A CHADJLI LONG RUG

SOUTH CAUCASUS, DATED AH 1273 (1856-7 AD)

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A CHADJLI LONG RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, DATED AH 1273 (1856-7 AD)
The shaded royal blue field scattered with hooked lozenges and small quarter lozenges together with the date panel around a column of three tomato-red and ivory octagonal panels each with angular hooked motifs flanking a central concentric hooked panel, in a tomato-red border of linked polychrome octagons containing hooked motifs divided by minor similar motifs between dark brown and tomato-red S-motif and minor mill-pattern stripes, a kilim strip at each end, corroded black with slight repiling, a few areas of slight wear, minimal other repairs, selvage replaced
9ft.3in. x 4ft.2in. (281cm. x 127cm.)

Literature

Sotheby's New York: Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 4 June 1988, lot 57.

Lot Essay

Ian Bennett, when discussing rugs from this area, regrets the fact that none of them are dated (Bennett, I.:Oriental Rugs: Volume 1, Caucasian, London, 1981, p.175). The present example is therefore of considerable interest. Not only is it one of the best proportioned of the group, but it also has a secure date. A number of comparable examples are published including Herrmann, E.: Seltene Orientteppiche VII, Munich, 1985, no.37, pp.88-9; Benardout, R.: Caucasian Rugs, London, 1981, p.48; Bausback, P.: Antike Orientteppiche, Braunschweig, 1978, pp.228-9; Sotheby's New York, 10 April 1997, lot 42; and Werner Weber, Zurich, October 1990, lot 100. See also the following lot.

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