AN IMPORTANT SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD 'POLONAISE' CARPET ISFAHAN, CENTRAL PERSIA, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY Remarkably good silk pile throughout, corroded silver metal -thread, a small spot repair in the centre, original fringes at one end, overall very good condition 6ft.7in. x 4ft.6in. (205cm. x 141cm.) Provenance With the Saxon Elector and later King of Poland Augustus the Strong Reputedly gifted in 1695 to Lothar Franz von Schonborn, Prince-Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire. Collection of the princely Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden, Bavaria On loan to the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada, from the 1970's Private Swiss Collection
AN IMPORTANT SAFAVID SILK AND METAL-THREAD 'POLONAISE' CARPET ISFAHAN, CENTRAL PERSIA, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY Remarkably good silk pile throughout, corroded silver metal -thread, a small spot repair in the centre, original fringes at one end, overall very good condition 6ft.7in. x 4ft.6in. (205cm. x 141cm.) Provenance With the Saxon Elector and later King of Poland Augustus the Strong Reputedly gifted in 1695 to Lothar Franz von Schonborn, Prince-Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire. Collection of the princely Counts of Schönborn-Wiesentheid in Schloss Weißenstein, Pommersfelden, Bavaria On loan to the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Canada, from the 1970's Private Swiss Collection
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