THIS FRAGMENT IS ONE OF A SMALL NUMBER OF CLOSELY RELATED PIECES, THE FIRST OF WHICH, FROM THE TURK VE ISLAM MUSEUM, WAS PUBLISHED BY ERDMANN AS BEING FROM 'ANATOLIA, SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURY' (ERDMANN, K.: SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS OF ORIENTAL CARPETS, LONDON, 1970, PL.121, P.106). A SMALL NUMBER OF FURTHER EXAMPLES HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED, MOST NOTABLY TWO COMPLETE EXAMPLES WITH LEFEVRE, LONDON (29 NOVEMBER 1974; AND THE 4 FEBRUARY 1977 SALE OF TURKISH CARPETS, LOT 1). OTHER FRAGMENTS INCLUDE ONE SHOWN BY SAILER IN 1988 (SAILER, F.: TEXTILE FRAGMENTE, SALZBURG, 1988; 'WEST ANATOLIA, 18TH CENTURY OR EARLIER') AND ONE FORMERLY IN THE ALEXANDER COLLECTION, SOLD IN THESE ROOMS, 15 OCTOBER 1998, LOT 201. ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES IS THE OFFSET KNOTTING USED TO GET THE CORRECT ANGLES WITHIN THE DESIGN.