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THE DORIA-PAMPHILJ-PIO-FALCÒ ‘POLONAISE’

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
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A HIGHLY IMPORTANT SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD 'POLONAISE' CARPET
CENTRAL PERSIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Considerable silk pile, corroded and oxidised silver and gold metal-thread, no restoration, original
selvages, each end with complete braided and metal embroidered kilims, stretchered on a frame, overall
very good condition
6ft.9in. x 4ft.5in. (211cm. x 140cm.)
£1,500,000-2,000,000 US$2,200,000-2,800,000
€1,800,000-2,300,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Prince Pio Falcó, Rome
1973, acquired by the renowned art dealer Pietro Accorsi, Turin
Purchased that same year by the present owner
EXHIBITED:
Galleria Battilossi, Turin, 1988
LITERATURE:
Ian Bennett, ‘Due Importanti tappeti “Polonaise” del XVII secolo, Battilossi, Tappeti d’antiquariato, Turin
1988, pp.30-33
L. E. Brancati, I gemelli polonaise, Il Giornale Dell’Arte N.170, October 1998, p .XIV
‘Polonaise Carpets in Baroque Rome’, Irene Sabatini, Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies VII, pp.99-103, fig.4
(inaccurately noted as fig.5)

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