AN IMPORTANT NICHOLAS I TAPESTRY CARPET

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$ 80 000
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19.10.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1030871
Lot 187 | AN IMPORTANT NICHOLAS I TAPESTRY CARPET
AN IMPORTANT NICHOLAS I TAPESTRY CARPET

THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MANUFACTORY, 1835

Woven in fresh and well-preserved colors with three concentric bands of tightly grouped flowers including roses and narcissae, with an outer border of oak foliage, the spandrels woven with summer flowers in entrelac and rosette border. The outer border with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and wreaths at the angles framing rose sprays. The selvedge woven with the Imperial double-headed Eagle (the mark of the Russian Imperial Manufactory) and dated 1835

195 in. (495.3 cm) long, 187 in. (474.98 cm) wide





Provenance

From the Collection of The Hon. Mrs. Aileen Plunket; Christie's, Luttrellstown Castle, 26-28 September 1983, lot 86.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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