Sale 6435
London
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3 May 2001
Price realised
GBP 14,100
Estimate
AN UNUSUAL CARPET Probably European, circa 1900 The golden yellow field with an overall design of shaped ivory panels enclosed within arabesques and surrounded by flowering and leafy vine, each panel with further flowering vine and arabesques around large palmette motifs, in an elegant light blue border of interlaced strapwork linking palmettes and rosettes between sandy and golden yellow floral meander stripes, plain outer stripe, very slight wear, a few scattered old repairs, dirt stains in places 11ft.10in. x 9ft.8in. (360cm. x 294cm.)
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