• The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art auction at Christies

    Sale 8014

    The Cowdray Sale: Works of Art from Cowdray Park and Dunecht House, At Cowdray Park, West Sussex

    Cowdray Park

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    13 - 15 September 2011

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    • AN ITALIAN DAMASK AND EMBROIDE
    Lot 611

    AN ITALIAN DAMASK AND EMBROIDERED VELVET SIX PANEL SCREEN

    LATE 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,875

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 900

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    AN ITALIAN DAMASK AND EMBROIDERED VELVET SIX PANEL SCREEN
    LATE 19TH CENTURY
    The applied embroidered velvet decorated with scrolling flowers edged with metal threads and fringing, the damask distressed and with losses to the reverse
    Each panel - 73½ in. (187 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide

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