A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON CARPET
FRANCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The sky-blue field with ribbon-tied floral swags and an ornate flowering vase in each corner surrounding a cusped rectangular ivory panel with a laurel leaf frame enclosing floral swags surrounding an oval framed rose-pink flowerhead, in a shaded mushroom-brown cusped border containing floral swags centred on each side by musical trophies within a narrow ivory spiralling ribbon and polychrome flowerhead stripe and tan and golden yellow minor stripes, scattered repair and repiling
21 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 3 in. (646 x 464 cm.)
A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON CARPET
FRANCE, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The sky-blue field with ribbon-tied floral swags and an ornate flowering vase in each corner surrounding a cusped rectangular ivory panel with a laurel leaf frame enclosing floral swags surrounding an oval framed rose-pink flowerhead, in a shaded mushroom-brown cusped border containing floral swags centred on each side by musical trophies within a narrow ivory spiralling ribbon and polychrome flowerhead stripe and tan and golden yellow minor stripes, scattered repair and repiling
21 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft. 3 in. (646 x 464 cm.)