ID 892226
Lot 64 | A LOUIS XIV SAVONNERIE CARPET FRAGMENT
Valeur estimée
£ 40 000 – 60 000
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.
Special notice
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| Matériel: | Textiles, Laine |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie: | Fragment |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tapis et moquettes |
| Matériel: | Textiles, Laine |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Europe de l'Ouest, France, Europe |
| Catégorie: | Fragment |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Tapis et moquettes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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