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ANTIQUE EASTERN AZERBAIJANI SOUMAK CARPETS


ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH "KONAGKEND" DESIGN

 

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A SOUMAC RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1870
Christie's Sale 6101, 9ft.3in. x 7ft.7in. (281cm. x 231cm.)
Sold in these rooms Thursday, 16th October 1997 as lot 112 from the Yves Mikaeloff collection.

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Antique Kuba soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 6' 7" x 4' 11", 201 x 150cm

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 211 x 309 cm

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, second half 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, Rippon Boswell, auction 64, 2004

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Antique Caucasian Soumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, Eastern Azerbaijan, 7ft 6in x 8ft 1in, late 19th century, 21 Nov 2006 14743 SF and LA, Bonhams

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Bonhams Sale 15436 - Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 19 Dec 2007, Lot No: 1149, A Soumak rug, Caucasus, late 19th century

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Lot: 167: Ca. 1870, Kuba sumakh, Rippon Boswell
Major Spring Auction, Auction date: Saturday 23. May 2009 at 03 PM

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Sale 118 Lot 57
SOUMAC CARPET, Caucasus, circa 1890
8 feet 9 inches x 7 feet 1 inch
Grogan and Company.

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Antique Kuba soumak rug, "Konaghkend" design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.  230 x 283 cm

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan. 220 x 264 cm

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A SOUMAC CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1900
Christie's Sale 1214
Fine European and Oriental carpets


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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 226 x 328 cm

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Antique Kuba Soumakh carpet, "Konagkend" design, late 19th/early 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Private Collection, Milan

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Antique Kuba sumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, 147 x 165 cm, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba Sumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 183 x 240 cm.

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, last quarter 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan. Lombardo and Partners. 2,08 m x 2,96 m (6'82" x 9'71").

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, early 20th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 219 x 310 cm

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 210 x 282 cm

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, S. A. Tappeti antichi, 208 x 147 cm

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Sale 2304 Lot 140. Kuba Soumak Carpet, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, (rewoven areas), 11 f. 8 in. x 8 ft. 9 in. Sold for $16450

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Antique Caucasian Kuba Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, Eastern Azerbaijan. 328 x 471cm, dated 1900

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Soumak carpet, 19th century, 7'10" X 6'2" [m. 2.42 X 1.90], Luciano Coen & Louise Duncan's "The Oriental Rug" plate no: 77


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A SOUMAC CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, CIRCA 1890
Christie's Sale 7039, 9ft. 10in. x 8ft.


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Sotheby's Sale: N08038

LOT 52: A SOUMAC CARPET, EAST

9ft. 7in. by 7ft. 5in. (2.92 by 2.26m.), late 19th century


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Antique Baku or Kuba Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 203 x 262 cm, published at Tappeti Antichi, "Finarte Casa_D'aste" 2005. Price: € 7000

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, Price: € 8000-10 000, 240 x 290 cm, published at Tappeti Antichi, "Finarte Casa_D'aste" 2005

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Antique Kuba soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, early 20th century, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Caucasian Soumac rug, "Konagkend" design, 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan


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Antique Kuba Sumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, first quarter 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 135 x 173 cm

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 263 x 310 cm

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Lot: 152
Kuba Sumakh, Herkunft: Ostkaukasus, Ende 19. Jh. , Schätzpreis: 9800 €, Rippon Boswell, Große Herbstauktion, 29. November 2008

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Antique Kuba Sumak rug, "Konagkend" design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 10ft x 13ft, estimated $9500, 26 Sep 2006 14030 Los Angeles and San Francisco, Bonhams

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, Eastern Azerbaijan. Alberto Levi
   
 

 

NORTHERN KUBA ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS

 

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Konaghend" design, first quarter 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. 265 x 300 cm.

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Christie's SOUMAC CARPET
EAST CAUCASUS, DATED 1895/1312
Price Realized $13,800

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, early 20th century, "Crab" motif, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 220 x 298 cm

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, 1920's, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 357 x 211 cm

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, 1920's, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 4'9" x 6'7"

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba Sumakh rug, first quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, possibly Qusar District, North East Azerbaijan, 290 x173cm.

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, early 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 290 x 205 cm

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, 1930-40's, Northern Kuba Region, Qusar District, North East Azerbaijan, 381x220cm

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Old  Kuba Soumak rug, 1930's, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, first quarter 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, 1940's, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 390x225cm

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Old Kuba Sumakh carpet, 1930's, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 360x196cm

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Old Kuba Soumac rug, 1930's, Northern Kuba Region, Qusar District, North East Azerbaijan, 370x231cm

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1350 AH (1931 AD) dated Kuba Soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, Qusar District, North East Azerbaijan, 320 x 165 cm

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Old Kuba Soumak rug, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 313 x 198 cm, 1920's
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH "SANDYGLY" DESIGN (OCTAGONAL STAR MEDALLION)

 

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Lot 180: Soumak Carpet, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft., Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2486 - Lot 180, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Antique Caucasian Kuba or Baku Sumakh carpet, Caucasus, 19th century. Azerbaijan. Wool, weft-wrapping. Bevis Longstreth Collection

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Sotheby's Sale L04760 lot 24
A SOUMAC CARPET, EAST CAUCASUS
302 by 208cm., 9ft. 11in. by 6ft. 10in.
circa 1900

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Soumak, Caucasus, circa 1870. 348 x 192 cm
Sale 52T, January 27th 2009
Nagel Auktionen

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Lot: 101, Sumak, Südostkaukasus, Azerbaidschan, 298 x 167 cm, Alter: 2. H. 19. Jh., Schätzpreis: 7000 €, Große Herbstauktion, Auktionstermin: Samstag 29. November 2008 um 15 Rippon Boswell

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Sotheby's Sale: N08258, LOT 148, A SOUMAC CARPET, EAST CAUCASUS, Lot Sold. 7,200 USD, 12ft. 6in. by 5ft. 8in. (3.81 by 1.73m.), circa 1880

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Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York
LOT 212, A SOUMAC CARPET, EAST CAUCASUS, 8,000—12,000 USD, circa 1880

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Sale 2247 Lot 132, Soumak Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 8 ft. x 4 ft. 10 in., Provenance: Property of a Massachusetts estate. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug with "star" medallions, second half 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan. 173 x 250 cm



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Antique Soumak rug, "Sandigli" design, last quarter 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan

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Lot *105, Sumakh, Caucasus, ca. 1870.
Size 266 x 158 cm
Sale 47T, Lot No. *105. Nagel Auktionen

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Lot Nr.: 203
SUMAKH, Ostkaukasus, Kuba-Gebiet,
um 1880, ca. 265 x 186 cm
Auktion 680, 10. März 2007, Rippon Boswell

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A SOUMAC CARPET, SOUTH CAUCASUS
Christies Sale 5923
CIRCA 1890
9 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. (296 x 193 cm.)

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Sotheby's Sale: W03779 | Location: London, Olympia
LOT 43: A Soumakh carpet, South Caucasus, circa 1880, 302 by 201cm., 9ft. 11in. by 6ft. 7in.

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Lot: 217
Kuba Sumakh Ostkaukasus, Region Kuba, Abmessungen: 175 x 152 cm, Alter: 2. H. 19. Jh. Schätzpreis: 5700 €
29. November 2008, Rippon Boswell

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, Eastern Azerbaijan.
published at Finarte Casa D'aste "Tappeti Antichi", 2005

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CAUCASIAN SOUMAK
late nineteenth century
From Murray L Eiland Jr. & Murray Eiland III's "Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide" plate no: 293

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Major Spring Auction
23. May 2009, Rippon Boswell
Lot: 89, Sumakh, Origin: East Caucasus, Kuba region
Age: Third quarter 19th century

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An antique Soumac carpet
Christie's Sale 5903
An antique Soumac carpet
11ft.1in. x 7ft.2in.(337cm. x 218cm.)

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, late 19th century, North East Azerbaijan, 6'5 x7'9
 
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH "SUNBURST" DESIGN

 

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, "Sunburst" (Eagle, Adler Kazak) design, late 19th century, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Caucasian Soumakh rug, "Eagle" design, 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 6'4" x7'11", Douglass collection

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Sumakh, Tschelabird Sumakh
Klassischer Schwertersumakh aus dem Tschelabird Gebiet. Erste Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert; KÖSSL Kunst & Teppich

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Antique Kuba Sunburst design soumak rug, late 19th century, North East Azerbaijan, 6'4 x11'2
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH OCTAGONAL MEDALLIONS

 

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Lot 165: Title Sumach, Caucasus, ca. 1860. Size 250 x 188 cm, Sale 45T, Lot No. 165
Nagel Auktionen

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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A fine antique Caucasian Soumak with a rare "mystical" bird design and X motif border, Eastern Azerbaijan. Provenance: Property of the estate of Milton H. Crouch, Burlington, Vermont.

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Sale 118 Lot 36
SOUMAC RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century
6 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 6 inches
Grogan and Company.

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Konagkend" design, 3rd quarter 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 0,95 m x 2,94 m (3'12" x 9'65"
     
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH STAR MEDALLIONS

 

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Brooklyn Museum Antique Kuba Soumak rug, third quarter 19th century, North East Azerbaijan

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Sale 119 Lot 656
LESGHI STAR SOUMAC RUG, Caucasus, late 19th century. 9 feet 2 inches x 4 feet 4 inches
Grogan and Company.

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Sale 123 Lot 125
SOUMAC RUG, Caucasus, mid 19th century
5 feet 4 inches x 3 feet 10 inches
Grogan and Company.
 
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH POLYGONAL MEDALLIONS

 

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Bonham's Sale 15436 - Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 19 Dec 2007, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Lot No: 1047, A Soumak carpet
Caucasus, late 19th century

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Sumach, Kaukasus, um 1870
54. spezialauktion, teppiche & ethnologica (54t)
Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Bonhams Sale 15436 - Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, 19 Dec 2007 Lot No: 1142
A Soumak carpet, Caucasus, late 19th century

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Antique Soumak rug, Eastern Azerbaijan, 174 x 245 cm, exhibited at Hali Fair in London June 2006

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Sale 2276 Lot 108
Soumak Long Rug, Northeast Caucasus, third quarter 19th century,  10 ft. x 5 ft. 7 in. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, Nagel Auktionen, Sale 42T, May 18th 2004

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Lot 110, Soumak, Caucasus, ca. 1890. 
Size 234 x 135 cm
Sale 46T, Lot No. 110
Nagel Auktionen
 
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH EARLY FLORAL PALMETTE MOTIVES

 

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Antique Caucasian Soumak rug, early 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 390 x 293cm, 28 Jan 2003, 10024-Furniture, Carpets & Objects of Art, Bonhams

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, mid 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 3'9 x 4'5, Frauenknecht

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SOUMAK RUG, Size: 4.11 × 3.1
Owned by Mr. Will J. Davis, Chicago.

Published at "ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL ANTIQUE & MODERN RUGS" by ROSA BELLE HOLT, in 1908


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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, second half 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 4'2" x 5'10".
Douglass collection

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, mid 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 125 x 155, 4'2 x 5'2, Frauenknecht

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1285 AH (1869 AD) dated Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, Eastern Azerbaijan, Rippon Boswell, auction 64, 2004

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, Northern Kuba or Southern Daghestan Region, early 19th century. Victoria and Albert Museum. no. 249. Given by Sir Charles Marling in 1911.

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Sale 118 Lot 41
SOUMAC LONG RUG, Caucasus, circa 1880
10 feet x 4 feet 2 inches
Grogan and Company.
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH BLOSSOM PALMETTE MOTIVES

 

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Nagel Auktionen, Sale 47T, Lot No. 41
Lot 41: Title Sumakh, Caucasus, ca. 1870.
Size 293 x 215 cm

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Nagel Auktionen, Sale 47T, Lot No. 41
Lot 41: Title Sumakh, Caucasus, ca. 1870. Size 293 x 215 cm

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Sale 118 Lot 38
SOUMAC BLOSSOM PALMETTE CARPET, Caucasus, late 19th century. Grogan and Company.
 
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAK RUGS WITH DIAMOND SHAPE MEDALLIONS

 

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Antique Kuba Soumakh rug, "Konagkend" design, 260 x 148 cm, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan.

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 144 x 187 cm

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Sale 14743 Lot 9026
Bonhams, A Soumak runner Caucasus size approximately 5ft 9in x 9ft 5in

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, late 19th / early 20th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 158 x 281 cm

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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 5.08 x 12.08 ft, Nazmiyal Collection
     
 

 

ANTIQUE SOUMAKHS WITH RARE DESIGNS

 

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Rippon Boswell
29. November 2008, Lot: 136
Kuba Sumakh, Herkunft: Ostkaukasus, Region Kuba
Abmessungen: 177 x 155 cm
Alter: 2. H. 19. Jh.

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Antique Caucasian Kuba or Baku Soumak rug, Eastern Azerbaijan, 132 x 193 cm, Hali Archive, first half of the 19th century (?)

 


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Sotheby's Sale: W02870 | Location: London, Olympia
LOT 36 (of 83): A Caucasian soumakh, circa 1880
264 by 153cm., 8ft. 8in. by 5ft. 1in.

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Rippon Boswell, Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 23. May 2009, Lot: 131, Sumakh Long Rug, Origin: East Caucasus, Kuba
Size: 211 x 74 cm, Age: Late 19th century

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Sale 2362 Lot 89
Shield Soumak Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Sotheby's Sale: N07820 | Location: New York
LOT 234: A SOUMAC CARPET, EAST CAUCASUS, 7,000—10,000 USD
9ft. 10in. by 5ft. 9in. (3.00 by 1.75m.)

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Lot: 102: Sumakh, East Caucasus, Baku region
Size: 263 x 164 cm, Late 19th century
Major Autumn Auction, Saturday 05. December 2009, Rippon Boswell

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Lot 67: Soumak Rug, Northeast Caucasus, last quarter 19th century, 9 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets - Sale 2457, Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers of Antiques & Fine Art

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Antique Caucasian Soumak flatweave carpet, late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan, 174 x 292 cm

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Antique Kuba Sumakh rug, second half 19th century, North East Azerbaijan, 290x159 cm, David Sorgato Collection.

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Alpan Crab" design (based on the motives of the 18th century floral Kuba rugs), late 19th/early 20th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan, 170 x 377cm.

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CHRISTIE'S SOUMAC RUG
EAST CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Sale 1448, East Caucasus, Late 19th Century
7 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. (234 cm. x 145 cm.)

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Rippon Boswell, Große Herbstauktion
29. November 2008 um 15 Uhr
Lot: 255: Ostkaukasus, Region Kuba
Abmessungen: 158 x 97 cm
Alter: 2. H. 19. Jh.

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Sumakh, Caucasus, circa 1870. Lot 39. Est: €15-18,000. Spring sale on 23 March 2006, held in the Palazzo Busca at 71 Corso Magenta
Finarte Casa d'Aste

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Kuba Soumak, Caucasus, circa 1880. 86 x 51 cm
Sale 52T, January 27th 2009
Nagel Auktionen

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mid 19th century Caucasian Soumak rug, Eastern Azerbaijan, 202 x 105 cm. Sale 52T, January 27th 2009. Nagel Auktionen


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Antique Kuba or Baku Soumak rug with a geometric rare archaic design (Turtle motif), late 19th century, Eastern Azerbaijan.

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A RARE SOUMAC (EAST CAUCASUS), CIRCA 1880, 7' 10" x 8' 9"

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, late 19th century, North East Azerbaijan, 163 x 169 cm

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Sotheby's Sale: L07870
LOT 44: THE PROPERTY OF A BELGIAN COLLECTOR, A SOUMAC RUG, EAST CAUCASUS, first quarter 20th century

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Antique Baku or Kuba Soumak rug, third quarter 19th century, North East Azerbaijan. 216 x 160cm, 27 Apr 2004-Oriental & European Carpets & Rugs, Bonhams

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1289 AH = 1871 AD dated Kuba or Baku Soumak carpet, Eastern Azerbaijan

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Sale 123 Lot 126
SOUMAC RUG, Caucasus, circa 1880
5 feet 6 inches x 3 feet 2 inches
Grogan and Company.

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An early Kuba Soumak rug, "Crab" design, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan

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Antique Kuba Soumak rug, "Seichour" (Zeykhur) design, late 19th century, Northern Kuba Region, North East Azerbaijan. Douglass Collection, California.