A LARGE SAFAVID ISFAHAN CARPET

Lot 176
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ID 1404646
Lot 176 | A LARGE SAFAVID ISFAHAN CARPET
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A LARGE SAFAVID ISFAHAN CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Heavily corroded dark red, uneven areas of wear, scattered old restoration, selvages and ends secured
26ft.6in. x 10ft.10in. (808cm. x 330cm.)




Provenance

Duke Don Gaetano de Braganza, Fourth Duke of Lafões (1856-1927), Italy.
William A. Clark, New York.
'500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe', Christie's New York, 24 November 2009, lot 29



Literature

Illustrated Handbook of The W.A. Clark Collection, Washington, D.C., 1928, p. 77.
'Carpets for the Great Shah', The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin, Vol 2, No. 1, October 1948, p. 16, no. P16.



Exhibited

Washington D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Carpets for the Great Shah, 3 October-16 November, 1948, no. P16.



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