5’10″x6’6″ Ghirlandaio design Bergama; late 19th century, Western Anatolia (Turkey) Rugs were used by famous portait artists during the renaissance in their paintings to symbolize the wealth of the person…
3’7″x5’4″ Yellow field Kuba rug; late 19th century, East Caucasus Kuba was an Islamic khanate that was incorporated into the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. …
4’3″x7’3″ Talish Rug, late 19th century, East Caucasus Generally fields of this type are devoid of design. This example exhibits an interlocking lattice in which we find eight pointed stars.
1’8″x2’9″ East Anatolian Yastik, 19th century, East Anatolia (Turkey). For a similar example see plate 133 in Yastiks: Cushion Cover and Storage Bags of Anatolia, by Brian Morehouse. Our example…
3’10″x4’10” Melas, c. 3rd quarter 19th century, Southwest Anatolia This carpet, made in Melas (or Milas, after the Greek-founded Turkish Aegean city), has a famous Ottoman design motif present in…
3’5″x4’2″ Bergama Prayer Rug, Western Anatolia, 19th century Relatively rare double column Turkish prayer rugs have a storied past. Two famous examples from the Ballard Collection at the Metropolitan Museum…