Lot 285 PROPERTY FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (LOT 285)

AN ISFAHAN CARPET

CENTRAL PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Closed20 April 2010

Price Realised

USD 27,500

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AN ISFAHAN CARPET
Central Persia, 17th Century
With a loss in the lower right corner
Approximately 8 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 8 in. (269 cm. x 142 cm.)

George Hewitt Myers (1875-1957), Washington D.C.
A.J. Halow, New York.
Henry Glover Stevens, Detroit.

This carpet was formerly in the collection of George Hewitt Myers, the founder of the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.