Property from an Important East Coast Collector
Ernest Boiceau
"Cordelières" Rug
Auction Closed
December 8, 09:48 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important East Coast Collector
Ernest Boiceau
"Cordelières" Rug
circa 1932
hand-woven point mousse and point de Cornély wool
with woven signature EBoiceau
116¼ x 110 in. (295.2 x 279.4 cm)
Galerie Willy Huybrechts, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2010
Ernest Boiceau, exh. cat., Galerie Willy Huybrechts, Paris, 2010, p. 43 (for an original watercolor sketch of the design)
Sotheby's would like to thank Mr. Eric Philippe for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
