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Country of
Origin: Turkey,
Istanbul
JBOC Comments:
Description:
Sale Title ORIENTAL RUGS AND
CARPETS
Location London, King Street Sale Date Oct 13, 2005
Lot Number 20 Sale Number 7078
Creator ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920
Lot Title A FINE SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI CARPET
Estimate 60,000 - 80,000 British pounds
Special Notice VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus
buyer's premium.
Lot Description A FINE SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI CARPET
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1920
Overall excellent condition
9ft.8in. x 6ft.10in. (294cm. x 208cm.)
Lot Notes The knot count is 13H x 12V per cm. sq.
This carpet is very finely woven in silk on a silk foundation. Although
it is not signed, the quality of weave, design and the intricate
patterning within the metal-thread suggest that this carpet was
produced by one of the great masters of the Armenian 'Koum Kapi'
workshop in Istanbul. Indeed, the use of purple pink selvages, the
drawing of the prayer arch and the cutting of the pile suggest that
this could be the work of the master weaver, Zareh Penyamin. The design
draws its influence from Persian Safavid ornament which can be seen in
a multiple medallion carpet of 'Vase' type, in the Victoria and Albert
Museum, Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938,
pp.1236-7. A larger and less fine Koum Kapi carpet of similar design,
was offered for sale Sotheby's, Dubai, 4 December, 1985, lot 269.
Seen on www.Christies.com
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