Sale 7429
London
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25 October 2007
Price realised
GBP 4,375
Estimate
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI MAT ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920 Finely woven, full silk pile, silver metal-thread, selvages frayed, original kilims with frayed fringes, pinned on board 2ft.4in. x 1ft.5in. (71cm. x 43cm.)
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The knot count is approximately 11H x 10V per cm. sq.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE DR. AMIR PAKZAD CARPET MUSEUM, HANNOVER
Everything from identifying natural dyes to finding the right setting on your vacuum cleaner. Illustrated with past and upcoming lots offered at Christie’s
Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman’s perspective
Islamic Art specialist Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam on a magnificent garment that would have been worn by a member of the royal inner circle