CENTRAL ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A LADIK PRAYER RUG
CENTRAL ANATOLIA, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
A few minor repairs and spots of repiling, overall very good condition
6ft. x 4ft. (183cm. x 122cm.)

Provenance

With Elio Cittone, Milan in the early 1980s, from whom purchased by the present owner

Literature

Gigi Pagnano, L'Arte del Tappeto Orientale ed Europeo, 1983, no.39

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Lot Essay

The prayer rugs woven in the Ladik district of central Anatolia share a small number of designs which ultimately derive from the court production of the previous two centuries. Although their compositions are formulaic, it is the subtle adjustments made to the motifs and the interplay of colour that sets each example apart. The border of our prayer rug is typical of Ladik weaving, yet it exhibits a great deal of variation in its palette and includes a substantial amount of aubergine. It is more usual for the spandrels to be decorated with the serrated leaf and carnation design also common in ‘Transylvanian’ rugs, however, our example exhibits flowerheads which appear to drift across the watery blue background.

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