A MACHINE WOVEN CARPET OF AUBUSSON STYLEDESIGNED BY OLIVER MESSEL, MADE BY V'SOSKEthe green ground with foliate spandrels around a central ivory medallion woven with further flower-sprays and entwined flowerheads, the crimson floral borders with yellow and pink trellisworkapproximately 656cm long x 505cm wide Provenance: Commissioned by Oliver Messel for the Morning Room V'Soske carpets are held in the collections and exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and formerly the White House. The founder, Stanislav V'Soske, was known as 'the dean of American rug design' and worked with Messel on a number of projects.