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Lot Essay
The Kazak rug offered here is interesting in that its design was inspired by 18th century Caucasian weaving. The field design suggests a relationship to shield carpets (Pinner, R. and Franses, M.: 'Caucasian Shield Carpets' Hali Vol.1 No.1, Spring 1978 pp.4-22) whereby the field is composed of a repeat of stylized palmettes flanked by curved leaf forms, a design which has existed in textiles since the fourteenth century.
The rug offered here shares a striking resemblance to a group of yellow and ivory ground Kuba rugs. One yellow ground Kuba sold on 28 March 1998, Rippon Boswell, Weisbaden, Lot 146. Another Kuba with an ivory ground sold on 12 December 1982, Edelmanns, New York, Lot 260. Another is illustrated in Antique Oriental Carpets From Austrian Collections, Exhibition Catalogue, Vienna 1986 pp.58. Also see Hermann, E., Von Lotto bis Tekke, Seltene Orientteppiche aus Vier Jahrhunderten, Munich, 1978 No.37. All but one share the same border and it would appear the rug offered here is the first published design of this kind with the structure of a Kazak.
The rug offered here shares a striking resemblance to a group of yellow and ivory ground Kuba rugs. One yellow ground Kuba sold on 28 March 1998, Rippon Boswell, Weisbaden, Lot 146. Another Kuba with an ivory ground sold on 12 December 1982, Edelmanns, New York, Lot 260. Another is illustrated in Antique Oriental Carpets From Austrian Collections, Exhibition Catalogue, Vienna 1986 pp.58. Also see Hermann, E., Von Lotto bis Tekke, Seltene Orientteppiche aus Vier Jahrhunderten, Munich, 1978 No.37. All but one share the same border and it would appear the rug offered here is the first published design of this kind with the structure of a Kazak.