A HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN SILK KOUM KAPI RUG

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900

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A HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN SILK KOUM KAPI RUG
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900
The field containing polychrome panels divided by rosettes containing palmettes and angular linked delicate flowering vine in a pale grey-blue border of palmettes and angular leafy vine, between rosette meander and floral and perching bird stripes, full pile
6ft.6in. x 4ft.4in. (198cm. x 132cm.)

Lot Essay

This rug is signed with both Hagop's European and Armenian initials in one corner of the main border. A similar rug was sold at Sotheby's London 29 April 1998, lot 19. For a discussion of the oevre of this weaver please see Farrow, George: Hagop Kapoudjian, London, 1993. The design of this rug is not one that is included in the monograph.

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