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Fine Rugs & Carpets including Islamic
Textiles
Sale: W02871 | Location: London, Olympia
LOT 34
THE PROPERTY OF AN EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
W - A Yomut chuval, West Turkestan, first half 19th century
8,000—12,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 9,400 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
142 by 56cm., 4ft. 8in. by 1ft. 10in.
DESCRIPTION
with original embroidered backing This lot contains 1 item(s).
Technical Analysis:
Warp: Wool, ivory, Z2S
Weft: Wool, natural brown and some ivory, 2Z, 2 shoots (often only 1
shoot)
Pile: Wool, 2Z, asymmetrical open to the right
V/Hcm: 17-19/9-10
Selvedges: Some turkish knots, 3 pairs of warps wrapped together with
natural brown wool, additional overcast in blue and red in lower 5in.
Ends: Short kilim, hemmed and sewn, complete kilim back with brocade
decoration
Colours: Aubergine, rust-red, medium blue, blue-green, apricot, ivory
and dark charcoal-brown
There is a closely related example to this lot in the Museum für
Völkerkunde in Munich (Haack, Hermann, Echte Teppiche, Munich, 1956,
p.29). For another similar piece see Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene
Orientteppiche VIII, Munich, 1986, No.102a.
For a full discussion of this lot please refer to Sotheby's, New York,
16 December 1993, Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of
Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson, lots 49 and 51.
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