Lot 1358
  • 1358

A Napoleon III Style Carpet, Possibly English or Belgian

Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • wool pile
  • approximately 1900 by 1000cm; 62ft. 4in., 32ft. 8in.
woven with a central cream medallion on a rose and crimson trellis within broad flower-swagged borders

Provenance

Commissioned for the State Dining Room in the mid 20th Century, illustrated in situ opposite

Literature

The Duchess of Devonshire, The House - A Portrait of Chatsworth, London, 1982, p.180

John Comforth, 'Chatsworth, Derbyshire' - VII, Country Life, 1 August 1968, pp. 280-284, fig. 3, illustrated in situ in Wyatville's Dining Room

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth - The House, London, 2002, p.123

 

Condition

In fair overall condition.
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