A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' PRAYER RUG
WEST ANATOLIA, 17TH CENTURY
Price
Realized £22,500 ($37,373) Estimate £15,000 - £25,000 ($24,840 -
$41,400)
Sale Information Christies
SALE 1519 — ORIENTAL RUGS & CARPETS 8 April 2014 London, King
Street
Lot 51 A 'TRANSYLVANIAN'
PRAYER RUG WEST ANATOLIA, 17TH CENTURY Localised minor wear,
corroded black, scattered repairs, missing outer minor stripe, one selvage
rebound 5ft.8in. x 4ft.3in. (173cm. x 128cm.) Pre-Lot Text
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Lot Notes The present prayer rug is
closely related to a number of rugs in the Black Church, Brasov,
illustrated in Stefano Ionescu, Antique Ottoman Rugs In Transylvania,
Rome, 2005, p.148, whilst the mosque lamp design relates to a rug in the
Evangelical Church, Sebes (Emil Schmutzler, Altorientalische Teppiche in
Siebenburgen, Leipzig, 1933, pl.34). The present example has particularly
rich colours and very fine drawing. For a discussion of the origins of the
'Transylvanian' group of weavings please see lot 49.
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