Lot 325
325
A FINE ZAREH PENYAMIN KOUM KAPI RUG after the Safavid Polonaise original, the silver-covered-thread ground with dense scrolling palmette vine and serrated leaves executed in pastel colours around a gold-covered-thread medallion containing similar motifs, part pistachio-green mdeallions in the centre of each side, in a border of rose-pink and lemon-yellow scrolling arabesques enclosing gold- and silver-covered-thread palmettes between inner meandering vine and outer continuous trefoil stripes, a short kilim strip at each end, signed in at least five places by Zareh Penyamin (minute selvedge damage, otherwise excellent condition)

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A FINE ZAREH PENYAMIN KOUM KAPI RUG after the Safavid Polonaise original, the silver-covered-thread ground with dense scrolling palmette vine and serrated leaves executed in pastel colours around a gold-covered-thread medallion containing similar motifs, part pistachio-green mdeallions in the centre of each side, in a border of rose-pink and lemon-yellow scrolling arabesques enclosing gold- and silver-covered-thread palmettes between inner meandering vine and outer continuous trefoil stripes, a short kilim strip at each end, signed in at least five places by Zareh Penyamin (minute selvedge damage, otherwise excellent condition)
6ft.6in. x 3ft.8in. (198cm. x 115cm.)

Lot Essay

For a discussion of Zareh Penyamin and the other best known weavers in the Koum Kapi district of Istanbul, see:

Bensoussan, P.: 'The Masterweavers of Istanbul', in HALI 26, April-June 1985, pp.34-41

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