New York Fine Oriental and European Carpets Sale N07749 lot 50
Both lots 49 and 50 of this sale display the classic attributes of the "Transylvanian" prayer rug: rich glowing color, delicately articulated floral ornamentation and a singularly well developed sense of space. For examples closely related to lot 49 see: Eberhart Herrmann, Asiatische Teppich Und Textilkunst, Band 5, Munich, 1995, No. 29 , and another in the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, see: Batari, Ferenc, Ottoman Turkish Carpets, Budapest, 1994, No. 81., Inv. No. 88.117.1. Lot 50 is unusual for the addition of a supplementary reserve between the mihrab and the upper border. This feature appears on two other "Transylvanian" prayer rugs, one sold by Rippon Boswell, November 18, 2000, lot 113, and another published by Eberhart Herrmann, Von Konya Bis Kokand, III, Munich, 1980, No. 1. All three rugs share a sophisticated rosette, palmette and curled leaf border, more directly derived from those of their Ottoman antecedents than other "Transylvanian" prayer rugs. Picture and Information from www.Sothebys.com This piece is similar to a Transylvanian Carpet in the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu, in Transylvania published as ill. 6 in Kertesz-Badus, Andrei. Transylvanian Carpets in Pinner, R. & Denny, W. D. Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies III, PART I. 1987, page 37. The similarity is primarily in the border while the field is somewhat different particularly in the supplementary reserve between the mihrab and the upper border. For Further Reading: Thanks and best wishes, J. Barry O'Connell Jr. |
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