THE HOLMS HEPBURN CORONATION CARPET
SAFAVID, PROBABLY ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
£79,250
Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the red field with allover palmette and foliate vine pattern, within indigo cartouche border between cream bands
Dimensions
248cm x 216cm
Footnote
Provenance:
Glasgow Cathedral since 1971.
Previously the collection of Charles A Hepburn.
Previously the collection of John A Holms.
Purchased from Duveen Brothers, 1903.
Literature:
Hali, No 164, pp48-49.
Hali, No 162, p48.