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Country of Origin: Turkey
Date of Origin
Mid 19th century
Use: Yatak Bed
Cover
JBOC Comments:
Description:
ANTIQUE TEXTILE ART
A Collection of Oriental and European Carpets and
Textiles
April 18 - May 18 2000
Lot 4
Yatak, Konya area, Central Anatolia
Circa 1860
Cm 150 x 185 (4'11" x 6'1")
Symmetrical knot on a wool foundation
From the Turkish for "bed", yataks are
rugs of a squarish format with a low knot count,
having loosely spun, long piled wool on a
foundation characterized by a number of weft
shoots. The magical tactile value of this type of
rugs is closely connected to its specific
construction. The design on this particular yatak
is composed of four parallel rows of octagons
containing a hooked framework, probably of early
origin, seen also on a 14th century Florentine
fresco (see K.Erdmann, Europa und der
Orientteppich, Mainz, 1962, plate 12).
Seen on www.albertolevi.com
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