ORIENTAL TEXTILES

A navy blue three-quarter-length
Coat, circa 1850, embroidered with
roundels, worked with fruit and foliage.

A large Chinese Bedcover, late
19th Century, the red silk ground
embroidered with multi-colored
flowers; together with a blue and red silk
Altar Hanging embroidered with birds
and flowers; and various other Pieces,
(5 pieces in all).

A wool felt Bedcover, Indian,
mid- 19th Century, the green ground
embroidered in blue and white floss silk
with flowers and foliage, 109cm.; 43in.
square; together with a similar Cover, the
black ground embroidered in blue, pink
and brown floss silk, 160cm.; 63in.

Two embroidered Panels, Japanese, 19th Century, each with silk ground embroidered with birds and flowers; a small Japanese Hanging, with an eagle; and various other Chinese embroideries .

A pale-pink silk gauze short Jacket, Chinese, mid-19th Century, the
plain brocade ground trimmed with
embroidered border of butterflies and
flowers.

Bilail Chinese three-quarter Robe, early 20th Century, with multi-colored embroidery with people and birds, good condition.

A navy-blue Chinese Robe, mid-19th Century, embroidered with butterflies and flowers in forbidden stitch.

A white silk gauze short Chinese Robe, circa 1870, with yellow and turquoise sleeve bands and trim.

A navy-blue Robe, Chinese, circa 1870, with turquoise sleeve bands embroidered with birds and foliage; together with a three-quarter-length black Robe, embroidered with fish and swags of flowers.

A pale-blue three-quarter Chinese Robe, mid-19th Century, the sleeve bands in forbidden stitch, fawn and yellow flowers and butterflies .

An ice-blue silk Table-Cover, Chinese, early 20th Century, depicting children at play and dragons, 109cm.; 43in. square; together with a yellow silk Skirt, Chinese, unmade-up, 19th Century .

A Persian embroidery Prayer Panel, the madder field with metal thread embroidery with two elephants at base beneath a vase of flowers rising to a pair of parrots, the floral arch with a suspended lantern, with floral border, displayed in a glazed table.

A collection of Islamic Textiles, 17th to 19th Century, including a block printed Indian cotton Panel, decorated with cypress trees and animals, 173 by 109cm.; 5ft. 7in. by 3ft. 7in.; another similar; a Susani Panel, 60 by 27cm.;
a quantity of
Turkish metal thread embroidered
Panels, etc.

A length of silk embroidered Indian Cotton, the natural field decorated with rows of madder bathes with rosette top border, 376 by 92cm.; 12ft. 4in. by 3ft.

A Paisley Shawl, the plain tan field with indigo and madder floral bother surround and ivory border, 324 by 137cm.; 10ft. 8in. by 4ft. 6in

A Paisley Shawl, decorated overall with foliate arabesques and palmettos with mosque cartouche panel ends, 340 by 155cm.; lift. 2in. by 5ft.

Two Uzbek children’s Ikat Coats;
two Middle-Eastern silk embroidered
shirt Front Panels; and two Bedouin
madder, sage and ivory Pillows, 99cm.;

A Turkish Gelim, the white field
with two columns of three madder and
indigo hooked gull and further minor
diamonds, 137 by 79cm.; 4ft. 6in. by
2ft. 7in.; together with a white ground flat weave Bag, with polychrome star motifs, 92 by 82cm.; 3ft. by 2ft. 8in.

A Turkish Gelim Prayer Rug, the
pale-indigo midrib with twin pole
medallions within multiple borders
bearing hooked motifs, 132 by 102cm.;
4ft. 4in. by 3ft. 4in.

A Turkish Prayer Gelim, the sage
midrib decorated with geometric
flower heads and complementary madder
spandrels, within a charcoal and
flower head inner border and orange and
flower head outer border, 176 by 139cm.;
5ft. 9in. by 4ft. 7in.; together with a
Turkish Gelim, 162 by 88 cm.; 5ft. 4in. by

A Bessarabian Gelim, with
tomato-red bands bearing flower heads
alternating with cream bands bearing
meandering vines, 249 by 150cm.; 8ft. 2in.
by 4ft.

A Caucasian Gelim, with ivory
madder and indigo bands supporting
polychrome diamond medallions
interspersed by narrow geometric bands
and stripes, 247 by 148cm.;

A Sarough Rug, the ivory field supporting a bold madder and indigo pole medallion within complementary spandrels and surround within a madder palmetto and vine border, twin guard stripes, 197 by 135cm.; 6ft. 5in. by 4ft. 4in.

A Mahal Rug, the madder field with an indigo and ivory pole medallion, complementary spandrels and all-over flower sprays within indigo palmetto and vine border and twin guard stripes, 198 by 129cm.; 6ft. 6in. by 4ft. 3in.

ANTIQUE TAPESTRIES AND NEEDLEWORK PICTURES

A GOOD POST-MORTLAKE MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from Ovid’s Metamorphoses of Pygmalion sculpting the image of a maiden, observed by Minerva, beyond holding a naming torch as a symbol of his love he implores Venus to bring the statue to life, baroque buildings in the distance and a fountain in a grove to the right, narrow bead and reel border, 7ft. 3in. high by 17ft. wide (202.5cm. by 518.2cm.) early 18th Century, possibly Antwerp for the English market
English Tapestries of the 18th Century, p. 87, calls this composition Pygmalion and Galatea but the maiden is un-named in Smith’s Classical Dictionary. The present tapestry like the Cathleen panel is in reverse to the composition as described by Marilee

THE ERLEIGH COURT ‘CHINOISERIES’ TAPESTRIES
2AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH SOHO ‘CHINOISERIES’ TAPESTRY by Joshua Morris, woven with Chinese figures in various pursuits on scattered islands, two men in a boat ferrying porcelain vases and in the left foreground a boy chased by a lion, to the right a Chinese temple with a priest coming down the steps, almost black background, the three-sided border (left border missing) woven with carnations, tulips and other flowers, strap work and blue acanthus clasps on a pale blue ground, the corners with scallop shells, 7ft. 6in. high by 15ft. wide (230cm. by 455cm.) signed I. Morris, F., circa 1720

Provenance: by descent from the 1st Viscount Sid mouth whose second wife was the granddaughter of John Bengal of Eloign Court, near Reading. See E. W. Dormer, Eloign Court and its Owners, Reading, 1912.

ANOTHER ‘CHINOISERIES’ TAPESTRY by Joshua Morris from the same set, a mandarin holding court in an island pavilion, reading a petition, the foreground with travelers on horseback, the background with Chinese figures on islands including two merchants bargaining and eel catchers, in a four-sided border as before, 7ft. 6in. high by 13ft. wide (230cm. by 396cm.) signed My circa 1720, cut and joined down the right hand side.

A THIRD ‘CHINOISERIES’ TAPESTRY from the same set, in the foreground a mandarin with attendants and massive porcelain vases, beyond a mother and baby outside a summer house, the background with various figures on scattered islands including a child feeding Chinese geese, four-sided border as before, 7ft. 6in. high by 10ft. wide (230cm. by 306cm.) circa 1720, cut and joined down the right hand side.

VARIOUS ‘CHINOISERIES’ FRAGMENTS from the foregoing set, including three joined background pieces with a two-sided corner border, 25in. by 35′/2in. (64cm. by 90cm.); two border strips, 26in. and by 23in.; a corner fragment, 28′Mn. square (72cm.); and another fragment with attached border strip, (72cm. by 57cm.) circa 1720.

NEEDLEWORK PICTURES

A RARE ENGLISH CREWEL-WORK PANEL worked in red on white linen with biblical subjects, the centre with Adam and Eve and the serpent under the Tree of Knowledge, surrounded by other subjects including Daniel in the Lions’ Den, the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Adoration of the Shepherds, Suzanna and the Elders and Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the corners each with a coat of arms, the field strewn with animals, insects, birds and trees and the border with alternate animals and trees, 4ft. 4in. by 4ft. 2in. (132cm. by 127cm.) circa 1600, slightly damaged.
The bottom two coats of arms are of the City of London (on the left), and the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylor’s.

A GOOD CHARLES I TENT STITCH PICTURE of the Judgment of Paris, the scene set in a hillocky landscape with Paris seated on the right offering the apple to Venus who \   stands with an attendant Cupid and the two other Goddesses Juno and Minerva, in shades of red, blue, green, buff and yellow, 142in. by 19in. (37cm. by 48cm.) circa 1640.

A CHARLES I TENT STITCH PICTURE of Eliza and Rebecca the latter standing by a fountain on the left and giving Eliza water from a pitcher while his camel rests on the right in a hillocky landscape, chiefly in pink, blue and white, by (19cm. by 24cm.) circa 1640.

A CHARLES II BEADWORK PICTURE of a lady and a gentleman with an attendant standing before a building surrounded by animals, insects, and flowers, the foreground with the initials H.F. by a pond, in shades of blue, green and yellow, Ump. by 16in. (29cm. by 40.5cm.)circa 1660, background restored.

A FINE CHARLES II SILK TENT STITCH PICTURE of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, of fresh colorings, the couple shown informally standing in a garden, Whiny, by Whine. (32cm. by 42cm.) circa 1660.

A GOOD CHARLES II SILK PICTURE, with three female figures, possibly representing Catherine of Braganza, the Duchess of Portsmouth and another, dressed in contemporary costume as goddesses, in shades of blue and red and with a pair of cherubs flying above, in an oval with leaf spandrels (29cm. by 34cm.) circa 1670.

A CHARLES II TENT STITCH PICTURE possibly depicting Elyse and Rebecca at the well and treated in contemporary costume, the centre with the girl drawing a bucket from the well while a man stands before her, set in a hillocky landscape with houses in the distance, in shades of blue, green, yellow and red, by 14in. (25cm. by 35.5cm.) circa 1660.

AN ATTRACTIVE NEEDLEWORK PANEL worked in silk tent stitch with a variety of animals from a bestiary including an elephant and a unicorn and a gryphon, surrounded by flowers in green, red, blue and white, all on a silver thread ground, 92tn. high by 3ft. 72in. wide (55cm. by 11 lcm.) circa 1620.

A CHARLES II SILK-EMBROIDERED PANEL probably from a toilet casket showing Hagar and Ishmael being sent into the Wilderness by Abraham, with an upper border of insects and flowers, in shades of blue and buff on an ivory satin ground, (14cm. by 26cm.).

A PAIR OF GEORGE I “TURQUESERIE” SILK PICTURES, each worked in freshly colored silk with a turn with a plumed turban, rose pantaloons and green coat and his wife in pink and green elaborate dress, standing by flowering trees (26cm. by 23cm.) circa 1720, background slightly discolored.

A VERY RARE QUEEN ANNE CHINOISERIE EMBROIDERED PANEL, the Chinese ivory ask ground woven with peony and embroidered with an elaborate scene of figures buildings in freshly colored wine, yellow, blue and green silk and silver thread tin a floral border, 9ft. 6in. by 8ft. 3in. (290cm. by 251cm.)
The central design appears to be based on a contemporary coriander screen.

A GOOD BORDER-BAND SAMPLER of bright coloring with four bands of silk-embroidered flowers worked in a variety of stitches divided by seven lines of words and with an elaborate, partly padded floral panel below in bright shades of cerise, blue, green and lemon, 15in. by  (38cm. by 19cm.) late 17th Century.

A COMMONWEALTH BORDER-BAND SAMPLER dated 1652, with numerous horizontal floral bands in green, blue, buff and cerise above an alphabet, the date and the initials L.P., 19in. by 73Ain. (48cm. by 19.5cm.).

A COMMONWEALTH BORDER-BAND SAMPLER with horizontal bands in a variety of stitches, in light blue, leaf green and pale brown and with an alphabet below, 224in. by 63in. (56.5cm. by 17cm.) mid 17th Century.

ANOTHER, half filled with horizontal colored bands in the same colors as the preceding lot, one with three cherubs divided by fleur-de-lye, the lower part entirely in white stitches with horizontal bands below an alphabet and the initials A.P., Win. by 7in. (48cm. by 18cm.) mid 17th Century.
Donald King, Samplers (H.M.S.O. 1960) illustrates as plate 9 a sampler dated 1633 with some very similar bands of embroidery and, as plate 11, another also with a band of cherubs.

A GEORGE II SAMPLER by Elizabeth Smith 1757, with numbers, alphabets and a pair of peacocks, in cherry red and green by 9 in. (28cm. by 23.5cm.).

TAPESTRIES

A GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK TABLE CARPET with forty-two oblong panels worked
with flowering plants and fruiting trees, some in hillocky landscapes with animais, the
others with pond foreground and waterfowl, ail with tobacco-coloured background and
divided by ivory strapwork embroidered with flowers, much of the detail in petit point,
6ft. lin. by 6ft. Hin. (185cm. by 210cm.) circa 1600, worn, some repairs, probably reduced
in size and now with double band between the outer and succeeding row of panels, five
panels replaced

CUSHIONS. Three oblong cushions with panels of 17th Century Franco-Flemish
tapestry border pieces of floral design on a sable field, each with braided fringe, 23V2in.
wide (60cm. )

A FRANCO-FLEMISH TAPESTRY BORDER FRAGMENT woven with tulips and summer
flowers tied with blue ribbon, narrow yellow border stripes, 43V4in. high by 17′Ain. wide
(110cm. by 44cm.) circa 1700, mounted on board

A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT from The Story of David, depicting
Bath-sheba, wife of David, interceding with Solomon for his brother Adonijah to be given
Abishag the Shunammite to wife (1 Kings 2:19) mainly in shades of blue and yellow,
6ft. 7in. high by 5ft. Win. wide (200cm. by 178cm.) early 17th Century

A MYTHOLOGiCAL TAPESTRY of early 17th Century style woven with Meleager
and Atalanta and the slaying of the Calydonian boar, on a faded blue field woven with
strapwork entwined with fruiting pomegranate and flowering branches, 3ft. 8in. high by
6ft. 5in. wide (112cm. by 195cm.) second half 19th Century, Flemish (?), with unidentified
weaver’s mark PBF above eagle in a shield

A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY of Venus and Adonis, the Goddess alighting
from her chariot drawn by swans, to discover the body of Adonis, the four-sided border
with trophies of flowers at the sides and fruit and flowers above and below, 12ft. 3in.
square (375cm.) 1 7th Century

AN ANTWERP MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY of a sacrifice to Jupiter, a man in classical
armour with a blue tunic and a red cloak escorting a kneeling princess, a priest pouring
sacrificial oil onto an altar before a golden statue of Jupiter, architectural background,
7ft. 9in. high by 8ft. wide (235cm. by 245cm.) circa 1700

THE RETURN FROM HARVEST. A TENIERS TAPESTRY by Pieter and Frans Van der
Borcht, on the right a farmer riding a donkey under a lychgate, preceded by a dancing
couple and a piper with another couple departing, landscape background with a distant
chateau, 7ft. 5in. by 9ft. 4in. wide (225cm. by 285cm.) Brussels, mid-18th Century, patched
and painted repairs
Marillier— Teniers Tapestries, p. 50, plate 17b illustrated a more extensive version of this composition

A Louis XIII MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, the hero in classical costume and
wearing a laurel crown, a seated woman to the right pointing to her exposed thigh, to the
left a stone figure of a lion, in blue and gold arabesque border, lOft. 6in. high by 10ft. 2in.
wide (320cm. by 310cm.) Paris (?), early 17th Century

AN AUBUSSON CLASSICAL TAPESTRY, possibly from the Story of Scipio, a princess
and her handmaid on their knees before the bearded general, attended by captains of his
army and a bearded soothsayer, mainly in shades of blue, yellow and green, within a four-
sided sable border woven with military trophies, 8ft. 7in. high by 12ft. 9in. wide (232cm. by
390cm.) late 1 Ith Century

A PAIR OF AUBUSSON TAPESTRY PORTIERES of the Continents, after Le Brun, depicting Europe and Asia, the former as queen of the world, crowned and holding a sceptre, a model of a

temple in her left hand and a horse beside her, the latter as a turbaned potentate holding a censer, a camel beside him, both in frame pattern borders, each about lOft. 6in.

high by 3ft. 6in. wide (320cm. by 107cm.) circa 1700, some reweaving
Apparently derived from a set of The Four Continents, represented by rulers, engraved by Aegidius Rousselet after Charles Le Brun

A LOUIS XVI FELLETIN GENRE TAPESTRY of a sportsman resting under a tree, his sleeping dog beside him, the four-sided dark brown border with a flower entwined pole and

scallopshell corners, 8ft. 9in. high by 3ft. 8in. wide (265cm. by 112cm.) circa 1775

A Louis XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY of ‘La Danse’ after Francois Boucher and attributed to Francois Picon, the Emperor seated under a canopy, with a group of musicians, in

four-sided frame-pattern border, 9ft. 3in. square (275cm.) mid-18th Century, probably part of a larger tapestry, the upper right corner and much of the border rewoven

A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON GENRE TAPESTRY from the series Les Amusements de la
Campagne, in the foreground a girl with a pet bird on her outstretched wrist, a cage on the
ground nearby, wooded landscape background, in red and gold frame pattern border with
trophies of flowers, 7ft. 8in. high by 5ft. lin. wide (235cm. by 155cm.) circa 1775, some
repairs, outer selvage replaced

A FLEMISH HUNTING TAPESTRY of Diana resting from the Chase, one of her followers unlacing her sandal, another carrying a dead hare, the floral border with land¬scape reserves

and the sides with displayed eagles, swagged caryatids, portrait medallions and military trophies, on a snuff-coloured ground, mainly in shades of yellow, green and blue, 12ft.

high by 14ft. 8in. wide (365cm. by 450cm.) mid-17th Century, possibly Antwerp

A FLEMISH UNICORN TAPESTRY, the fabulous creature attacked by a lion and
a leopard, another leopard swinging on his horn, in a wooded landscape, the foreground
with brambles and a tortoise, the background with a deer by a stream, saffron-yellow
frame pattern border, 8ft. Win. high by lift. 2in. wide (270cm. by 340cm.) late 16th Century,
some repairs

A FINE TAPESTRY ALTAR FRONTAL woven with the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth, from the Gospel according to St. Luke, the Virgin responding to her kinswoman’s

greeting Unde hoc mich(?) ut veniat Mater Dni mei ad me beata qu(a)e credidisti q(uonia), perficientur in te que dicta sunt tibi a Domino.Luc (1.43 & 45) with the opening words

of the Magnificat (1.46-47) to the far left Zacharias cornes to greet the Virgin and on the right three allegorical figures, in a pastoral landscape with three flowering trees

and birds, the foreground with a lion and a unicorn in miniature, 3ft. 6in. high by 14ft. wide (105cm. by 425cm.) German, possibly Rhenish, mid-l?th Century
estimate: refer department

AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY, Louis XV AUBUSSON HUNTING TAPESTRY, Louis XIV GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRY

A FINE AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY of The Fountain of Love, from the series
La Noble Pastorale, after Frangois Boucher, three pairs of figures grouped around a large
stone fountain, including two girls untying a billet-doux from the neck of a dove,
9ft. lOin. high by llft. 4in. (ЗООст. by 345cm.) mid-19th Century.
Copied from the series designed for the Beauvais factory and first woven in 1755. The present example is woven in reverse—see Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, no. 198 for an original weaving
See Ananoff, L ‘Opera Completa di Boucher, plates XXXI & XXXIX, the latter in the Washington National Gallery of Art, for the group of the two girls with the dove.

A BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL HUNTING TAPESTRY of Meleager and Atalanta
attributed to Marcus de Vos, in the background a water garden, in a good four-sided florai
border incorporating hunting trophies on a snuff coloured ground, 11 ft. 4in. high by
8ft. 2in. wide (345cm. by 250cm.) late 17th Century    ?3500-4500
Gobel— Tapestries of the Lowlands, no. 350 illustrates a similar tapestry in the same border by Marcus de Vos.

A Louis XV AUBUSSON HUNTING TAPESTRV, two youths on horseback ac-
companied by hounds followed by two others and a girl running after them, the four-sided
florai border in red and blue on a chestnut ground, 9ft. 2in. high by 9ft. 5in. zuide (280cm.
by 288cm.) mid-18th Century.

A BRUSSELS LANDSCAPE TAPESTRY, attributed to Franz Van den Hecke, in the
foreground a couple of staghounds chasing a hind and a heron rising in alarm, in a forest
landscape, with Corinthian side columns supporting a lintel with a central cartouche with
swags of fruit, 9ft. 4in. high by 12ft. wide (285cm. by 365cm.) circa 1630.
See Gobel, op. cit.} no. 177, for a tapestrv by Van den Hecke with a similar archi-tectural background.

A FINE FRANCO-FLEMISH VERDURE TAPESTRY of pristine colouring, the
foreground with clumps of wild flowers and a brace of geese, a fountain to the left and in
the background a stag and a hind, in a river landscape with distant buildings, 6ft. lOin.
high by llft. 4in. wide (210cm. by 345cm.) early 18th Century.

A Louis XIV GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
of Acis and Galatea, attributed to Jan Jans, in a four-sided frame pattern border, the sides
with palm trunks entwined with brightly coloured flowers, the top and bottom borders
with scrolling acanthus and fruit, lOft. 8in. high by 9ft. 5in. wide (325cm. by 285cm.) circa.

This and the following three Metamorphoses tapestries appear to belong to an earlier series than the set of thirteen tapestries from the same source described in Fenaille, Etat General des Tapisseries de la manufacture des Gobelins, Vol. III, although there are many similarities. The attribution to Jan Jans is supported by two panels of Acis and Galatea and a Bacchus and Ariadne tapestry at Burghley with the arms of the 5th Earl of Exeter listed in the 1688 inventory as the work of Jans
A smaller version of Acis and Galatea but woven in reverse is among a set of six at Schloss Bayreuth. Another also in reverse but otherwise corresponding to the present example was in the Collection of Mrs. Leslie Urquhart.

A Louis XIV GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from the same series of Pan
and Syrinx, attributed to Jan Jans, in a four-sided frame pattern border as before, lOft. 8in.
high by 6ft. 4in. wide (325cm. by 195cm.) circa 1700.
Another example of this composition i’s at Schloss Bayreuth and another was in the Collection of Mrs. Leslie Urquhart, both woven in reverse to the present tapestry.

A Louis XIV GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from the same series of
Bacchus and Ariadne, attributed to Jan Jans, in a four-sided frame pattern border as
before, lOft. 8in. high by 7ft. 2in. wide (325cm. by 220cm.) circa 1700.
Another example of this tapestry is at Burghley (see footnote to lot 12). Others, in reverse, are at Schloss Bayreuth and formerly in the Collection of Mrs. Leslie Urquhart.

A Louis XIV GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from the same series of
Venus and Adonis, attributed to Jan Jans, in a four-sided frame pattern border as before,
lOft. 8in. high by lOft. wide (325cm. by 305cm.) circa 1700.

LOUIS XIV GOBELINS TAPESTRY ENTRE-FENETRE depicting Мау, from the
series called Les Mois ou les Maisons Royales, after Charles Le Brun, with a distant view of
the Chateau de Saint-Germain, in the foreground the King and Queen on horseback
beyond a balustrade with a basket of flowers and an eagle, fianked by Ionic columns with
swags of flowers and florai side borders with interlaced L’s, woven with metai thread,
lOft. 6in. high by 8ft. 3in. wide (320cm. by 250cm.) circa 1680, some splits and repairs, top
border and bottom foreground rewoven.
Provenance: Collection Comte de Greffuhle
Literature: Fenaille—Etat General des Tapisseries de la Manufacture des Gobelins, Vol. II, p. 140. and plate facing p. 146 for a similar entre-fenetre.

A RARE BRUSSELS ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRY of the Theological and Cardinal Virtues, attributed to Martin Reymbouts, with a central figure of Faith in a temple, flanked from left to right by Justice, Prudence and Charity, Норе, Fortitude and Temperance, all on a dark blue ground surmounted by lunettes representing Night and Day and Time; the saffron field woven overall with ‘grotesques’ in an Elements border depicting Air, Earth and Water with allegorical figures at the corners, llft. 3in. high by 12ft. 9in. wide (345cm. by 390cm.) late 16th Century, with weaver’s mark on both side selvages.

TABRIZ RUG - KASHAN RAISED SILK RUG - NERIZ RUG - ESFAHAN RUG

A KASHAN RAISED SILK RUG, the ivory field with a central vase of flowers surrounded by vines and flowerheads, with an ivory cartouche border, twin guard stripes, 6ft. lOin. by

4ft. 3in. (208cm. by 129cm.), circa 1920, condition: fair, slight damage.

AN ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG, the plain madder field with a pale green herati medallion and spandrels, a saffron floral border, twin guard stripes, 2ft. 9in. by 2ft. 2in. (84cm. by

66cm.), circa 1840, condition: fair, end guard stripe missing.

A FINE KASHAN SILK RUG, the beige field with two vases of flowers, indigo floral spandrels, ail with flowers and vines, an ivory wave border, single guard stripes, 4ft. 3in. by

2ft. 8in. {129cm. by 81cm.), circa 1870, condition: fair.

AN ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG, the indigo field with a design oibotehs and leaves m shadesof green and pale blue, a madder turtle and vine border, single guard stnpes, 6ft. 3in. by 4ft.

4in. {190cm. by 132cm.), circa 1860, condition: fair, reswred.

A TABRIZ RUG, with the Ardebil design, the madder field with an ivory medallion and spandrels, ail with palmettes, vines, leaves and arabesques, a car¬touche border, two inner

and one outer guard stripes, 7ft. 2in. by 4ft. 9in., circa 1930, condition: fair.

A FINE SENNEH RUG, the ivory field with an overall design of botehs madder border oibotehs and vines, single guard stripes, 6ft. 3in. by 4ft. 4in. {190cm. by 132cm.), circa

1880, condition: fair.

A GHOM PART SILK RUG, the ivory field with an overall design of palm«tes» flowerheads, serrated leaves and birds, a saffron palmette border single guard stripes, 5ft. llin. by

3ft. 7in. (180cm. by 109cm.), modem, condition: fair.

A TABRIZ RUG, the rose field with a green pole medallion and spandrels, with an overall design of sprays of flowers, a saffron palmette border, single guard stripes, 6ft. 3in.

by 4ft. 5in. {190cm. by 135cm.), circa 1930, condition: fair.

A TABRIZ RUG, the brick-red field with an indigo medallion and spandrels ail with flowerheads and vines, a brick-red palmette, flowerhead and vine border, twin guard stripes,

6ft. 3in. by 4ft. 3in. (190cm. by 129cm.), circa 1900, condition: fair.

A FINE ESFAHAN PRAYER RUG, the ivory mehrab with a central vase with palmettes, flowerheads, arabesques and vines, madder vme *pandrels a madder palmette and vine border, single

guard stripes, 7ft. 6m. by 5ft. (229cm. by 152cm.), circa 1935, condition: fair.
This rug is said to have been presented to the donor by the Shah of Persia in Teheran, April 1945.

A PAIR OF KASHAN SILK RUGS, the ivory field with a madder pole medallion
and indigo spandrels ail with palmettes, flowerheads, leaves and vines, a madder
palmette and vine border, twin guard stripes, 6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 6in. (203cm. by
137cm.), and 6ft. 7in. by 4ft. 6in. (201cm. by 137cm.), circa 1900, condition: fair,
worn in places.

A KASHAN RUG, with a Joshaghan design, the indigo field with a madder stepped medallion and spandrels, filled with a design of flowers, a madder wave border, twin guard stripes,

6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 4in. (203cm. by 132cm.), circa 1930, condition: fair.

A MASHHAD RUNNER, the madder field with an overall design of palmettes, flowerheads and serrated leaves, with a safFron boteh border, 16ft. llin. by 3ft. 4in. (516cm. by

102cm.), circa 1920, condition: fair.

A NERIZ RUG, the indigo field with an overall design of floral botehs, a saffron flowerhead and vine border, four inner and three outer guard stripes, woven gelim ends, lft.

7in. by 4ft. 3in. (48cm. by 129cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

A SAROUGH RUG, the madder field with an indigo medallion with the herati pattern surrounded by flowerheads, an indigo border with flowerheads and the herati pattern, single

ivory floral guard stripes, 6ft. 6in. by 4ft. 4in. (198cm. by 132cm.), circa 1900, condition: fair.

A NAIN RUG, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels, ail with palmettes, flowerheads and vines, a similar pale indigo border, single guard stripes, 7ft.

Hin. by Sft. 2in. (241cm. by 157cm.), modem, condition: fair.

A GHOM RUG, the plain ivory field with a skeleton pole medallion and spandrels, ail with palmettes, leaves and flowerheads, a pale indigo border with a similar design, single

guard stripes, 5ft. 4in. by 3ft. 5in. (162cm. by 140cm.), modem, condition: fair.

AN ESFAHAN RUG, the indigo field with a pale indigo pole medallion and camel spandrels, ail with palmettes, vines and flowerheads, a pale indigo border with flowerheads, leaves

and vines, single guard stripes, 5ft. 6in. by 3ft. 5in. (168cm. by 103cm.), modem, condition: fair.

A SHIRAZ RUNNER, the indigo field with a design of diagonal rows of vory and  madder bouk spandrek, five borders, dated AH /327, AD 1910,12ft. Sin. by 3ft. (386cm. by

91cm.).

BORDJALOU KAZAKH RUG - ANTIQUE DERBEND RUNNER - ANTIQUE KUBA KELLEH -  RARE UKRANIAN RUNNER

A PIRBEDIL RUG, the pale indigo field with rams’ horns and flowerheads, a walnut Kufic border, two inner and one outer guard stripes, 4ft. 2in. by 3ft. (127cm. by 91cm.), circa

1900, condition: f air, slight wear.

A TALYSH RUNNER, with a plain ivory field, the madder border with stylized flowerheads and vines, one outer guard stripe, lift. Win. by 2ft. llin. (361cm. by 89cm.), circa 1890,

condition: fair.

A SHIRVAN BAKU PRAYER RUG, the indigo mehrab with three medallions with hooked guis and birds, an ivory lovebird border and triple guard stripes, 5ft. by 2ft. Win. (152cm. by

86cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

A MOGHAN RUG, the ivory field with a trelliswork of star guis, a madder flowerhead border, and an outer reciprocal trefoil guard stripe, 7ft. 3in. by 3ft. lOin. (221cm. by

117cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

A GENDJI RUNNER, the field with two rows of eight panelled hookedguis, anWory ?gul border, reciprocal trefoil guard stripes, 8ft. 7,n. by 3fi. 7tn. (262cm. by 109cm.), circa

1880, condition: fair.

AN ANTIQUE KHILA RUNNER, the indigo honeycomb field with botehs and three pale pistachio medallions, ail in shades of saffron, pale indigo and green, a pistachio boteh border,

two inner and three outer guard stripes, 12ft. 8in. by Sft. lin. (386cm. by 155cm.), circa 1850, condition: fair.

A DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, the ivory trellis mehrab containing stylized flowerheads, similar spandrels, a madder hooked vine border, two inner and one outer guard stripes, 4ft. by

3ft. Win. (122cm. by 117cm.), circa 1890, condition: fair, slight wear, restored.

A KAZAKH RUNNER, the walnut field with a star and bracket design, three borders, lOft. 6in. by 3ft. 3in. (320cm. by 100cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

AN ANTIQUE DERBEND RUNNER, the madder field with three indigo « ivory guis, a pale indigo gui border, single guard stripes, 12ft. 7in. by 4ft. 8in. (384i by 142cm.), circa 1860,

condition: fair, eut and rejoined.

A RARE UKRANIAN RUNNER, the pale rose field depicting a blackamoor with two hounds, surrounded by trees and parrots and with an inscription at one end, with a rose floral and

leaf border, lift, by 3ft. 8in. (335cm. by 112cm.).

A FRACHLO KAZAKH DOUBLE-ENDED PRAYER RUG, the indigo mehrab with an ivory medallion and two madder medallions, ail with rosettes and double ‘E’ motifs, an ivory double ‘E’

border, one inner and two outer guard stripes, 7ft. llin. by 4ft. lin. (241cm. by 124cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

AN ARMENIAN KAZAKH, the madder field with sunburst medallions, an ivory flowerhead border, triple guard stripes, 6ft. lin. by 5ft. (201cm. by 152cm.), circa 1880, condition:

fair.

AN ANTIQUE KUBA KELLEH, the pale indigo field with a design of rosettes, flowerheads, medallions and vines, a polychrome barber-pole medaillon, twin guard stripes, 12ft. by 4ft.

lOin. (366cm. by 147cm.), circa 1840, condition: fair.

A GENDJI RUG, the field divided into twenty-seven panels containing hooked guis, an ivory gui border, single guard stripes, 7ft. Hin. by 3ft. lOin. (241cm. by 117cm.), circa

1890, condition: fair, slight wear.

A GENDJI RUG, the field with two rows of four hooked guis and flower-heads, an ivory wine glass and serrated leaf border, with a flowerhead inner guard stnpe and reciprocal

trefoil outer guard stripe, 7ft. 2in. by 4ft. 9in. (218cm. by 145cm.), circa 1860, condition: fair.

A SEYCHOUR RUNNER, the indigo field with crossband guis and flowerheads, a green cabbage-rose border and single guard stripes, 12ft. 9in. by 4ft. (389cm. by 122cm.), circa 1900,

condition: fair.

A DAGHESTAN PRAYER RUG, the ivory trellis mehrab containing stylized flowerheads and similar ivory spandrels, a madder hooked vine border two mner and one outer guard stripes,

dated AH 1332, AD 1915, Sft. 5in. by 4ft. 5m. (165cm. by 135cm.), condition: fair, black corroded.

A SHIRVAN RUG, the indigo field with five medallions surrounded by flowerheads, medallions and animais, three borders, 7ft. Win. by 4ft. 8m. (239cm. by 142cm.), circa 1920,

condition: fair, repaired.

A BORDJALOU KAZAKH RUG, the field with three panels in shades of madder and pale green with a wide hooked vine border in shadestf ivory.

A STAR KUBA RUNNER, the indigo field with an overall design of star guis in shades of saffron, green and pale indigo, a Kufic border, two inner and one outer guard stripes,

12ft. 3in. by 4ft. lin. (373cm. by 124cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.

KASHAN PART SILK RUG - GHOM SILK PRAYER RUG - ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG - NINGSHIA RUNNER

A KASHAN PART SILK RUG, the madder field with a pale blue pole medallion and ivory spandrels, with an overall design of sprays of flowers, an indigo arabesque and flowerhead

border, two inner and three outer guard stripes, 7ft. lOin. by 4ft. 7in. (239cm. by 140cm.), circa 1920, condition: fair.

A NAIN PART SILK RUG, the indigo field with a design of cartouches enclosing anfmals birds and trees, an ivory animal, bird and tree border, two mner and three ou*r^^ard

stripes, 6ft llin. by 4ft. 4in. (211cm. by 132cm.), modem, conditionna.

A NINGSHIA RUNNER, the field divided into panels containing lotus medallions, with a safFron key outer border and pearl inner border, 22ft. 2in. by lft. Hin. (675cm. by 58cm.),

circa 1850, condition: fair.

A CHINESE CARPET, the pale indigo field with a lotus medallion and fret-work and lotus spandrels, ail with sprays of flowers and bats, a saffron border with Taoist symbols and

flowers, lift. 9in. by 9ft. (358cm. by 274cm.), circa 1930, condition: fair.

A KASHAN MOHTASHAM RUG, the ivory field with a madder pole medallion, surrounded by stylized sprays of flowers, an indigo palmette and flowerhead border, twin guard stripes,

6ft. 7in. by 4ft. 4in. (201cm. by 132cm.), circa 1900, condition: f air, shght wear.

A KASHAN SILK PRAYER RUG, the ivory mehrab with a central Tree of Life flanked by animais and birds, a madder palmette and flowerhead border, single guard stripes, 5ft. 5in. by

3ft. 8in. (165cm. by 112cm.), circa 1920, condition: f air, stained.

A KASHAN RUG, the madder field with a central skeleton medallion sur¬rounded by an overall design of shrubs and leaves with vase spandrels, an inner madder floral border and an

indigo floral outer border, single guard stripes, 6ft. 5in. by 4ft. 4in. (196cm. by 132cm.), circa 1910, condition: fair.

A KASHAN RUG, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels ail with palmettes, vines, arabesques and leaves, an indigo flowerhead and vine border, twin guard

stripes, 6ft. Gin. by 4ft. 7in. (198cm. by 140cm.), circa 1920, condition: fair.

A GHOM SILK RUG, the plain ivory field with a pole medallion and spandrels ail with the herati pattern, five borders, 5ft. 3in. by 3ft. lin. (160cm. by 109cm.), modem,

condition: fair.

A GHOM SILK PRAYER RUG, the indigo field with a central Tree of Life flanked by twin columns and a hanging lamp, saffron floral spandrels, a rose floral border, twin guard

stripes, 5ft. lin. by 3ft. 6in. (155cm. by 101cm.), modem, con¬dition: fair.

A KASHAN SILK RUG, the ivory field with an indigo pole medallion and madder spandrels, ail with palmettes, flowerheads, leaves and vines, a madder border with palmettes, vines

and flowerheads, twin guard stripes, 6ft. lin. by 4ft. 5in. (201cm. by 135cm.), circa 1920, condition: fair, splits.

A FINE ZEL-OL-SULTAN RUG, the ivory field with a design of flowerheads and leaves, an ivory vine, boteh and flower border, single guard stripes, 6ft. 5in. by 4ft. lin. (196cm.

by 124cm.), circa 1880, condition: f air, slight wear, restored.

A KASHAN RUG, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels, ail with floral sprays, an indigo palmette vine and flowerhead border one inner and two outer guard

stripes, 6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 4in. (203cm. by 132cm 1910, condition: fair

A FINE TABRIZ SILK CARPET, the madder field with a beige pole medallion and ivory spandrels, with an overall design of flowering Trees of Life and floral sprays, with animais,

birds and pictorial medallions, a rose and indigo wave border, twin guard stripes, signed Farji, lOft. 3in. by 6ft. 6in. (312cm. by 198cm.), modem, condition: good.

A TABRIZ RUG, the madder field with palmettes, cloudbands and curvi-linear vines, an indigo border with palmettes and arabesques, single guard stripes, 6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 8in.

(203cm. by 142cm.), circa 1930, condition: fair.

AN ESFAHAN RUG, the indigo field with a madder pole medallion and spandrels, with an overall design of sprays of flowers, a madder palmette and vine border, triple guard

stripes, 8ft. 2in. by 5ft. 2in. (249cm. by 157cm.), circa 1920, condition: f air, restored.

AN ANTIQUE SENNEH RUG, the plain ivory field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels ail with the herati pattern, a madder turtle and vine border, twin guard stripes, 6ft.

9in. by 4ft. 8in. (206cm. by 142cm.)3 circa 1860, condition: fair, slight wear, restored.

A KASHAN SILK RUG, the indigo field with a madder pole medallion and saffron spandrels ail with curvilinear vines, flowerheads and leaves, a madder border with flowerheads,

leaves and vines, twin guard stripes, 6ft. 9in. by 4ft. 2in. (206cm. by 127cm.), circa 1920, condition:fair.

A NAIN PART SILK RUG, the ivory field with a beige pole medallion and spandrels, ail with birds, flowerheads, vines and palmettes, a beige floral border, one inner and two outer

guard stripes, 6ft. 2in. by 3ft. llin. (188cm. by 119cm.), modem, condition: fair.

A SAROUGH RUG, the ivory field with an indigo pole medallion and beige spandrels, with an overall design of stylized sprays of flowers, a madder medallion and flowerhead border,

single guard stripes, 6ft. lin. by 4ft. 4in. (201cm. by 132cm.), circa 1900, condition: fair, mothed.

NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS - FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY - BRUSSELS TAPESTRY OF THE LAMENTATION - Louis XV FELLETIN VERDURE TAPESTRY PANEL

A PAIR OF NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS, one woven with John the
Baptist preaching in the Wilderness (Mark 1:4) the other with the Beheading (Mark 6:28)
surrounded by brightly coloured floral borders woven with roses, tulips and carnations on
a sable ground, each about 18in. by 20in. (46cm. by 51cm.) Hamburg, circa 1660, some
repairs, top corners.
Gobel, Wandteppiche, Part III, vol. II, no 99d illustrates a similar cushion.

Two VERDURE TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS made from pieces of Flemish tapestry border, late 17th Century.

A CUSHION covered in Flemish verdure tapestry, Hin. by 18in.
and two other s covered in velvet with applique decoration, one with a coat of arms.

A NEEDLEWORK CUSHION COVER embroidered in gros point with flowers and brightly plumaged birds,
19in. square (48cm.) and a strip of Genoese red velvet applied with yellow silk arabesques, lin. wide by 60in.
long (18cm. by 152cm.) 17th Century.

A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY from The Story of Jacob, depicting Jacob taking
leave of Laban, in the background Jacob tending the flocks of his father-in-law, now in a
narrow frame pattern border, 6ft. Hin. high by 8ft. 4in. wide (210cm. by 255cm.) circa 1600,
some repairs.

A FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY, possibly the Coronation of Solomon by Zadok
the Priest, the King kneeling before the altar on which rests the crown, mainly in shades
of blue and ivory, 6ft. 4in. high by 7ft. 8in. wide (195cm. by 265cm.) early 1 Ith Century,
part of a larger tapestry.

A FLEMISH TAPESTRY PANEL of a naval combat, from the background or border of a
larger tapestry, a panel below with tulips and arabesques, 3ft. high by lft. 8in. wide
(90cm. by 50cm.) late 16th Century.

A LARGE LEAVED VERDURE TAPESTRY with a fabulous bird attacking a ram and
other birds and creatures among the foliage, in a three-sided floral border, 9ft. Hin. high
by 6ft. lin. zvide (295cm. by 200cm.) Flemish provincial, early 1 Ith Century, extensive minor
repairs.
Gobel—Tapestries ofthe Lowlands, no. 474 illustrates a similar tapestry
Another similar panel was sold in these rooms, 28th April 1978.

A FLEMISH TAPESTRY FRAGMENT of a warrior in classical armour and wearing a
plumed helmet, watching a falcon in pursuit of its prey, background with stonemasons at
work, floral border top and bottom only, 9ft. 6in. high by 4ft. lOin. wide (290cm. by 148cm.)
first half 1 Ith Century, extensive minor repairs.

A FINE BRUSSELS TAPESTRY OF THE LAMENTATION, from the Passion of Christ, after Albrecht Durer, the garments woven partly in metal thread, the body of the Dead Christ surrounded by mourners including the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St. Elizabeth, St. John and others, in the right background the figure of Christ in Glory appearing to Roman centurions, in narrow vine leaf border, 5ft. 8in. high by 5ft. 6in. wide (115cm. by 165cm.) circa 1540, reduced in size, border probably original but eut to fit.

AN ANTWERP CLASSICAL TAPESTRY, possibly from the Story of Zenobia and
Aurelian, the Queen riding sidesaddle fleeing from her pursuers, protected by a horseman
with a raised scimitar, the three-sided border with caryatid figures supporting children
blowing trumpets, the upper border with swags of fruit and flowers and military trophies,
lOft. high by 15ft. 2in. wide (305cm. by 465cm.) mid-17th Century, eut and joined down the
middle.

A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY BORDER woven with Neptune in his chariot drawn by
seahorses, surrounded by sporting mermen and mermaids and other aquatic creatures,
with narrow outer borders, 8ft. lin. long by lft. 7V2in. high (262cm. by 50cm.) mid-16th
Century.
From the lower border of a contemporary tapestry. Gobel, Tapes tries of the Lowlands, no. 273
illustrates a Noah tapestry in which the border depicts the Four Elements.

A FRANCO-FLEMISH TAPESTRY BORDER FRAGMENT woven with tulips and
summer flowers tied with blue ribbon, narrow yellow border stripes, 431Min. high by
1784 in. wide (110cm. by 44cm.) circa 1700, mounted on board.

A FLEMISH CLASSICAL TAPESTRY, probably depicting Hector’s farewell to
Andromache, mainly in shades of blue and yellow, in a good four-sided floral border,
9ft. 3in. high by 9ft. 7in. wide (280cm. by 290cm.) mid-17th Century.

A Louis XV FELLETIN VERDURE TAPESTRY PANEL woven with the Fable of the
Fox and the Stork after La Fontaine, the foreground with clumps of wild flowers, the
background with a distant chateau and a hilltop village, 7ft. 2in. high by 7ft. Win. wide
(220cm. by 240cm.) mid-18th Century, minor repairs.

A LATE Louis XV AUBUSSON GENRE TAPESTRY of La Diseuse de Bonne Aventure,
from the series Les Amusements de la Campagne, after Jean-Baptiste Huet, the gipsy
fortune teller and the shepherdess in the foreground, four sided frame pattern floral
border, 8ft. 2in. high by Wft. 9in. wide (250cm. by 330cm.) circa 1770, the remains of
Auousson tactory mark M.R.D.A.
Gobel— Wandteppiche, Part II, vol. ii, no. 287 illustrates this composition.

AN AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY of a couple dancing in a landscape, frame
pattern border with crossed ribbons and trophies of flowers, 4ft. Hin. high by 6ft. 5in. wide
(150cm. by 195cm.) 19th Century.

HORSEMANSHIP. An Antwerp Tapestry, attributed to Michel Wauters, depict-
ing the exercise Terre a Terre contre muraille a main gauche, Captain Mazin on a
chestnut horse prancing towards the left, a view of Bolsover in the background, in the
upper border a bridle and spurs and the lower border with stirrups and a saddle between
swags of flowers, the sides with trophies of arms and armour with urns below, lift, high by
9ft. 8in. wide (335cm. by 298.5cm.) circa 1680, extensive minor repairs, especially to the
body of the horse.

A COMPOSITE PANEL of floral tapestry with a central vase of summer flowers below an allegorical figure in an arch, flanked by floral trophies containing oval landscape medallions, 5ft. Hin. by 5ft. 2in. (180cm. by 158cm.) mainly Flemish, late 17th Century.

A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY BORDER FRAGMENT of floral design, 7in. by 86in. long
(18cm. by 214cm.) and two small pieces of verdure tapestry, 8in. by 19in. (20cm. by 48cm.)
late 17th/early 18th Century.

A GOOD PARIS VERDURE TAPESTRY of a wooded river landscape, chiefly in shades
of green, the broad four-sided floral border centred by landscape medallions in ornamental
frames, the corners with trophies similarly enclosed, lift. 2in. high by 13ft. 9in. wide
(340cm. by 420cm.) circa 1640.

A TAPESTRY FRAGMENT of a bearded supplicant, in ermine-trimmed cloak, a hat in his left hand, 5ft. high by 2ft. lin. wide (152cm. by 63.5cm.) 19th Century, Flemish.