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Sale: NY7704 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 20 Sep
01 10:15 AM
LOT 1 (of 131)
An Ottoman carpet border fragment, Cairo or Istanbul,
1,500—2,000 USD
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,000
USD
Description
An Ottoman carpet border fragment, Cairo or
Istanbul,
circa 1600
stiff stain, flatwoven restitching, inserted
fragments, blanket stitched on all four sides, fabric backed,
approximately 9ft. 10in. by 2ft. 11in. (3.00 by 0.89m.)
An Ottoman
court carpet having a border similar to this lot is in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, see Pinner, Robert and Franses, Michael, "The East
Mediterranean Carpet Collection," Hali, vol. 1, no. 4, fig. 12, p. 46 and
Yetkin, Serare, Historical Turkish Carpets, Istanbul, 1981, fig. 77, p.
123.
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