Lot 154
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A TURKISH RUNNER

Details
A TURKISH RUNNER
CIRCA 1880

The abrashed wine-red field with three open radiating hexagonal medallions with crescent terminals, in an open ivory floral border with outer similar plain red stripe, slight areas of wear, small repairs, minor holes, one end partly tattered
Approximately 10ft.9in. x 3ft.5in. (326cm. x 105cm.)

Warp: wool, white, Z2S, slightly layered and undulating
Weft: 2 shoots, one slightly undulating, the second more strongly undulating, wool, brown, Z2S
Pile: wool, Z2-4, symmetrical inclining to the left, H3.4 x V4.1/cm.
Sides:
Top end:
Lower end:
Provenance
Acquired 12 March 1919 as a "Sultan Laufer" for DM1,200
Literature
Bernheimer, Otto: Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L. Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.49

Lot Essay

This unusual has been affectionally known by three generations of the Bernheimer family as the 'Der Sultanläufer' ('The Sultan's Runner'). This moniker came about through the belief that it was woven for an Ottoman Sultan. While this provenance is impossible to prove, the psuedo-military emblems with pendant crescent moons are unusual motifs that may indicate a special commission.

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