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Auctions - Europe & Africa

Rugs and Carpets

Sotheby's London
34-35 New Bond Street,
London, United Kingdom
Nov 07, 2017


Detail: Twenty rare, early rugs from the collection of the celebrated architect and author Christopher Alexander highlight this Rugs & Carpets sale. There is the extraordinary fragmentary 17th-century Anatolian weave. An iconic example of the type it is known as ‘the Pink Panther’ due to the unusual motifs within the field. There is a cross section of both collector and decorator pieces offered in the sale, which represent Persia, India, Central Asia, Anatolia, Turkey and Europe and include complete carpets, rugs and runners, signed and dated pieces and evocative fragments

Phone No.: +44 20 7293 5000
Fax: +44 20 7293 5989
Site URL: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/rugs-sale-l17872.html

An Agra 'Tree' carpet
An Agra 'Tree' carpet
North India
circa 1860
approximately 281 by 330cm; 9ft. 2in., 10ft. 11in.

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