NORTH CHINA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PEKING SILK AND METAL-THREAD RUG
North China, late 19th century
The metal-thread field with an overall lattice of blue angular tendrils issuing a variety of floral sprays and linking diagonal rows of red rosettes, in a metal-thread border of meandering floral sprays between key-pattern and minor seed-pearl stripes, plain outer blue stripe
7ft.11in. x 4ft.11in. (242cm. x 150cm.)

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Lot Essay

The designs of the earlier carpets from Kashgar were adapted very successfully in the late 19th century by the weavers in Peking. The present example shows clearly the East Turkestan design coming through both in the field and in the border design. The thicker structure and pile however clearly demonstrate the Peking origin.

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