A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' DOUBLE NICHE RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, 17TH CENTURY
The shaded red field with a vase at each end issuing angular palmettes and flowering vine, in a yellow border of floral motifs around alternating ivory and dusty red angular cartouches containing flowering vine and turtle-palmettes between dusty pink, floral octagon and dark brown hooked S-moitf stripes, a kilim strip at each end, areas of restoration to borders, slight other damage and repiling
5ft.6in. x 4ft.1in. (168cm. x 124cm.)