WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1800

Details

A BERGAMA RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1800
Overall light wear, partly corroded black, touches of repiling and a few small repairs
8ft.5in. x 5ft.4in. (256cm. x 163cm.)

Provenance

Rugs and Carpets: Battilossi Tappeti d'Antiquariato, Christie's London, 11 February 1998, lot 111.

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Lot Essay

For related rugs with this design deriving from a 16th century prototype see Hali vol.V, no.2, 1982, p.168 (Halevim); Rippon Boswell & Co., 15 May 1993, lot 91; and Bausback, P.: Alte und Antike Knüpfkunst, Mannheim, 1979, p.12. Please also see lot 139 for another slightly later version of the same design. For a discussion of the earlier prototypes see J. Mills: 'Carpets in Paintings', Hali 58, August 1991, pp.86-103.

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