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Rippon Boswell & Co.
Catalogue: Major Spring Auction
Auction date: Saturday 29. May 2010 at 03 PM
Lot: 78
Chelaberd: This Chelaberd from the private collection of deceased New York
gallery owner Vojtech Blau represents the early design type of the group,
with only one sunburst medallion and two large, halved flowers framed by a
semi-circular arch decorated with vines at the ends of the field. Derived
from the design repertoire of older, 18th century Caucasian workshop
carpets, the designs migrated to a rural environment, where a new
compositional context was invented for them. Small flowers, palmettes and
animals complete the primary design. Schürmann illustrated a very similar
example. Corroded and repiled brown sections, newly overcast sides. Original
end finishes, but restored in places, one stitched tear.
Origin: South Caucasus, Karabagh
Size: 214 x 139 cm
Age: Second half 19th century
Estimate: 17.000,00 €
Literature: SCHÜRMANN, ULRICH, Caucasian Rugs. Ramsdell 1974, no. 28, p. 112
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