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Early Bergama
New
176 x 158 cm (5' 9" x 5' 2")
Turkey, second half 18th century
Condition: good according to age, low pile in places, partially corroded dark brown, scattered small holes, small repairs and signs of use at the kilim ends, minor small moth damages
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
This wonderful West Anatolian carpet can immediately be recognized as a Bergama by its coloring, format, and structure - yet its design is almost unique. The field, dominated by white jagged lines, evokes Caucasian carpets, while the octagons suggest an Anatolian origin. Following this line of thought, the border reminds us of Lotto carpets, as well as a carpet in the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Inv. no. KGM 1889,26; HALI 84, p. 96), where - unusually - the field itself is filled with the border design.
A portrait of Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, from 1545 (now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, Inv. no. NPG 4451) shows a carpet with such a "ragged palmette" border (HALI 58, p. 97). Also in Berlin are two small Holbein carpets (see Spuhler, The Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, nos. 5 and 6), each featuring three Holbein octagons.
These octagons are inscribed within squares - as in the large-pattern Holbein carpets - and are stacked vertically. They too are surrounded by a variant of the "ragged palmette" border.
Another interesting comparison is provided by a carpet published in Spuhler/König/Volkmann, Old Oriental Carpets, 1978, p. 76. Here, one can note the border, the Holbein octagons arranged in a "keyhole" layout, and the triangular forms at the sides. A carpet with a similar composition, shown by McMullan as no. 94, features the jagged lines - white in our piece - in a darker color.
Since carpets are never truly unique, our beautiful Bergama is not an absolute one-of-a-kind. It has a somewhat less attractive "brother," illustrated in Brüggemann/Böhmer, p. 217.
Estimate: € 10000 - 15000
Turkey, second half 18th century
Condition: good according to age, low pile in places, partially corroded dark brown, scattered small holes, small repairs and signs of use at the kilim ends, minor small moth damages
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
This wonderful West Anatolian carpet can immediately be recognized as a Bergama by its coloring, format, and structure - yet its design is almost unique. The field, dominated by white jagged lines, evokes Caucasian carpets, while the octagons suggest an Anatolian origin. Following this line of thought, the border reminds us of Lotto carpets, as well as a carpet in the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Inv. no. KGM 1889,26; HALI 84, p. 96), where - unusually - the field itself is filled with the border design.
A portrait of Catherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII, from 1545 (now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, Inv. no. NPG 4451) shows a carpet with such a "ragged palmette" border (HALI 58, p. 97). Also in Berlin are two small Holbein carpets (see Spuhler, The Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin, nos. 5 and 6), each featuring three Holbein octagons.
These octagons are inscribed within squares - as in the large-pattern Holbein carpets - and are stacked vertically. They too are surrounded by a variant of the "ragged palmette" border.
Another interesting comparison is provided by a carpet published in Spuhler/König/Volkmann, Old Oriental Carpets, 1978, p. 76. Here, one can note the border, the Holbein octagons arranged in a "keyhole" layout, and the triangular forms at the sides. A carpet with a similar composition, shown by McMullan as no. 94, features the jagged lines - white in our piece - in a darker color.
Since carpets are never truly unique, our beautiful Bergama is not an absolute one-of-a-kind. It has a somewhat less attractive "brother," illustrated in Brüggemann/Böhmer, p. 217.
Estimate: € 10000 - 15000