By Terence Ryle
Boosted by the contents of a fine country home, the autumn sale at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) enjoyed moments of floor-to-ceiling success.
Top-seller at Cambridge on September 11-12 was a late 19th century carpet from the Sultanabad region of Persia. With a central field of stylised flowers and foliage on a cream ground with blue and red multiple borders, the 25 x 15ft (7.74 x 4.62m) carpet, pitched at £10,000- 15,000, went to the specialist London trade at £38,000.