Lot Essay
It is interesting to note in this carpet the survival of an earlier Ushak feature whereby the white wool warps are at each end dyed red.
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WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1880
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AN USHAK CARPET
WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1880
Of Agra design, the blood-red field with a counterposed design of large palmettes and occasional cloudband linked by angular flowering tendrils, in a shaded light blue palmette and flowering vine border between tan floral meander and red flowerhead and floral spray stripes, corroded black, a few areas of localised wear, one end border missing and replaced by half the other, possibly reduced in length
17ft.11in. x 11ft.4in. (546cm. x 344cm.)
WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1880
Of Agra design, the blood-red field with a counterposed design of large palmettes and occasional cloudband linked by angular flowering tendrils, in a shaded light blue palmette and flowering vine border between tan floral meander and red flowerhead and floral spray stripes, corroded black, a few areas of localised wear, one end border missing and replaced by half the other, possibly reduced in length
17ft.11in. x 11ft.4in. (546cm. x 344cm.)