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Woollen pile Carpet (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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© Victoria and Albert Museum

Woollen pile Carpet (© Victoria and Albert Museum)

Woollen pile Carpet

Artist: Indian

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1628 - 1644

Materials: wool

Dimensions: 579 x 244 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £3,066)

Vendor: Paris Auction

Review number: 963 (1935)

Provenance:
Paris sale, 1935.

Description:
Carpet bearing the arms of the Fremlin family, commissioned at Agra or Lahore by William Fremlin, an employee of the East India Company. Persian hunting design of beasts of prey and plants but the colouring is Indian. Condition worn and restored.

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