General Classification: Turkish Rugs

JBOC Comments:

Description:

FINE ORIENTAL AND EUROPEAN CARPETS
SALE NY7284 LOT 172
SESSION 1 | 07 Apr 99 10:15 AM.
New York
A Kum Kapi Hagop Kapoudjian silk and metal thread rug, Northwest Anatolia,
40,000—60,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 76,407 USD
DESCRIPTION
A Kum Kapi Hagop Kapoudjian silk and metal thread rug, Northwest Anatolia,
early 20th century
signed "Hagop" in Armenian and initialed "H.K."
original fringes folded under and sewn with applied fringes, repaired rip in lower left corner,
approximately 6ft. 3in. by 4ft. 4in. (1.90 by 1.32m.)
Please refer to Farrow, George F., Hagop Kapoudjian: The First and Greatest Master of the Kum Kapi School, London, 1993 for a thorough discussion of this master weaver and figure 52c for a cartoon of the peacock cartouche found in this rug.

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