Lot Essay
Warp: yellowish wool, S3Z, clearly depressed, undulating
Weft: 3 shoots, yellowish wool, S3, slightly undulating
Pile: wool, S2-4, asymmetrical open to the left, H2.6 x V2.1/cm.
Sides: foundation weft bound together with two bundles of warp threads, S4Z3S; additionally wound around with red wool, and also on the outer warp threads of the knotted area
For a brief discussion of the Ottoman Cairene group, please see lot 412. The overblown scale and simplification of design seen here, most likely indicates that this rug was woven specifically for the European export market towards the end of Cairene rug production.
Weft: 3 shoots, yellowish wool, S3, slightly undulating
Pile: wool, S2-4, asymmetrical open to the left, H2.6 x V2.1/cm.
Sides: foundation weft bound together with two bundles of warp threads, S4Z3S; additionally wound around with red wool, and also on the outer warp threads of the knotted area
For a brief discussion of the Ottoman Cairene group, please see lot 412. The overblown scale and simplification of design seen here, most likely indicates that this rug was woven specifically for the European export market towards the end of Cairene rug production.