Lot 58

A TALISH LONG RUG
SOUTH CAUCASUS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

The abrashed sea-green field within a reciprocal barbed arrowhead frame, a band of reciprocal skittle-pattern above and below, in a shaded golden yellow border of polychrome rosettes and paired confronted floral motifs between dusty red flowerhead and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, localised wear, corroded black, ends rewoven, minimal repiling.
9ft..6in.x3ft.7in. (289cm.x109cm.)

LITERATURE:
HALI 64, August 1992. p. 172.

This extraordinary long rug combines many features which are usually associated with the village of Talish, (the plain field and border composed of large rosettes), with a colour scheme and soft fleecy wool which are completely atypical. The wool in particular is reminiscent of that sometimes found in rugs from Gendje, where there is also found a related design (Spuhler, F., Konig, H. And Volkmann, M.: Alte Orienteppiche: Meisterstucke aus deutschen Privatsammlungen, Munich, 1978, no. 57, pp. 144-5, also Herrmann, E.: Seltene Orientteppiche VII, Munich, 1985, pp. 54-5). There is also a rug similar to that offered here, albeit somewhat stiffer in drawing and with less unusual colouring, which is attributed by Herrmann to Talish. (Herrmann, E.: Seltene Orientteppiche VI, Munich, 1984, no. 31, pp. 92-3). In his caption to the latter piece, Herrmann quotes a similar example bearing the date of AH 1252 (1835-6 AD).

Est.: £12,000-18,000, US$20,000-30,000

Sold for £24,150