A RUSSIAN PILE CARPET PROBABLY THE IMPERIAL TAPESTRY FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1800 The Greek key outer border with a rosette at each corner, enclosing an inner border of rose vine heavy with blooms and buds and edged with a pair of narrow formal borders, the center with a basket of roses and other spring flowers, in each corner a ribbon-tied wreath enclosing a script M monogram surmounted by an Imperial crown, at the bottom of the field inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Fabr. Pavlovskii Gr: Kushelevo (or Kusheleva?)’ Approximately 10 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. (333 cm. x 264 cm.) Provenance Almost certainly supplied to Empress Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828) for her use at Pavlovsk Palace, possibly under the direction of Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833) or his wife Countess Liubov Il'inichna Kusheleva, (1783-1809)
A RUSSIAN PILE CARPET PROBABLY THE IMPERIAL TAPESTRY FACTORY, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1800 The Greek key outer border with a rosette at each corner, enclosing an inner border of rose vine heavy with blooms and buds and edged with a pair of narrow formal borders, the center with a basket of roses and other spring flowers, in each corner a ribbon-tied wreath enclosing a script M monogram surmounted by an Imperial crown, at the bottom of the field inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Fabr. Pavlovskii Gr: Kushelevo (or Kusheleva?)’ Approximately 10 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 8 in. (333 cm. x 264 cm.) Provenance Almost certainly supplied to Empress Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828) for her use at Pavlovsk Palace, possibly under the direction of Count Grigorii Grigorievich Kushelev (1754-1833) or his wife Countess Liubov Il'inichna Kusheleva, (1783-1809)
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