Lot Essay
See the introductory essays for a brief discussion of Kula rugs.
Details
A KULA PRAYER RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The abrashed sea-green field with two and a half small flowering urns beneath a pale indigo flower-filled arch with a hanging flowering urn and above a medium indigo cloudband reserve, all within a tomato floral inner border, a vertically striped cream and cinnamon brown floral cane design middle border and a pale indigo floral outer border, wear, repairs throughout
Approximately 6ft. 2in. x 4ft. 9in. (188cm. x 145cm.)
Warp: white and grey-white wool, Z2S, slightly depressed, undulating Weft: 2 shoots, rarely 3, white and grey-white cotton, first (and third) undulating, second more so
Pile: wool Z1 and cotton Z1-2, symmetrical inclining to the left, H2.9 x V4.9/cm.
Remarks: lazy lines
WEST ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The abrashed sea-green field with two and a half small flowering urns beneath a pale indigo flower-filled arch with a hanging flowering urn and above a medium indigo cloudband reserve, all within a tomato floral inner border, a vertically striped cream and cinnamon brown floral cane design middle border and a pale indigo floral outer border, wear, repairs throughout
Approximately 6ft. 2in. x 4ft. 9in. (188cm. x 145cm.)
Warp: white and grey-white wool, Z2S, slightly depressed, undulating Weft: 2 shoots, rarely 3, white and grey-white cotton, first (and third) undulating, second more so
Pile: wool Z1 and cotton Z1-2, symmetrical inclining to the left, H2.9 x V4.9/cm.
Remarks: lazy lines
Literature
Bernheimer, Otto: Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L. Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.36