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Early Megri
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170 x 106 cm (5' 7" x 3' 6")
Turkey, early 19th century
Condition: good for its age, good pile, corroded brown, minor small repairs
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
The rugs known by the old name of the coastal town of Fethiye-Megri often feature two elongated cartouches, one blue and the other red. However, there are also pieces with only one or three such double niches. These usually feature flower shapes on one side and a kind of tree of life on the other.
It is interesting to note that in our example, the tree shape has been abandoned in order to achieve a colorful field division. In wonderfully bright colors, the "feathered" triangular shapes are attached only with fine lines at the central axis. The well-known English dealer Richard Pardon advertised a piece in Hali 48, page 46, that is somewhat similar to our example. There, however, the triangular shapes are connected by a rod and resemble a tree representation more closely.
Peter Willborg exhibited a piece at the fourth Hali Fair in 2001 (Hali 116, page 44) that also shows a field divided into two parts. A possible earlier phase in the development of the pattern can be deduced from a carpet shown by Thornborough Galleries in Hali 6/2, page 34. One need only imagine drawing a line through the middle and squaring the flowers to create the triangular shapes on a tree branch.
Estimate: € 6000 - 8000
Turkey, early 19th century
Condition: good for its age, good pile, corroded brown, minor small repairs
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
The rugs known by the old name of the coastal town of Fethiye-Megri often feature two elongated cartouches, one blue and the other red. However, there are also pieces with only one or three such double niches. These usually feature flower shapes on one side and a kind of tree of life on the other.
It is interesting to note that in our example, the tree shape has been abandoned in order to achieve a colorful field division. In wonderfully bright colors, the "feathered" triangular shapes are attached only with fine lines at the central axis. The well-known English dealer Richard Pardon advertised a piece in Hali 48, page 46, that is somewhat similar to our example. There, however, the triangular shapes are connected by a rod and resemble a tree representation more closely.
Peter Willborg exhibited a piece at the fourth Hali Fair in 2001 (Hali 116, page 44) that also shows a field divided into two parts. A possible earlier phase in the development of the pattern can be deduced from a carpet shown by Thornborough Galleries in Hali 6/2, page 34. One need only imagine drawing a line through the middle and squaring the flowers to create the triangular shapes on a tree branch.
Estimate: € 6000 - 8000