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Major Autumn Auction
Auction date: Saturday 05. December 2009
Rippon Boswell & Co. International Auctioneers of Rare Carpets & Textiles

Lot: 136
Bergama A counterpart of this impressive Bergama, its design a rendition of classical Ushak models of the ""lobed medallion"" group in a village style, is in the Ethnographic Museum, Ankara. – Low pile, restored sections.
Origin: North West Anatolia
Size: 263 x 179 cm
Age: 18th century
Estimate: 25.500,00 €
Literature: TURKISH REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (publ.), Turkish Handwoven Carpets. Catalog No: 5. Ankara 1995, Code 0533