SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1875
Details
A YURUK RUG
SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1875
The shaded brick-red field with a variety of palmettes, stylised flowerheads, hooked motifs and animal figures around a column of three ivory and shaded blue stepped and indented panels each with a floral centrepiece, in an apricot border of angular vine and panels dividing floral sprays and palmettes, outer fox-brown stellar flowerhead hooked panel and mill-pattern stripes, areas of slight wear and re-piling
8ft.9in. x 4ft.5in. (266cm. x 135cm.)
SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1875
The shaded brick-red field with a variety of palmettes, stylised flowerheads, hooked motifs and animal figures around a column of three ivory and shaded blue stepped and indented panels each with a floral centrepiece, in an apricot border of angular vine and panels dividing floral sprays and palmettes, outer fox-brown stellar flowerhead hooked panel and mill-pattern stripes, areas of slight wear and re-piling
8ft.9in. x 4ft.5in. (266cm. x 135cm.)
Literature
Thompson, J.: Carpet Magic, exhibition catalogue, 1983, pl.p.89.