vine motifs, backed, areas of restoration, probably reduced in length 6 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. (188 cm. x 132 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 12 and 15 January 1991, lot 262.
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