A LOUIS XIV SAVONNERIE CARPET FRAGMENT

Los 64
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Startpreis
£ 40 000
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VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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ID 892226
Los 64 | A LOUIS XIV SAVONNERIE CARPET FRAGMENT
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
A LOUIS XIV SAVONNERIE CARPET FRAGMENT

France, late 17th century

The shaded chocolate-brown field with large scale acanthus leaves and entwined vine tendrils, with a pair of fire-breathing hounds in the lower field, with a pedestal of marble effect supporting the central cartouche which displays a sea and landscape, in a moulded architectural border between golden twisting rope guard stripes, reduced in size

8 ft.9 in. x 10 ft.8 in. (265 x 325 cm.)





Provenance

Commissioned by Louis XIV to furnish the Grand Galerie au bord de l'eau at the Palais du Louvre.

Collection Joseph Bardac; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 9 December, 1927.

Collection of Jacques Garcia; Sotheby's, New York, 27 October, 1990, lot 92.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 May, 1998, lot 60.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 December, 2000, lot 125.

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November, 2006, lot 91.



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