• The Ismail Merchant Collection auction at Christies

    Sale 5980

    The Ismail Merchant Collection

    London, South Kensington

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    7 October 2009

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    Lot 86

    A FRAGMENT OF PALAMPORE

    18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 2,750

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 4,000

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    A FRAGMENT OF PALAMPORE
    18TH CENTURY
    Of fine cotton, embroidered in floss silks with trees and two pavilions with courtiers, deer below
    57 x 100 in. (145 x 240 cm.)

    Provenance

    Sotheby's, London, 30 April 1992, lot 508.

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    Saleroom Notice

    Please note that the images for lots 86 and 87 are incorrectly labelled and are sold as viewed.


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