Ladik Prayer Rug
second half 18th century, 174 x 120 cm, Central Anatolia
White-ground Ladik prayer rugs are rare. This example, with a tulip panel at the upper end of the field and a red-ground main border, is finely woven and, moreover, strikingly elegant in drawing. Purchased by the collector at Galerie Eberhart Herrmann, Munich, in the 1980s.
BUTTERWECK, GEORG / ORASCH, DIETER, Das Standardwerk des anatolischen Knüpfteppichs. Zentral-Anatolien. Vienna 1986, no. 41
Condition
Uniformly low pile. A larger repair in the centre of the upper finish. A number of small restorations are scattered throughout the field. A stiched tear in the area of the lower left border. The lower left corner has been restored. Replaced selvedges in places. Both ends are reduced.
second half 18th century, 174 x 120 cm, Central Anatolia
White-ground Ladik prayer rugs are rare. This example, with a tulip panel at the upper end of the field and a red-ground main border, is finely woven and, moreover, strikingly elegant in drawing. Purchased by the collector at Galerie Eberhart Herrmann, Munich, in the 1980s.
BUTTERWECK, GEORG / ORASCH, DIETER, Das Standardwerk des anatolischen Knüpfteppichs. Zentral-Anatolien. Vienna 1986, no. 41
Condition
Uniformly low pile. A larger repair in the centre of the upper finish. A number of small restorations are scattered throughout the field. A stiched tear in the area of the lower left border. The lower left corner has been restored. Replaced selvedges in places. Both ends are reduced.
