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Medallion Carpet, 19th century
Turk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul Acquired 13 May 1916. Inv. no. 99
(1904) from the Mosque of Korkmazoglu at Sivas, Catalogued as Kuba copy of
Indo-Persian
carpet.
2.70 x 5.93 m, incomplete
Field: Blue ground. Large four-lobed pink medallion framed by fine white
serrated band contains an indented lozenge and yellow, red and blue tilled
flowers. Lozenge pattern is formed by green and white arabesques which
contain palmettes and white and yellow flowers separated by vertical stems.
Borders: main border - 35 cm wide. A yellow stem forms a garland around
large palmettes surrounded by green arabesques with small blue flowers on
the stem flanked either side by a tree. Minor borders - 6 cm wide. Blue and
red flowers on a brown stem with yellow
rosettes. Guard stripes -yellow band 3 cm wide, decorated with red Y shapes.
Warp: Z2S cotton, white
Weft: Z2S cotton, red; three shoots
Knot: symmetrical, 36H x 40V = 1440/sq dm
pile: wool, loosely twisted and cut short, slanting to the left
Colours: red, pink, blue, green, yellow,
brown and ivory
Yetkin, Serare, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. I, London, 1978, pl.
99.
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