Antique Bordjalou rug, so called "Sewan Kazak" rug, c 1860, Borchaly / Bordjalou Uyezd

Sotheby's Carpets
New York | 01 Jun 2006, 10:15 AM | N08218
LOT 67
PROPERTY OF A MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY
A SEWAN KAZAK RUG, SOUTHWEST CAUCASUS,
approximately 7ft. 4in. by 5ft. 9in. (2.23 by 1.75m.)
circa 1860

ESTIMATE 5,000-7,000 USD
Lot Sold: 27,000 USD

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Carl Edelheim of Philadelphia (d. 1899), and hence by descent

CATALOGUE NOTE
A comparable red ground cruciform medallion Kazak with a shield palmette border from the Karl F. Milde Collection is
illustrated in Tschebull, Raoul, Kazak, New York, 1971, pl. 27 and Sotheby's New York, 5 November 1983, lot 145.