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ANTIQUE AZERBAIJAN TEXTILES

 


Early Azerbaijan silk embroidery, 17-18th century, Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Azerbaijan silk embroidery, 17th century,
Private Collection

18th century Caucasian Embroidery, lot 45, Est: €11,500, sold for €28,800 at Rippon Boswell Spring 2003 sale, 17th May 2003

18th century Azerbaijan silk embroidery, probably eastern Azerbaijan (Kuba or Baku)
Lot 118 at Sotheby's, a silk Caucasian embroidery.
Sotheby's (NY), December 5 -- Christie's East, December 8 -- Skinner's, December 6
 

An 18th century (Khanate Period) Azerbaijan silk embroidery. Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 2: Thu, 14 Dec 06 approximately 3ft. 10in. by 3ft. 5in. (1.17 by 1.04m)

An 18th century (Khanate Period) Azerbaijan silk embroidery. Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 14 Dec 06 AN AZERBAIJAN SILK AND METAL THREAD EMBROIDERY, SOUTH CAUCASUS/NORTHWEST PERSIA

Azerbaijan Silk Embroidery, 18th century (Safavid or Khanate Period), possibly Eastern Azerbaijan.
Sotheby's Sale: N08258 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 14 Dec 06 approximately 1ft. 7in. by 1ft. 7in. (0.48 by 0.48m.)

Early Azerbaijan silk embroidery, 18th century, Private Collection

Sotheby's Sale: N07919 | Location: New York
Auction Dates: Session 1: Fri, 19 Sep 03
LOT 30 (of 108)
AN AZERBAIJAN SILK EMBROIDERY FRAGMENT
DATE OF OBJECT
early 18th century

Early Karabagh embroidery, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs in Lyon, France. published in Tokatlian, Soies de Paradis. Tapis et Textiles d'Orient du Musée des Tissus de Lyon, Paris, 2008)
 

S
ilk embroidery, 18th century, Victoria & Albert Museum

Embroidered Cover, 18th century
Place of origin: Azerbaijan (Made)
Date: 1740-1790 (Made)
Victoria and Albert Museum

Cartouches and Stars
Azerbaijan, south Caucasus, early 18th century
46 x 97 cm (1' 6" x 3' 2"), incomplete, silk embroidery in counted stitch on cotton

Azerbaijan Cover, early 18th century, Victoria and Albert Museum

Silk Embroidery, 18th century, Azerbaijan

Caucasian Embroidery, silk on linen, 18th century

A SILK EMBROIDERED AZERBAIJAN RUG, 18TH CENTURY, KUBA OR KARABAGH
Price Realized £22,500 ($34,830)
Christie's Sale 7845
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
15 April 2010, London, King Street

A SILK EMBROIDERED AZERBAIJAN RUG, 18TH CENTURY
Price Realized £21,250 ($33,809)
Sale 7872, Christie's Oriental Rugs & Carpets
7 October 2010, London, King Street

A CAUCASIAN SILK EMBROIDERED PRAYER RUG
LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY, AZERBAIJAN
Price Realized £13,700 ($28,044)
Christie's Sale 7429
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
25 October 2007
London, King Street


Early Azerbaijan silk embroidery with swastika motives, Khanate Period, 18th century, Private Collection

Early Karabagh Cushion cover, 18th century, Karabakh Khanate Period. The Textile Museum 2.6. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1915

Early Karabagh Embroidery with stylized pattern. Linen, Cross Stitch Silk, 18th century or earlier, Azerbaijan. David Sorgato, Italy

Early Azerbaijan embroidery, XVIII century. published in 'Caucasian Rugs' by Ulrich Schurmann

Karabagh embroidery, XVIII c, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. Location: The Treasures Of Mother See Of Holy Etchmiadzin

Early Azerbaijan silk embroidery, 17th century, possibly Karabagh. Private Collection

Early Karabagh silk embroidery rug, XVIII century, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. published in Timbuktu to Tibet: Exotic Carpets and Textiles from New York Collectors 2008 by Jon Thompson, Thomas J. Farnham, Daniel Shaffer

Silk embroidery rug, Azerbaijan, 1700s. Textile Museum. Cross stitch on cotton, 1.49 x 1.80 m (4′ 11″ x 5′ 11″). Textile Museum, Washington DC, inv. no. 2.19, acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1952

Victoria and Albert Museum early Azerbaijan textile, 18th century, Khanate Period, inv. no. 172.19.06, 81 x 127 cm

Early Karabagh silk embroidery, "Medallion and Sickle-Leaves", 17th cenury, 69 x 118 cm (2ft 3in x 3ft 10.5), Karabagh Khanate Period, Azerbaijan.

Karabagh silk embroidery, XVIII century, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. Textile Museum, inv. no: 2.9. Silk embroidery, regular surface darning on cotton, 121 x 158 cm. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1926

Azerbaijan silk embroidery, 18th century, Textile Museum, 2.18

Karabagh embroidery with swastika motifs, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. Lefevre 25 November 1983
 

Early Karabagh embroidery rug, XVIII century, Khanate Period, Azerbaijan. Lefevre Auction, 1977, Lot 52

Early Karabagh silk embroidery with a proto-Kasimushak design, 18th century, Azerbaijan. Private Collection

18th century Azerbaijan embroidery, possibly Karabagh

Early Azerbaijan textile, 18th century or earlier, possibly Karabagh. Bruce and Olive Baganz

Karabagh region (?), Azerbaijan, circa 1700
60 x 87 cm (24 x 34 in), incomplete, silk embroidery in counted stitch on cotton

Early Karabagh silk embroidery, 17th century, Safavid Period, Karabagh Province (Beylerbeyi), Azerbaijan. Private Collection

Early Karabagh silk embroidery, 17-18th cenury, Safavid or Early Khanate Period, Karabagh, 62 x 95 cm. Private Collection

Victoria and Albert Museum early Azerbaijan silk textile, 18th century, Khanate Period, inv. no. 70.1909, 102 x 132 cm

18th century Azerbaijan embroidery

Early Caucasian textile, late 18th-early 19th century, Azerbaijan
 

Early Caucasian textile fragment, 18th century
 
 
Cover, silk embroidery on cotton
Azerbaijan, Caucasus; 1st half of 18th century
149 × 135 cm

Early Azerbaijan textile, 18th century, 50 x 50 cm
 

Azerbaijan embroidery, c 1700, Late Safavid or Khanate Period. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 295-1884

Azerbaijan silk embroidery, XVIII century, Late Safavid or Khanate Period. Private collection (Thomas Caruso)