A GHIORDES PRAYER RUG

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A GHIORDES PRAYER RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY

The shaded red field with small upper paired wreaths and two columns with lozenges and floral terminals below the serrated blue stepped mihrab arch containing tracery vine, a light blue floral
cross-panel above, in a dark brown border of palmettes flanked by serrated leaves alternating with rosettes between light and medium blue angular floral meander stripes, a short kilim strip at each end, even wear, slight repiling, small repairs throughout, upper end slightly ragged, reselvaged with loss of smallest outer guard stripe
Approximately 5ft.6in. x 4ft.3in. (168cm. x 130cm.)

Warp: white wool, yellow-green at the ends, Z2S, hardly to slightly depressed, slightly undulating
Weft: 2 shoots red wool, Z1, undulating
Pile: wool, Z1-2, symmetrical inclining to the left, H3.4 x V4.9/cm.
Lower end: flatwoven with red, white and yellow-green wool, Z1
Upper end: as lower but with only red wool
Remarks: lazy lines

Provenance

Werner Grote-Hasenbalg, Berlin
Acquired from above 14 December 1954 as a "Gjordes" for DM1,100

Lot Essay

See the introductory essays for a brief discussion of the Ghiordes group. This rug is one of the type of Ghiordes prayer rugs often classified as 'Transylvanian,' as similar examples were found in the churches of Eastern Europe. It is generally believed that the rugs of the Ghiordes 'Transylvanian' type slightly pre-date other Ghiordes weavings. A simliar example to the current rug is in the Schwarze Kirche Kronstadt, inv. no. 241 (see Kertesz-Badrus, A.: rkische Teppiche in Siebengrgen, Bucharest, 1985, no. 40).

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