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PROBABLY CHAILLOT WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1640-1650
Details
A RARE AND IMPORTANT LOUIS XIII SAVONNERIE CARPET
PROBABLY CHAILLOT WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1640-1650
The field woven with naturistically-drawn flowers and bouquets, centered by a ribbon-tied medallion enclosing a coat-of-arms with a tower, the border with meandering ribbons and flowering garlands, the corners and long sides with six cartouches woven alternately with the towers and cypher 'NDC', the outer guard-border alternating the crest and cypher with acanthus leaves
Approximately 19 ft. 4 in. (5.89 m.) by 11 ft. 10 in. (3.61 m.)
PROBABLY CHAILLOT WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1640-1650
The field woven with naturistically-drawn flowers and bouquets, centered by a ribbon-tied medallion enclosing a coat-of-arms with a tower, the border with meandering ribbons and flowering garlands, the corners and long sides with six cartouches woven alternately with the towers and cypher 'NDC', the outer guard-border alternating the crest and cypher with acanthus leaves
Approximately 19 ft. 4 in. (5.89 m.) by 11 ft. 10 in. (3.61 m.)
Provenance
Possibly commissioned for a member of the Castellane or the Castille family.
Francis Guérault (1874-1930), Paris; Alphonse Bellier, Paris, March 21–22, 1935, lot 129.
With René Weiller, Paris.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by Henry Ford II (1917-1987), Grosse Pointe, Michigan, from the above, 21 January 1964.
Returned to Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York by the above, 16 May 1966.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 2 January 1970.
Francis Guérault (1874-1930), Paris; Alphonse Bellier, Paris, March 21–22, 1935, lot 129.
With René Weiller, Paris.
With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by Henry Ford II (1917-1987), Grosse Pointe, Michigan, from the above, 21 January 1964.
Returned to Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York by the above, 16 May 1966.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 2 January 1970.
Literature
M. Campana, European Carpets, London, 1969, p. 94, fig. 43.
C. Lehmann, Comment installer son intérieur en Louis XIlI ou Louis XIV, Paris, 1969. p. 59, fig. 101.
P. Verlet, Savonnerie: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Fribourg, 1982, p. 167, fig. 103.
C. Lehmann, Comment installer son intérieur en Louis XIlI ou Louis XIV, Paris, 1969. p. 59, fig. 101.
P. Verlet, Savonnerie: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Fribourg, 1982, p. 167, fig. 103.
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The Irene Roosevelt Aitken Collection
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