Sotheby's: Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver Including the Gary Gold Dinner Service: Lot 146
A FINE AND RARE ELEPHANT AND GIRAFFE HOOKED RUG; NEW ENGLAND, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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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
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Found in Vermont.
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Catalogue Information
Auction House
Sotheby's
Auction Title
Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver Including the Gary Gold Dinner Service
Auction Date
2005

