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Important AUBUSSON RUG, France Late 19th century, Napoleon I…
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Important AUBUSSON RUG, France Late 19th century, Napoleon I…
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Important AUBUSSON RUG, France
Late 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Dimensions: 700 x 380 cm.
Probably a special commission (rounded corners, for columns, pillars or boats?)
Needlework.
Tapestry technique.
Wool threads on a cotton ground.
Pale green field decorated with garlands of stylised polychrome flowers and foliage, adorned with a very large central crenellated medallion creating the effect of a mirror or picture frame, set with a bouquet of polychrome flowers and foliage surrounded by a floral wreath.
Some oxidation and wear.
Restored.
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Ref. : V8031 -
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