Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th October 2022
Lot 371
A VERY FINE MUGHAL EMBROIDERED FLOOR SPREAD OR SUMMER CARPET
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £14000
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Description
A VERY FINE MUGHAL EMBROIDERED FLOOR SPREAD OR SUMMER CARPET
NORTH INDIA, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
worked in silk on a cream silk ground, the field with scrolling vines, birds and butterflies, centred by a cusped floral panel, framed by similar spandrels and meandering vine borders, flanked by guard stripes
272 x 202cm
Provenance
The collection of George Carnac Barnes (1818-1861), Governor of the Cis-Sutlej States, and thence by descent