A CHARLES II SILK `TABLE CARPET`

Lot 33
20.10.2022 18:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 33 | A CHARLES II SILK 'TABLE CARPET'
Valeur estimée
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A CHARLES II SILK 'TABLE CARPET'

ENGLAND, DATED 1661

Polychrome silk and silver metallic thread carpet worked predominantly in tent stitch on canvas, using silks in shades of apricot, blue, pink, yellow, green, olive, brown, and grey, depicting at the center a figure of Justice, the four corners her attributes (Faith, Love, Hope, Fecundity), all surrounded by fruit, flowers and swags of drapery, all within a cream-ground border of scrolling vinery and blossoms, initialed VCFVCGBVGZD, dated 1661 in silver thread

10 ft. 6 in. (320 cm) high, 7 ft. 4 in. (221 cm) wide





Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Mrs. J. M. Pontremoli.

Private Collection, London.

Anonymous sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 15 November 1994, lot 192 (cover lot).

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

M.J. Mayorcas, English Needlework Carpets, 16th to 19th Centuries, Leigh-on-Sea, England, 1963, pl. 17, p. 34 (present lot illustrated).



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