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The knot count is 8 vertical by 10 horizontal.
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ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1910
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A KOUM KAPI SILK AND METAL THREAD RUG
Istanbul, Turkey, circa 1910
The dusty pink field with a counterposed "Shah 'Abbas" design of spiral tendrils linking palmettes and floral sprays overlaying cloudband motifs and inhabited by the occasional bird, in a pale blue border of similar motifs between mushroom-grey and dusty pink floral meander stripes, a short kilim strip at each end, areas of slight wear, repair at one end
6ft.2in. x 4ft.2in. (188cm. x 127cm.)
Istanbul, Turkey, circa 1910
The dusty pink field with a counterposed "Shah 'Abbas" design of spiral tendrils linking palmettes and floral sprays overlaying cloudband motifs and inhabited by the occasional bird, in a pale blue border of similar motifs between mushroom-grey and dusty pink floral meander stripes, a short kilim strip at each end, areas of slight wear, repair at one end
6ft.2in. x 4ft.2in. (188cm. x 127cm.)
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