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 [...]

TAPESTRIES
A GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK TABLE CARPET with forty-two oblong panels worked
with flowering plants and fruiting trees, some in hillocky landscapes with animais, the
others with pond foreground and waterfowl, ail with tobacco-coloured background and
divided by ivory strapwork embroidered with flowers, much of the detail in petit point,
6ft. lin. by 6ft. Hin. (185cm. by 210cm.) circa 1600, [...]

BERGAMA GELIM RUNNER, SENNEH GELIM HORSE COVER, ANTIQUE SENNEH GELIM, KASHAN TREE OF LIFE RUG, KASHAN SILK TREE OF LIFE RUG
AN UNUSUAL BERGAMA GELIM RUNNER, the ivory field with stepped guis in shades of madder, indigo and green, the border with a design of guis, 9ft. 7in. by lft. lOin. (292cm. by
56cm.), circa 1880, condition: [...]

FINE ESFAHAN PRAYER RUG, GHOM SILK RUG, GHASHGHAI SADDLE BAGS, 19TH CENTURY BALUCHISTAN RUG, KASHAN SILK RUG
A FINE ESFAHAN PRAYER RUG, the ivory mehrab with a large central palmette, surrounded by florai sprays, birds, animals, and large curvilinear vines, indigo bird spandrels, a
madder palmette and flowerhead border, single guard stripes, 3ft. 6in. by 4ft. lOin. [...]

FINE ANTIQUE ZILE GELIM, TURKMAN SILK GELIM, KERMAN PICTORIAL RUG, BALUCHISTAN PRAYER RUG, KERMANSHAH RUG
A FINE ANTIQUE ZILE GELIM, the trellis stepped gul field in madder, indigo and saffron, 6ft. lin. by Sft. 7in. (18Scm. by 170cm.), circa 1880, condition: fair.
A ZILE PANEL, woven in two parts, the ivory field with diagonal rows of stylized [...]

KERMAN MATS, TABRIZ RUG, GHOM SILK RUG, ESFAHAN PART SILK RUG, FINE ANTIQUE KASHAN SILK PRAYER RUG
A PAIR OF KERMAN MATS, depicting Nur Ali Shah flanked by two dervishes,
the border with cartouches enclosing inscriptions, 3ft. lin. by 2ft. lin. {94cm. by
64cm. circa 1890, condition: fair., slight
A PAIR OF KASHAN RUGS, the indigo field with a [...]

KERMAN PRAYER RUG, FINE KERMAN PICTORIAL RUG, YOMUT HORSE COVER, ADRASKAND CARPET, PENDE PART SILK JUVAL
A KERMAN PRAYER RUG, the rose mehrab with curvilinear vines, peacocks and animais, dragon spandrels with flowers and birds, with an animal border of flowers and vines, single
guard stripes, 7ft. lin. by 4ft. 3in. {216cm. by 129cm.), circa 1890, condition: [...]

AN ANTIQUE KAZAKH RUG, GARABAGH RUG, SHYKLY CARPET, PIRBEDIL RUG, BORDJALOU KAZAKH RUG, GONAKHGEND RUG
AN ANTIQUE KAZAKH RUG, the plain indigo field with three medallions and four hooked guis, an ivory stepped gui border, single guard stripes, 7ft. lin. by 4ft. 3in. (215cm. by
130cm.), circa 1880, condition: good
A GARABAGH RUG, the walnut field with an [...]

SENNEH SADDLE COVER, 18TH CENTURY KURMURJUR KULA CARPET, FINE YURUK RUG, ANTIQUE BERGAMA PRAYER RUG, KONYA YURUK RUNNER

A SENNEH SADDLE COVER, the indigo field with madder herati spandrels, a
saffron floral border, single guard stripes, 2ft. 9in. by 3ft. 9in. (84cm. by 114cm.),
circa 1860, condition: fair.
A RARE SILK SHIRAZ RUG, the aubergine field with two medallions, [...]

ANTIQUE HERIZ RUG, KERMAN PICTORIAL CARPET,  FINE KASHAN PRAYER RUG, RARE SENNEH SADDLE COVER, 18TH CENTURY RYIJY (Rya) RUG
AN ANTIQUE HERIZ RUG, the plain madder field with an ivory medallion and pale indigo spandrels, ail with stylized flowerheads and vines, a madder peacock and floral shrub
border, single guard stripes, with an inscription at one end, [...]