A LOUIS PHILIPPE SAVONNERIE CARPET
FRANCE, MID-19TH CENTURY
The midnight-blue field with naturalistic flowering vines entwined around an elegant arabesque trellis enclosing a quatrefoil ivory medallion, with a woven decorative tasselled pelmet surround and ornate panel above and below each centred with a narrow rectangular cartouche, within decorative outer minor guard stripes, naturally corroded dark brown, localised restoration
19ft. 1in. x 16ft. 4in. (581cm. x 500cm.)
A LOUIS PHILIPPE SAVONNERIE CARPET
FRANCE, MID-19TH CENTURY
The midnight-blue field with naturalistic flowering vines entwined around an elegant arabesque trellis enclosing a quatrefoil ivory medallion, with a woven decorative tasselled pelmet surround and ornate panel above and below each centred with a narrow rectangular cartouche, within decorative outer minor guard stripes, naturally corroded dark brown, localised restoration
19ft. 1in. x 16ft. 4in. (581cm. x 500cm.)