Ernest Boiceau

Carpet

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Ernest Boiceau

Carpet

circa 1930

hand-woven wool in point de crénely and point de mousse, cotton ground

with woven signature EBoiceau

116 ⅜ x 112 ½ in. (295.6 x 285.8 cm)

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2001

Pierre Passebon, Jacques Grange, Paris, 2008, n.p. (for the present lot illustrated)

Sotheby’s would like to thank Elisabeth Poole Parker for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.

Because this lot was imported into the United States after April 5th, 2025, it is subject to an import tariff based on the value declared upon entry into the United States. The cost of the tariff, $22,500, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue.