ANTIQUE GHIORDES RUG West Anatolia, Late 19th Century
Wool pile on cotton foundation, with all vegetal dyes, of double niched form, the central floral stepped red and green medallion with flower heads and frond-like flowers, on a red field, the corner sections having tulips on a well abrashed turquoise ground sided by flowerheads within the end niches, the major border of Caucasian dragons and further flowerheads sided by an inner carnation border and an outer border that is probably an abstraction of the cloudband border
Condition: Good condition, with low even pile throughout, original fringes and selvedges, retaininghanging loops from the upper end Note: According to Garabred Thomas Pushman (Art Panels from the Handlooms of the Far Orient),Ghiordes rugs are the best specimens of rugs produced in Turkey, and from the “standpoint of art,compare favorably with many of the masterpieces from Persian weavers”. They are woven in asmall ancient town of Asiatic Turkey, as few miles northeast of Smyrna. Ghiordes were copied by otherareas in Turkey and often passed as original Ghiordes. (This rug has been vetted by a leading US rug specialist).Size: approximately 4ft 1in x 7ft 9inPrice: Please Inquire
#5449
Shown en situ, as displayed on the wall
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