GEORGE III AXMINSTER CARPET
ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WHITTY, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1775 PROVENANCE With S. Franses Ltd., London. Acquired from the above by Mark Hampton in 1985, and supplied to Anne H. Bass. Christie’s,
Estimate
USD 10,000 - USD 15,000,
The mahogany brown field with a ring of linked ivory lozenge cartouches enclosing four ribbon-tied floral swags hung from a radiating central flower head, the spandrels filled with delicate green leafy tracery vine
21 ft. (6.4 m.) x 17 ft. 10 in. (5.44 m.)
SOLD FOR $88,200