The two silk Kashgar fragments seen here, lots 95 and 96, come from a carpet which belonged to the most elegent group of East Turkestan weaving known to exist. The silk Kashgar carpets such as these fragments are directly influenced by silk foundation Mughal floral lattice carpets of the seventeenth century, like the fragmentary example in the Textile Museum, Washington (see Walker, Daniel: "Classical Indian Rugs," Hali,, Vol. 4, no.3, 1982, p.256, fig. 7). Two other, although much larger, fragments of a similar silk Kashgar carpet exist, one in a private German collection (see König, Hans, "Influences in the Design of East Turkestan Rugs," in Volkmann, M.: Alte Orientteppiche, Munich, 1985, no.112) and the other sold Sotheby's New York, 5 December 1987, lot 121. The main difference between the current fragments and the other two fragments is the colouration. The König and Sotheby's fragments are on a rose, nearly magneta, field and have a light background border (which only remains on the Köning example), whereas the Bernheimer pieces have a deeper rose, nearly burgandy, field and medium indigo borders. The drawing of the Bernheimer examples is also slightly more angular, particularly in the border.