Lot Essay
Purchased from the sale of the contents of King Farouk's palace, Cairo, Egypt
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A HEREKE CARPET
WESTERN ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1870
The shaded blackcurrant-red field with an overall very fine herati pattern, the ivory diagonal serrated spandrels similar, in a burgundy angular turtle-palmette and flowering vine border between ivory, golden yellow, burgundy and shaded blackcurrant-red flowerhead and angular flowerhead vine stripes, an area of slight wear, repair and staining
11ft.4in. x 13ft.2in. (344cm. x 401cm.)
WESTERN ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1870
The shaded blackcurrant-red field with an overall very fine herati pattern, the ivory diagonal serrated spandrels similar, in a burgundy angular turtle-palmette and flowering vine border between ivory, golden yellow, burgundy and shaded blackcurrant-red flowerhead and angular flowerhead vine stripes, an area of slight wear, repair and staining
11ft.4in. x 13ft.2in. (344cm. x 401cm.)