WEST ANATOLIAN RUG

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WEST ANATOLIAN RUG
CIRCA 1700
The camelhair ground covered by one large central and four smaller Holbein variant medallions surrounded by a brick-red primary border of rosettes containing cruciform devices and a pair of checkerboard guard borders (shows wear and reweaves)--6ft. 5in. x 3ft. 8in.
Illustrated in Antike Anatolische Teppiche The Society Vienna, 1983, p.78, pl.14; Eskenazi, Milano, Il Tappeto Orientale Dal XV AL XVIII Secolo, 21 Gennaio - 20 Febbraio, 1982, p.80, pl.16; Turkische Kunst und Kultur aus osmanischer Zeit, Verlag aurel Bongers Recklinghausen, 1985, Vol. 2, Frankfurt p.215, pl.XXIV