A NORTH WEST ANATOLIAN COMPOSITE RUG

18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH WEST ANATOLIAN COMPOSITE RUG
18TH CENTURY
THE SHADED INDIGO FIELD WITH FIVE ROWS OF THREE INDIGO, APRICOT, SEA-BLUE, BRICK-RED AND CHARCOAL-GREY HEXAGONAL MEDALLIONS CONTAINING HOOKED QUARTERED LOZENGES, THE HEXAGONS DIVIDED BY HOOKED BARS, HALF WITH A CHARCOAL-GREY BORDER OF POLYCHROME QUATRERED FLOWERHEADS, THE OTHER HALF WITH A ZIGZAG BAND, A STRIPED KILIM AT ONE END, AREAS OF RESTORATION, COMPOSITE FROM MORE THAN ONE FRAGMENT, BACKED
6FT.3IN. X 3FT.2IN. (191CM. X 96.5CM.)

Literature

ANTIQUE ORIENTAL CARPETS FROM AUSTRIAN COLLECTIONS, VIENNA, 1986, NO.16

Exhibited

VIENNA, 1986

Lot Essay

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.

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