A CAIRENE CARPET
A CAIRENE CARPET

EGYPT, 16TH CENTURY

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A CAIRENE CARPET
EGYPT, 16TH CENTURY
The dusty red field with overall scrolling palmette leafy and flowering vine around a central green roundel containing quatrefleur sprays radiating from a dusty red arabesque central roundel, the blue and red spandrels similar, in a dusty red border of part rosettes flanking large blue cartouches containing radiating palmettes and serrated leaves alternating with similar dark green roundels between grass green rosette and reciprocal pattern stripes, extensively repiled
24ft.8in. x 12ft.3in. (750cm. x 373cm.)

Lot Essay

The border design in the lot offered here is more closely linked in design to its Mamluk antecedant with large cartouches alternating with roundels. For a short discussion on Cairene carpets please refer to lot 176.

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