Live Auction 2773A Palladian Villa By Michael S. Smith
AN EAST PERSIAN CARPET
Lot 34

AN EAST PERSIAN CARPET

17TH CENTURY

Closed24 April 2013

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USD 52,500

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AN EAST PERSIAN CARPET
17TH CENTURY
Reduced in length and width
Approximately 25 ft. 5 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. (775 cm. x 472 cm.)

The collection of Contessa Susanna Rattazzi (d. 2009), New York, circa 1971.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 June 2006, lot 201.

Specialist note

This wonderfully dynamic carpet was formerly in the New York apartment of Contessa Susanna Rattazzi (d.2009). It was decorated by Mark Hampton in co-operation with Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade in the early 1970s. Born in Turin in 1922, Contessa Rattazzi was the daughter of Edoardo Agnelli, founder of Fiat S.p.A.