Late 18th century, 314 x 147 cm, Central Anatolia

Four alternately red and blue octagons with hooked outlines and an interior design of stems, flowers and two water jugs take up the whole of the burgundy field. Their vertical points of connection are accentuated by white crosses. The comparative example sold by us in 1995 and exhibited at the Milan ICOC in 1999 was then still described as a Mujur rug. However, the latest findings suggest that this group was probably produced in Ladik, a city whose role as one of the most important Central Anatolian weaving centres has been underestimated thus far and is only being studied now. – Minimal restoration, somewhat reduced ends, the original selvedges are preserved. Very good overall condition and strong unfaded colours.

RIPPON BOSWELL, A 43, 18 November 1995, # 65 = CONCARO, EDOARDO & LEVI, ALBERTO, Sovrani Tappeti. Il tappeto orientale dal XV al XIX seculo. Milan 1999, no. 36