LOT 8
PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A WEST ANATOLIAN RUG FRAGMENT
approximately 5ft. 6in. by 4ft. 6in. (1.68 by 1.37m.) mounted
circa 1800
ESTIMATE 5,000 - 7,000 USD

Sotheby's Carpets, Wed, 16 Dec 09, 10:00 AM, Lot 8

CATALOGUE NOTE
The highly stylized and eccentric drawing of stars and other design motifs in this rug show that it
is the work of a village weaver. In color palette and elements such as the ivory inner and star-filled
octagon borders this rug recalls 4-1-4 design Bergama rugs, for examples, see Sotheby's New
York, 30 May 1986, lot 72 and 22 September 1993, lot 98. The overall design scheme, however,
appears to be a very personal and individual composition, with very distant echoes of early
Anatolian rugs such as those with the Holbein design, see Şerare Yetkin, Historical Turkish
Carpets, Istanbul, 1981, pl. 39.

Carpets
New York, Wed, 16 Dec 09, 10:00 AM, N08597