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Early Cal Yatak
New
210 x 180 cm (6' 11" x 5' 11")
Turkey, 18th century
Condition: very good according to age, mostly good pile, partially corroded dark brown, scattered small old repairs, selvages rebound
Warp: cotton, weft: wool, pile: wool
Square West Anatolian carpets are referred to as 'Yatak' - meaning "bedstead," or a base for sleeping. Many of these pieces display a field design with Memling Güls. Only a very few examples - a higher single-digit number is known - feature a design of square fields filled with "hooks and arrowheads," reminiscent of Holbein carpets.
This carpet radiates a wonderful sense of calm, comparable to the piece auctioned by Rippon Boswell in 2008 for a record price of 58,560. That example shared the same color distribution in the field, though it included filler motifs and a border of diamonds.
The majestically serene geometry of both pieces creates a fascinating interplay between diagonals on a white ground and a red-blue cross. Moreover, the foxy-brown ground of this carpet allows the hook-filled squares to appear as if they float, since no superfluous filler motifs disrupt the image, and this color is not repeated elsewhere in the composition.
Further examples of this type have been published in HALI 2/4, p. 23; in Raymond Bernadout, 'Turkish Carpets', 1975, No. 7; later republished by Eskenazi in 'Il Tappeto Orientale', 1983, No. 44; as well as in the TKF portfolio, Plate 22, also found in 'Sovereign Carpets', p. 55 left. The latter, only fragmentarily preserved, was attributed to Cal by Harald Böhmer.
Others have argued for Konya, but the cotton warp of our piece seems to support Böhmer's attribution.
Another example, featuring only two rows of the main motif, is illustrated in HALI 114, p. 22.
Estimate: € 30000 - 40000
Turkey, 18th century
Condition: very good according to age, mostly good pile, partially corroded dark brown, scattered small old repairs, selvages rebound
Warp: cotton, weft: wool, pile: wool
Square West Anatolian carpets are referred to as 'Yatak' - meaning "bedstead," or a base for sleeping. Many of these pieces display a field design with Memling Güls. Only a very few examples - a higher single-digit number is known - feature a design of square fields filled with "hooks and arrowheads," reminiscent of Holbein carpets.
This carpet radiates a wonderful sense of calm, comparable to the piece auctioned by Rippon Boswell in 2008 for a record price of 58,560. That example shared the same color distribution in the field, though it included filler motifs and a border of diamonds.
The majestically serene geometry of both pieces creates a fascinating interplay between diagonals on a white ground and a red-blue cross. Moreover, the foxy-brown ground of this carpet allows the hook-filled squares to appear as if they float, since no superfluous filler motifs disrupt the image, and this color is not repeated elsewhere in the composition.
Further examples of this type have been published in HALI 2/4, p. 23; in Raymond Bernadout, 'Turkish Carpets', 1975, No. 7; later republished by Eskenazi in 'Il Tappeto Orientale', 1983, No. 44; as well as in the TKF portfolio, Plate 22, also found in 'Sovereign Carpets', p. 55 left. The latter, only fragmentarily preserved, was attributed to Cal by Harald Böhmer.
Others have argued for Konya, but the cotton warp of our piece seems to support Böhmer's attribution.
Another example, featuring only two rows of the main motif, is illustrated in HALI 114, p. 22.
Estimate: € 30000 - 40000