A 'BIRD' CARPET, SELENDI, OUSHAK REGION, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1575
THE ZANDER-CASSIRER 'BIRD' CARPET
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A 'BIRD' CARPET, SELENDI, OUSHAK REGION, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1575
approximately 465 by 217cm.
Condition Report:
Rug splays slightly from 209cm at the top to 217cm. at the bottom. Pile generally fair, ranging from a couple of mm in the lower border to knot bars generally and localized areas of wear to foundation, particularly in the upper 20% of field. Right- and left-hand borders with some repiling. Light blues probably repiled in the upper half of the field. Repiled area of white, right hand side of field, approx. 130cm from top, approx. 12cm in diameter. Area of repiling and discoloration in field approximately 140cm from lower edge of carpet right hand side. Small patch approx. 1metre from lower edge on right hand side, approx. 7 by 5cm. Evidence of some old tinting to foundation in the reds in the upper most part of the field and localized spot repiling, White has generally stayed clean, there is some yellowing visible third of the way up the field and some small scattered rust spots in the upper third or the field. Upper end with partially extant yellowish green flatweave, varying in depth from approximately 5mm to 25mm. Teased warped fringes. Lower end with 2-3cm of greeny, yellow flatweave and with irregular warped fringing. Lower end stabilized with a band of linen stitched along the back of the border. Upper end with a band of Velcro stitched along the upper edge. Weft shoots vary in colour, mainly ivory but with some in dark green, some in light green, some in natural light walnut. Side cords with restorations. 4 cords wrapped in green and yellowy green. Strongly depressed warps
Provenance:
Dr. Kurt Zander Collection, Berlin
Dr. Alfred Cassirer Collection, Berlin
Eva Cassirer Collection, Berlin-USA-Mallorca by whom loaned to the Detroit Institute of Arts, inv. no. F49.25, 1949‒2000 and to the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin,
2000‒2012
The present owner
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THE ZANDER-CASSIRER 'BIRD' CARPET
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A 'BIRD' CARPET, SELENDI, OUSHAK REGION, WEST ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1575
approximately 465 by 217cm.
Condition Report:
Rug splays slightly from 209cm at the top to 217cm. at the bottom. Pile generally fair, ranging from a couple of mm in the lower border to knot bars generally and localized areas of wear to foundation, particularly in the upper 20% of field. Right- and left-hand borders with some repiling. Light blues probably repiled in the upper half of the field. Repiled area of white, right hand side of field, approx. 130cm from top, approx. 12cm in diameter. Area of repiling and discoloration in field approximately 140cm from lower edge of carpet right hand side. Small patch approx. 1metre from lower edge on right hand side, approx. 7 by 5cm. Evidence of some old tinting to foundation in the reds in the upper most part of the field and localized spot repiling, White has generally stayed clean, there is some yellowing visible third of the way up the field and some small scattered rust spots in the upper third or the field. Upper end with partially extant yellowish green flatweave, varying in depth from approximately 5mm to 25mm. Teased warped fringes. Lower end with 2-3cm of greeny, yellow flatweave and with irregular warped fringing. Lower end stabilized with a band of linen stitched along the back of the border. Upper end with a band of Velcro stitched along the upper edge. Weft shoots vary in colour, mainly ivory but with some in dark green, some in light green, some in natural light walnut. Side cords with restorations. 4 cords wrapped in green and yellowy green. Strongly depressed warps
Provenance:
Dr. Kurt Zander Collection, Berlin
Dr. Alfred Cassirer Collection, Berlin
Eva Cassirer Collection, Berlin-USA-Mallorca by whom loaned to the Detroit Institute of Arts, inv. no. F49.25, 1949‒2000 and to the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin,
2000‒2012
The present owner
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