Archive for January 3rd, 2010
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
ANTIQUE TAPESTRIES AND NEEDLEWORK PICTURES
A GOOD POST-MORTLAKE MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY from Ovid’s Metamorphoses of Pygmalion sculpting the image of a maiden, observed by Minerva, beyond holding a naming torch as a symbol of his love he implores Venus to bring the statue to life, baroque buildings in the distance and a fountain in a grove [...]
Tags: 17th century, ANOTHER, Antique, ATTRACTIVE, baroque buildings, BIBLICAL, black background, chinese figures, chinese temple, CHINOISERIES, classical dictionary, COURT, ENGLISH, FRAGMENTS, important english, mandarin, MYTHOLOGICAL, NEEDLEWORK, needlework panel, PICTURE, porcelain vases, POST-MORTLAKE, pygmalion and galatea, scallop shells, second wife, sided border, TAPESTRIES, Tapestry, torch
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
CARPETS: Afghan Carpet, Ghashghai Carpet, Chinese Carpet, Heriz Carpet, Ushak Carpet
An Afghan Carpet, the madder field
with three columns of six gab and minor
motifs, within a cross border and single guard
stripes, 233 by 204cm.; 7ft. 8in. by 6ft. 8in.
A Ghashghai Carpet, the washed madder field with three connecting indigo medallions and all-over stylized flower heads, within [...]
Tags: Afghan, arabesque, barber pole, camel, camel field, carpet, Carpets, cartouche, chain stitch, circular medallion, cloud bands, design, diagonal rows, dragon, durries, EMBROIDERED, Esfahan, Gabeh, GELIM, Ghashghai, guard, HERIZ, HORSE, indigo, Kashan, kashmir, KERMAN, madder, MAHAL, palmetto, saffron, SILK, spandrels, sunburst, tekke, tree border, TURKISH, TURKMEN, Ushak, vases, WASHED, YOMUT
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
CAUCASIAN RUGS AND RUNNERS
A Soumakh Rugr the madder field with
four saffron and pale-indigo serrated gull
medallions, overall dice rosettes and people,
within three borders, 158 by 87cm.; 5ft. 2in. by
2ft. 10m.
A Kazakh Rug, the madder field with three indigo and ivory gull medallions with overall rosettes, animals and dice, within a sea-green polychrome gull border, 239 by [...]
Tags: aborigine, ART, bearing, Caucasian, Caucasian Rugs, diamond, floral motifs, flower heads, GARABAGH, gulls, HAMADAN, ivory gull, KAZAK, kazakh, KULA, KURDISH, medallions, NORTH, North-West, octagonal, PANEL, Peribedil, Persian, polychrome, PRAYER, rosette, rosettes, rugs, RUNNER, RUNNERS, sea green, shirvan, SOUMAKH, south caucasian, star border, star motif, urn
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
TURKISH RUGS, TURKMEN AND AFGHAN RUGS
A Keyseri silk and metal thread Prayer
Rug, the ivory rehab with madder spandrels,
overall leafy vines and palmettos, within a
madder border, 193 by 130cm.; 6ft. 4in.
A Keyseri silk Prayer Rug, the orange
mehrab with a hanging vase, within a sage
border and twin guard stripes, 94 by 58cm.;
A Turkish Prayer Rug, the rust
madder [...]
Tags: Afghan, afghan rugs, angular, BESHIR, BOKHARA, dark indigo, diagonal rows, flower, flower head, flowering plants, flowering tree, flowering trees, guard, hook, JUVAL, leafy vines, medallion, mehrab, METAL, metal thread, midrib, octagonal, palette, palmettos, Persian, polka dot, rug, rugs, silk prayer rug, spandrel, sunburst, tekke, THREAD, TURKISH, turkish rug, TURKMEN, vine border, YOMUT
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
PERSIAN RUGS: Shiraz Rug, Hamadan Rug, Kerman Pictorial Rug, Kurdish Rug, Sarongs Farrakhan Rug
A Sarongs Hamadan Rug, the indigo field with a soft madder and sage pole medallion and spandrels with all-over flowering vines, within a pale-indigo flowering vine border and
single guard stripes, 216 by 135cm.; 7ft.
A Kerman Rug, the madder ‘mille-fleur’ field with a [...]
Tags: aborigine, arabesque, Bakhtaran, Bakhtiari, barber pole, cypress trees, design, DOUBLE-ENDED, feather, flower head, flower heads, flowering trees, flowering vine, glass border, HAMADAN, Kashan, kashan rug, KERMAN, KURDISH, madder, MAT, midrib, mille fleur, palmetto, peacock, Persian, Pictorial, polychrome, PRAYER, RAISED, rug, rugs, Shahs, SHIRAZ, silk prayer rug, SIMILAR, spandrels, TABRIZ, TREE, vine border, wine glass
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
PERSIAN RUGS: A Shiraz Rug, Ghashghai Rug, Kedar Hamadan Rug, Bakhtiari Prayer Rug
A Shiraz Rug, the madder field with three connecting indigo medallions with all-over stylized birds and flowers, within an ivory border and single guard stripes, 152 by 106cm.;
5ft. by 3ft.
An Indo-Persian Rug, the indigo field with a lobed madder pole medallion and all-over [...]
Tags: A Joshua Rug, A Kedar Hamadan, ANOTHER, arabesque, Bakhtaran, Bakhtiari, Bidjar, birds and flowers, camel, camel field, cartouche, diamond, flower sprays, flowering plants, HAMADAN, Kadar, KERMAN, KURDISH, madder, MALAYER, medallions, mehrab, motifs, North-West, palmetto, Persian, Persian Rugs, pond, PRAYER, prayer rug, rugs, serrated, SHIRAZ, shrub, shrub border, side columns, SIMILAR, spandrel, TABRIZ, tabriz rugs, TREE, tree border
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