KONYA REGION, CENTRAL ANATOLIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

This village rug from the Karapinar area displays two oversized cruciform medallions and a characteristic field outline that reverts back to far older animal fur rugs. A similar runner but one which displays three lozenge medallions, is illustrated in Brüggemann, W. and Böhmer, H., Rugs of the Peasants and Nomads of Anatolia, Munich, 1983, pp. 162-3, no. 20. A further comparable can be found in Maurizio Battilossi, Tappeti d'Antiquariato. Catalogo V. Turin 1990, no. 20