Large Dazkiri

388 x 175 cm (12' 9" x 5' 9")
Turkey, second half 19th century
Condition: good, mostly good pile, both ends slightly restored, partial corroded dark brown, some minor repairs
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

Dazkiri, a small town in the Menderes Valley in southwestern Anatolia, lends its name to a series of carpets, some of which incorporate patterns from Ushak and Transylvanian carpets. In the past, some of these were attributed to either Bergama or Konya - or, if necessary, to both.
Brian Morehouse gave a lecture at the IXth ICOC in Milan, which formed the basis for an article in Hali 121. On pages 100 - 107, he outlines the development of the patterns of the "Menderes Village Carpets." He traces the medallion, rendered in a beautiful yellow, back to Ushak carpets and illustrates this with a small medallion carpet from the late 16th or early 17th century, page 103, also in McMullan, number 84. This also shows the four-pass design of our medallion, the four flowers inside, and the spandrels on the far right and left.
Morehouse connects the triangular pendants on it to a prayer rug in Topkapi Palace from the 15th or early 16th century, page 101, as well as Rogers, "Topkapi Carpets," plate 40. He compares the cartouche border and the corner designs to the West Anatolian rugs preserved in Transylvania. In the green and blue corners of this example, the rosettes and the diagonal leaf forms bear witness to this.
In our elegant carpet, woven in wonderfully vibrant colors, several water jugs are also featured.

Estimate: € 12000 - 16000