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Lot 146: A FINE AND RARE ELEPHANT AND GIRAFFE HOOKED RUG; NEW ENGLAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction House: Sotheby's
Auction Location: New York, NY, USA
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Auction Title: Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver Including the Gary Gold Dinner Service
Auction Date: 19 May 2005
Description: worked on a linen ground, the borders with trees; an entwined serpent; a stag with rack of antlers, a spotted giraffe, a black squirrel eating a nut and a red cardinal. Areas of wear and repair. Mounted on a stretcher.
PROVENANCE
Silver Spring Farms, Ridgefield, Connecticut
The Distinguished Collection of Stewart E. Gregory, sold in these rooms January 27, 1979, sale number 4209, lot 150
Judy Lenett, Ridgefield, Connecticut
CATALOGUE NOTE
Found in Vermont.
Dimensions: 33 by 77 1/2 in. 83.8 by 196.9cm
