A EUROPEAN NEEDLEPOINT CARPET
Lot 313

A EUROPEAN NEEDLEPOINT CARPET

AUSTRIA OR POSSIBLY ENGLAND, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed14 July 2011

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GBP 4,000

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A EUROPEAN NEEDLEPOINT CARPET
AUSTRIA OR POSSIBLY ENGLAND, MID-19TH CENTURY
With central Austrian armorial on a cream geometric field with lush floral arrangements in each corner linked by a leafy garland, all within a cream floral garland border, reduced in size
Approx. 13 ft. 11 in. x 13 ft. 10 in. (427 cm. x 422 cm.)

Specialist note

The armorial depicted in this carpet belongs to the Austrian statesman Karl Friedrich von Kübeck, Freiherr von Kübau, who was ennobled in 1825.