CENTRAL ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A KONYA RUNNER
CENTRAL ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The yellow field with stylised triangular hooked motifs around four polychrome octagonal panels enclosing diamond shapes issuing hooked vine in a brown stylised S-motif border between ivory and brown stripes, angular floral panels above and below, kilim weave at each end, slight corrosive brown
14ft.8in. x 3ft.7in. (445cm. x 110cm.)

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Lot Essay

The eight-pointed star within an octagon is one of the oldest forms in Turkish carpets, appearing from at least the 13th century. The present runner, like others in the yellow-ground Konya group, uses the juxtaposition of very strong blocks of colour and fleecy soft wool to create a very dramatic effect. Two fragments of slightly earlier runners with the same main ornamentation were formerly in the Kirchheim Collection (Kirchheim, E. Heinrich: Orient Stars, Stuttgart and London, 1993, nos. 141 and 142, p.216).

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