Some fifty antique oriental carpets, as well as European tapestries, from the collection of the veteran Turin antiquarian Dani Ghigo come under the hammer at Christie's King Street in London in the second part of the Dani & Anna Ghigo Collection sale on 12 May 2016.
Daniel Shaffer
Some fifty antique oriental carpets, as well as European tapestries, from the collection of the veteran Turin antiquarian Dani Ghigo come under the hammer at Christie's King Street in London in the second part of the Dani & Anna Ghigo Collection sale on 12 May 2016.
PART-COTTON ESFAHAN RUG CENTRAL PERSIA, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
FRANCO-FLEMISH ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND LATER, POSSIBLY SWISS
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