Lot Essay
Cf. I. de Roode & M. Groot, Amsterdamse School, Textiel 1915-1930, Bussum 1999, p.13, ill.4 for a page from a Begeer catalogue [1926] showing an example of this carpet
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DESIGNED BY JAAP GIDDING FOR KVT, 1922-23
Details
A rare Amsterdam School carpet
Designed by Jaap Gidding for KVT, 1922-23
Woven in wool, the rectangular carpet with a Tuschinsky-style pattern in purple, yellow, green, orange and black on a brown ground
345x245cm.
See illustration
Designed by Jaap Gidding for KVT, 1922-23
Woven in wool, the rectangular carpet with a Tuschinsky-style pattern in purple, yellow, green, orange and black on a brown ground
345x245cm.
See illustration
Exhibited
Amsterdamse School, Textiel 1915-1930, Nederlands Textielmuseum Tilburg, 18 September - 9 January 2000
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.
Sale room notice
Please note that this carpet is also illustrated in Machinale textielkunst by Cornelis van der Sluys, Rotterdam, 1925, p. 29, ill. 1, in the series De toegepaste kunsten in Nederland. The book will be sold with the present lot.