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A Serapi Design Wool Carpet
Estimate: $1,000-$2,000
Sold
$1,600
Live Auction
Selections of Fine Americana from the Millhiser Collection
Description
A Serapi Design Wool Carpet
Probably Egyptian, Modern
Length 11 feet 5 inches x width 8 feet 10 inches.
Condition
overall in a clean state, retaining vivid color to palette; with some scattered occasional subtle stains, and with some scattered small areas of losses to pile, particularly to edges of pattern, indicative of probable moth damage; perimeter remains tightly woven and bound; does not appear to have had fringe
Provenance
Provenance:E. Ross (1894-1971), and Bessie S. Millhiser (1895-1987), Richmond, Virginia,Kenneth (1924-2021) and Katherine Millhiser (b. 1937), Piedmont, California.