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RUGS & CARPETS
SALE L05870 LOT 47
SESSION 1 | 27 Apr 05 2:00 PM.
London, New Bond Street
AN USHAK "TRANSYLVANIAN" RUG, WEST ANATOLIA,
15,000—20,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 18,000 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 163 by 115cm., 5ft. 4in. by 3ft. 9in.
DESCRIPTION
second half 17th century
CATALOGUE NOTE
The most immediately unusual feature of this ‘Transylvanian’ rug is its
colour: the most frequently encountered colour combination in this
group of rugs is a red ground field with blue spandrels, other
variations are red with yellow spandrels or blue with yellow and vice
versa. In the majority, the border design is of cartouches and /or star
guls . In addition, for this group, where the field includes a
medallion ringed with flowers, as here, the medallion ground colour
normally differs from the field.
The consistent use of yellow as the ground colour for the whole rug
gives it a particular delicacy and charm, further enhanced by the
elegant arcading of the vinery in the border with its bi-coloured
feathered leaves. Probably derived from the borders of the 16th century
small medallion Ushak rugs, see for example, Layer, K and Vegh, G., ed.
Dall’oglio, M.& C., Turkish Rugs in Transylvania, The Crosby
Press, 1977, pl.9, there is a an example with a similar border in the
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, Inv.No.698 (Chinese cloud
Medallion Ushak), illustrated as pl.92 in Aslanapa, O., One Thousand
Years of Turkish Carpets, Istanbul 1988.
Seen on www.Sothebys.com
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