Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets

Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets 3620B | May 2, 2021 | Marlborough, MA | www.skinnerinc.com

Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets Our May sale features a vibrant gathering of antique rugs, decorative carpets, and first-rate textiles from major collections throughout the U.S. and Canada.

There are many exceptional antique rugs on offer, in extraordinary condition, from the world’s significant rug-weaving areas: Anatolia, on these two pages— the Caucasus, Northwest Persia, 19th century urban Persian workshops, Central Asia, and China follow.

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3620B | May 2, 2021 | 11AM

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Lawrence Kearney

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front cover: Serapi Carpet, c. 1890, 11 ft. 2 in. x 8 ft., (detail) back cover: Salor Chuval-face, c. 1800, 2 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 1 in., (detail)

opposite: Central Anatolian Rug, 17th/18th century, 7 ft. x 4 ft.

1 in., (detail)

this page: East Anatolian Rug, c. 1860, 6 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 9 in., (detail)

Bergama Rug, c.

1860, 7 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 10 in., (detail)

Karapinar Rug, c.

1850, 6 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 10 in., (detail)

East Anatolian Long Rug, first half 19th century, 8 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.

Konya Prayer Rug, first half 19th century, 5 ft. x 3 ft. 8 in.

Aksaray Kilim, c. 1880, 10 ft. x 4 ft. 7 in.

opposite, left to right by row: Kazak Prayer Rug, c. 1890, 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 8 in., (detail) Shirvan Prayer Rug, c. 1880, 5 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 5 in., (detail) Karachof Kazak Rug, c. 1870, 7 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 2 in., (detail) Kasim Ushag Rug, c. 1870, 7 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 6 in., (detail) Sewan Kazak Rug, c. 1870, 6 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft., (detail) South Caucasian Long Rug, c. 1860, 13 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 6 in., (detail) Kazak Long Rug, c. 1880, 10 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 7 in., (detail) Shirvan Long Rug, c. 1890, 9 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 3 in., (detail) Karagashli Kuba Rug, c. 1900, 5 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 2 in., (detail)

this page: Marasali Prayer Rug, c. 1870, 5 ft. x 3 ft. 9 in.

Moghan Long Rug, c. 1860, 9 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.

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Speaking Northwest Persian Design One of the continuing fascinations of antique Northwest Persian rugs is the way the weavers appropriated the design vocabulary from earlier carpets, used the bits and pieces that appealed to them, and created something original with them.

And yet, whatever the design source, they are always distinctly Northwest Persian—with clear, mellow colors, both playful and reserved at the same time, with designs often geometricized beyond recognition. Bliss!

this page, left to right by row:

opposite:

Bidjar Rug, c. 1900, 5 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 10 in., (detail)

Karadagh Long Rug, c. 1870, 12 ft. x 4 ft. 4 in.

Heriz Rug, c. 1910, 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 3 in., (detail)

Serapi Carpet, c. 1890, 13 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. 7 in.

Karadja Carpet, c. 1900, 14 ft. 2 in. x 9 ft. 8 in., (detail)

Heriz Runner, c. 1890, 15 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 10 in.

Karadja Carpet, c. 1920, 12 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft., (detail) Bakshaish Gallery Carpet, c. 1890, 14 ft. 7 in. x 5 ft. 4 in., (detail) Serapi Carpet, c. 1900, 13 ft.

4 in. x 9 ft. 5 in., (detail)

Northwest Persian Rugs & Carpets

Formal Rugs & Carpets

Tabriz “Tree of Life” Rug, c. 1910, 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.

Mischun Malayer Rug, c. 1890, 6 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 10 in.

Kashan Pictorial Rug, c.

1910, 7 ft. x 4 ft. 8 in.

Tabriz Prayer Rug, c. 1890, 6 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 7 in.

Fereghan Rug, c. 1910, 6 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft., (detail) Kolyai Rug, c. 1920, 5 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in., (detail) Tabriz Carpet, c. 1900, 15 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in., (detail)

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Textiles Balkan Kilim, c. 1920, 5 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft., (detail) “Jerusalem” Rug, c. 1920, 2 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in., (detail) Arts and Crafts Kilim, c. 1915, 2 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 2 in., (detail) Kashmir Long Shawl, c. 1850, 10 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 8 in.

The Fabric of Life Among the Uzbek people of Central Asia, especially, woven and embroidered textiles are the “fabric of life.” As decorative as they are, these textiles are much more than decoration—velvet ikat fabric, made for luxury clothing, functioned as an embodiment of status, Suzani embroideries as essential elements of a woman’s dowry, and even the most humble embroideries and ikats as wall hangings and room dividers.

This sale offers a particularly broad range of antique textiles—from Europe and North Africa to Kashmir and the steppes of Central Asia, from several private and museum collections. .

Velvet Ikat Panel, c. 1850, 3 ft. x 1 ft. 1 in.

Suzani Prayer Embroidery, c. 1800, 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft.

Suzani Embroidery, c. 1870, 4 ft. x 2 ft. 8 in., (detail) Uzbek Embroidered Rug, c.

1880, 7 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 6 in., (detail)

Silk Ikat Panel, c. 1860, 2 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft., (detail)

Tekke Six-gul Torba, c.

1870, 1 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft.

Saryk “Kejebe” Trapping, c. 1850, 1 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft.

Tekke Twelve-gul Torba, c. 1870, 1 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft.

“Eagle-Gul Group” Rug, first half 19th century, 6 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft.

Chaudor Main Carpet, c. 1850, 11 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 10 in.

Ersari Main Carpet, c.

1860, 8 ft. x 6 ft.

Karadashli Main Carpet, c. 1800, 9 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.

Turkoman Rugs

this page:

opposite:

Tibetan Saddle Rug, c. 1880, 2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 1 in., (detail)

Chinese Rug, c. 1800, 6 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 2 in.

Silk Embroidered Valance, 18th century, 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft.

8 in., (detail)

opposite right, left to right: Tibetan Bench Cover, c. 1880, 4 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 8 in., (detail)

Ningxia Carpet Fragment, c.

1800, 6 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 7 in., (detail)

Ningxia Mat, c. 1850, 2 ft. x 2 ft. 2 in., (detail)

Ningxia Column Rug, c. 1860, 6 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.

Ningxia Rug, c. 1850, 4 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 4 in., (detail) Ningxia Mat, c. 1850, 2 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. 5 in., (detail) Ningxia Mat, c. 1850, 2 ft. x 2 ft., (detail) Ningxia Mat, early 19th century, 2 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in., (detail)

A Thunder of Dragons Unlike the Medieval European notion of a winged dragon as an icon of malevolence and greed, in Chinese iconography dragons are wingless, with a snake-like body. And they are profoundly benign, a symbol of power and mercy, of the energy and order of the universe. They wish us nothing but good.

Chinese & Tibetan Rugs

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