15th Oct, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
An Austrian Viennese Secessionist Movement Hand-Knotted Wool Carpet, circa 1900s, curvilinear and square designs with frogs, in pinks, mustard and whites, 257cm by 412cm on cotton foundation
In the salon of a house designed by Henricus Joseph Huygh (Jef Huygh) Antwerpen, Hazelarenstraat from 1928-1951.
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £200 - £400
Both ends tucked under but fraying. Selvedges both original but fraying and with sections missing binding. Cord pile fair and areas of wear. Some stains. Requires cleaning. Further images have been uploaded. Symmetrical (Turkish) knot. Hand knotted and hand woven.
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Auction: 20th Century Design, 15th Oct, 2022
The 20th Century Design sales encompass furniture, studio pottery, ceramics, glass, metal, sculpture and furnishings from all the major design movements in the applied arts from 1860 to the present day: Arts and Crafts, Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernist, Post-War Design and Contemporary Design. The sales also include the furniture and furnishings of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson and the Yorkshire Critter Carvers.
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