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Karaje

4’9″ x 6’11” Karaje; c. 1920, Northwest Persia Karaje is a village in Northwest Persia. In design and decorative function they are quite like Heriz carpets.

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Karabagh

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4’2″ x 6’3″ Karabagh; 1880, South Caucasus Karabagh is a district that to this day is hotly contested by the nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Its rugs often resemble their…

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Perepedil Kuba

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3’6″ x 6’1″ Perepedil Kuba; late 19th century, East Caucasus Perepedil is a town in the Eastern Caucasus. It is a famous type and well-illustrated in the literature. Bennett illustrates…

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Turkish prayer rug

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4 4’1″x6’1″ Turkish prayer rug; late 19th century, Anatolia (Turkey)

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Ghirlandaio Bergama

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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…

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Yellow field Kuba

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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. …

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Talish

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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.

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Memling Gul Kazak

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4’2″x8’1″ Memling Gul Kazak rug, c. 1880, Central Caucasus. This rug displays a rare green field and five Memling Guls.

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East Anatolian Yastik

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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…

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Melas

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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…

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