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Bernheimer "Transylvanian"
prayer rug, Western
Turkey, early 18th century, Ottoman Empire. A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' PRAYER RUG WEST ANATOLIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Price Realized £8,750 ($13,344) Sale Information Christies SALE 1116 — ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS 23 April 2013 London, King Street Lot Description lot 46 - A 'TRANSYLVANIAN' PRAYER RUG WEST ANATOLIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Uneven overall wear, heavily corroded brown, localised reweaves, scattered cobbled repairs and repiling, selvages partially rebound 5ft.5in. x 4ft.3in. (165cm. x 130cm.) Provenance The Bernheimer Collection, sold in these Rooms, 14 February 1996, lot 176 Acquired by Bernheimer 9 August 1937 as an "anatol Gebetsteppich" Pre-Lot Text THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE CANADIAN COLLECTOR Literature Otto Bernheimer, Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L. Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.12 'Marketplace', Hali, Issue 29, January 1986, p.170 as part of the family collection on view to celebrate the opening of the new London Gallery |
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