12-12-201212-13-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
December 12, 2012 12:00 PMCalender
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Assorted Continental Textile Group

Sell one like this
$660$550
Auction: Discovery - 2625MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: December 13, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Assorted Continental Textile Group, including a European woven wool tapestry fragment/wall hanging depicting landscape with decorative border, backed by indigo-dyed cotton twill and another panel of green velvet, 106 x 64 in; an Asian embroidered panel with crane-like birds in a landscape, probably Japanese, with silk border and backing, approx. 75 x 54 in.; and a pair of brown velvet and woven drapes.

Provenance: Belcourt Castle Collection, Newport, Rhode Island.
Estimate $400-600

Japanese wall hanging in good condition with some wear, losses to seams, European tapestry with extensive repair/ rework, holes, patches, pieced together from possibly more than one original, curtains, machine-woven brocade with wear, mostly to edges, discoloration to velvet.

Keywords

Assorted Continental Textile Group, Rhode Island