WEST ANATOLIA, MID-17TH CENTURY

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A TRANSYLVANIAN DOUBLE NICHE RUG
West Anatolia, mid-17th Century
The ivory field with various polychrome hooked and floral palmettes, the royal blue spandrels similar, in a broad border of ivory and brick-red shaped cartouches, each containing a turtle-palmette and flowering vines, divided by royal blue and sandy yellow floral dart- motifs, between ivory stellar flowerhead octagon stripes, loss of outer stripe at each end, overall wear, small repairs
4ft.10in. x 3ft.8in. (147cm. x 112cm.)

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Lot Essay

Transylvanian rugs with white grounds are among the rarest within the classic double-niche group. One example was sold in the sale of the Bernheimer Family Collection of Carpets in these Rooms, 14 February 1996, lot 104. The present rug probably antedates the Bernheimer example. It has a finer weave and slightly more delicate drawing. It also has a greater interplay of colour with alternation for example shown in the minor panels in the border as well as the major cartouches.

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