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Lot n° 22

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KNOTTED IN WOOL ON CHAIN AND WEFT IN HEMP, AUBUSSON, FRANCE Louis XIII period. 3,17 x 2,01 m The carpet is decorated with a central oval cartouche with bouquets of surrounded by a garland of flowers on a brown background enhanced with scrolls and stylized polychrome flowers. A large brown border with the same decoration surrounds the composition. The carpet has some wear in the browns, old restorations, some parts rewoven and some parts moth-eaten.