JBOC's Notes on Oriental Rugs

Jon Thompson Oriental Rugs and Links

Tufenkian Carpets Area Rug Sale.
 
 

The Jon Thompson Tekke Okbash
... Sold for $12,650. s1293n8. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Jon Thompson Chaudur Turkmen Shallow Tent-Bag (Torba) Pseudo ...
Chaudur Turkmen Shallow Tent-Bag (Torba), Oriental Rug Collection of Dr. Jon Thompson. ... Sold
for 6,038. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. ...

The Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson Tekke Juval
The Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson Tekke Juval. A Tekke Turkmen Tent-Bag (Juval). ... Sold
for $6,038. s1293n17. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. ...

The Allen Late 18th Century Eagle Gull Torba
... Dr. Jon Thompson was the first to identify them as cohesive groupings in Mackie,
Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen. Washington DC: Textile Museum, 1980. ...

The Thompson Sale
Selection From: The Thompson Collection. Selection From: The Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson Collection. Sotheby's Fine Oriental and European Carpets, New York. ...

Guide to Tekke Guls
... These guls are described by the great British rug expert Dr. Jon Thompson as the
"Archtypal Gul". For related exampes see Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. ...

Thompson Collection Yomud Juval
... est. $5,000 - 7,000 Sold for $8,625. Provenance: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Thompson Caucasian Dragon Carpet Fragment
... April 15, 1993, New York City. Est. $1,000-1,500. Provenance: The Collection
of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. *Graphic Image Courtesy of Sotheby's. ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books M
... Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen. Washington DC: Textile Museum, 1980. 9 x
12, 95 CP, 117 b/w. This is one of the most referenced books on the Turkmen. ...

Central Asian and Chinese Rugs
... Article: Patterned Reed Screens of the Kirghiz in the State Historical Museum, Frunze,
Part I, by Stella Mateeva and Jon Thompson, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. ...

Turkmen Rugs & Carpets
... in the State Historical Museum, Frunze, Part I, by Stella Mateeva and Jon Thompson,
Soviet and English scholars go to the source, Oriental Rug Review, Vol 11/6. ...

The Thompson Saryk Khordjin
... est. $5,000 - 7,000. Sold for $5,750. Provenance: The collection of Dr.
and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Selections from the Thompson Oriental Carpet Sale. ...

Thompson Collection Tekke Juval
... $1,200 - 1,150, Sold for $2,415. Provenance: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson Purple Group Tekke Khalyk
... Lot 3 est. $7000-$10000. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Published: Thompson, Jon. Carpet Magic, London 1983, and p. 5. ...

Saryk Turkmen Rugs & Carpets
... Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen. ... Mackie, Louise W. and Jon Thompson:
Turkman Tribal Carpets and Traditions ; Washington: 1980. ...

The James A. Lucas Oushak "Lotto",
... 96 and Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson, Sotheby's NY, Dec. 16, 1993, lots 42 and 46 respectively). ...

The Thompson Ak Yup Tent Band
... Carpets. New York Saturday 12/16/93. est. $12,000 - 15,000 Sold for
$32,200. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. ...

The Thompson Saryk Turret Gul Juval
... Sold for $7,500. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Selections from the Thompson Oriental Carpet Sale. Detail From Top Border. ...

The Thompson Saryk Gapaluk
... est. $3,000 - 5,000. Sold for $9,200. Provenance: The collection of Dr.
and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Selections from the Thompson Oriental Carpet Sale. ...

The Thompson Tekke Ensi
... Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Purchased at the
Thompson sale by New York Collector George Hecksher who later sold it. ...

The Missing Arabatchi
... 3. Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. ... 4. Sotheby's Catalogue, Turkmen and Antique Carpets
from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson, December 16, 1993. ...

Thompson Collection Dragon Carpet Fragment Lot 78
... Provenance: The Dr & Mrs. Jon Thompson Collection. *Graphic Image Courtesy of Sotheby's.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Fine Brown Yomud Torba
... Turkmen. page 138 and plate 57. Dr. Jon Thompson's methodology would have called
this Fine Brown Yomud as opposed to Imreli, back before he disavowed Imreli. ...

Sotheby's Chodor torba, mid 19th c. Lot 63
... 1 item(s). For related examples see Louise W. Mackie and Jon Thompson, Turkmen
Tribal Carpets and Traditions, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, 1980, ill. ...

Guide to Tekke Rugs
... The Archtypal Gul These guls are described by the great British rug expert Dr. Jon
Thompson as the "Archtypal Gul". ... Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen. ...

Saryk Juval Fragment s1293n24
... Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Selections
from the Thompson Oriental Carpet Sale. Detail From Bottom Border. ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books T
... Thompson, Jon: Oriental Carpets From the Tents, Cottages, and Workshops of Asia
; NY: 1988. See Thompson: Oriental Carpets below. Lib. Thompson, Jon. ...

Thompson Collection Ersari Rug
... Est. $1,500 - 2,000. Sold for $2,300. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs.
Jon Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Ersari Juval
... Sold for $3,565. s1293n35. Provenance: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson Tekke Kapunuk
... Sold for $7,188. s1293n14. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson Tekke Embroidered Asmalyk
... Sold for 5,750. s1293n1. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson banded Tekke Juval
... Sold for $11,500. s1293n11. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson Tekke Juval Lot 9
... $800 – 1,200 Sold for $1,955. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Thompson Tekke Mafrash
... est. $800 – 1,200. Sold for $1,955. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs.
Jon Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Chaudur Turkmen Camel Decoration
... s1293n37. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. There is a group
of Turkmen weavings with Chaudur design and beautiful rich colors, all old. ...

Ersari Ensi
... $10,000 - 12,000. Sold for $14,950. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

RugNotes - I
... At one point Dr. Jon Thompson suggested that what is now the Eagle Group was
woven by the Imreli. Later he took a step back from a firm conclusion. ...

Rippon-Boswell 17th/18th C. Saryk Ensi lot 62
... MACKIE, LOUISE & THOMPSON, JON, Turkmen. Washington 1980, no. ... SOTHEBY`S New York,
Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr and Mrs. Jon Thompson. ...

Tekke Carpet Fragment
... Sold for $8,050. s1293n12. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books S
... Before Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. ... Sotheby's: "Turkmen and Antique Carpets
from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson" ; NY: 1993 (Dec. 16). ...

Arabatchli Camel Trapping
... $8,000 - 10,000 Sold for $14,950. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

RugNotes - L
... Lefevre, Jean and Dr Jon Thompson The Persian Carpet Notes and Observations
on Persian Weaving. The Anatomy of a Carpet. Legge, Christopher. ...

Saryk Juval s1293n25
... est. $2,500 - 3,500. Sold for $5,175. s1293n25. Provenance: The collection of
Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Detail From Top Border. Detail From Bottom Border. ...

Sotheby's Silk and Wool Salor Kejebe torba
... 10; Carpets from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson, Sotheby's New York,
December 16, 1993, lot 56; Rippon Boswell & Co., Wiesbaden, May 24, 1997, lot ...

Sotheby's Tekke Embroidered Asmalyk
... examples please refer to Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection of Dr. and
Mrs. Jon Thompson, Sotheby's New York, December 16, 1993, lot 1; Franses, M ...

Oriental Carpets: Design Migration on the Silk Route:
... In the Azizolahoff Heriz that was illustrated in Dr. Jon Thompson’s book Oriental
Carpets we can see an overall similarity in several respects with an ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books
... Not rated yet. Lefevre, Jean and Dr Jon Thompson The Persian Carpet Notes and
Observations on Persian Weaving. The Anatomy of a Carpet. Not rated yet. ...

The Dr. Jon Thompson 19th C. Ersari Rug Lot 34
... Sold for $2,300. s1293n34. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Saryk Turkmen Main Carpet
... $2,500 - 3,000. Sold for $9,775. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Tekke Torba s1293n13
... s1293n13. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Detail From Top
Border: Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Tekke Rug
... Sold for $5,750. s1293n19. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Yomud Mafrash
... est. $1,000 - 1,500 Sold for $3,105. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Tekke Cherpi
... Sold for 2,875. s1293n2. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Rippon-Boswell Rautenstengel Eagle Group II Main Carpet lot 21
... SOTHEBYS NEW YORK, Auction Catalogue "Turkmen and Antique Carpets from the Collection
of Dr and Mrs. Jon Thompson," 16.12.1993, lot 50 *** DODDS, DENNIS &. ...

Saryk Juval
... Sold for $9,775. s1293n29. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Saryk Juval
... $1,500 - 2,000. Sold for $2,990. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon
Thompson. Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Dr. Jon Thompson 17th/18th C. Saryk Ensi Lot 23
... Sold for $57,500. s1293n23. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Tekke Juval
... Sold for $2,300. S1293n16. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

Tekke Fragment
... Did not sell. s1293n18. Provenance: The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson.
Note: To further a long term research project I am collecting data. ...

The Sotheby's Salor Kejebe Torba
... Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson, Sotheby's New York, December 16, 1993, lot 56; Rippon-Boswell
& Co., Weisbaden, May 24, 1997, lot 67; and lot 105 in this catalogue. ...

RugNotes - B
... It was later translated and annotated by Dr, Jon Thompson MD; Bogolyubov, A.
Tapisseries De L'Asie Centrale / Kovroviya Izdatzia Srednei Azii. 1908, St. ...

Notes on Harold and Melissa Keshishian
... General Rug Book. Lib. Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen. Washington
DC: Textile Museum, 1980. 9 x 12, 95 CP, 117 b/w. (The ...

Notes on Louise W. Mackie
... Washington DC: ICOC 1980. Mackie, Louise W. and Jon Thompson: Turkman
Tribal Carpets and Traditions. Washington: The Textile Museum.1980. ...

Salor Kapunuk
... pl. 4; and one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Mackie, Louise
W. and Thompson, Jon, Turkmen, Washington, DC, 1980, pl. 15. ...

The Dr. Jon Thompson Diamond Gul Tekke Torba Lot 15
... New York Saturday 12/16/93. Lot 15 est. $4,000 – 6,000. Sold for 4,888. Provenance:
The collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson. Detail From Lower Border: ...

The Largest Persian Carpet In the World...
... Just thought I'd mention a couple of other very large Persian carpets: on page
144 of Jon Thompson's book ORIENTAL CARPETS - From the Tents, Cottages and ...

Rug Notes Index - S
... Collection Martine Comtesse de Behague. Sotheby's: "Turkmen and Antique Carpets
from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Jon Thompson" ; NY: 1993 (Dec. 16). ...

The Vojtek Blau Turkmen Tentband
... niche of this band are shared with examples attributed to various Turkmen tribes;
see Mackie, Louise W. and Thompson, Jon, Turkmen, Washington, DC, 1980, pl. ...

Beginners Guide to Oriental Rugs
... Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995. Thompson, Jon. Oriental Carpets. New
York: Penguin Books, 1993. Excellent General Rug books for everyone: ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books B
... Turkmen Rugs. Bogolyubov, AA and Jon Thompson, ed. Carpets of Central Asia
Fishguard 1973. Reprint of 1908 edition. Important book on Turkmen rugs. ...

Notes on Donald Newton Wilber
... IX/6/6-. Oriental Rugs from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia
Thompson, Jon, Review by Wilber, Donald N., IX/3/29. "Bibliography ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books K
... Good pictures and solid scholaship. Before Mackie, Louise & Thompson, Jon. Turkmen
this was the best book on Turkmen rugs and it still hold value today. ...

Rippon Boswell Shahsavan Rug 1st half 19th lot 49
... Literature References Lit: THOMPSON, JON, Carpet Magicentury London 1983,
pl. p.79 Published: LEFEVRE & PARTNERS London, Auction 8.10.1976, # 51. ...

Sotheby's Beshir 3 Arch Prayer Rug
... For similar examples please see lot 55, Sotheby's New York, September 20, 2001;
Thompson, Jon and Mackie, Louise, Turkmen, Washington, DC, 1980, pl. ...

"The best Beshir prayer rug ", lot 55
... issue 115, p. 81; and a rug in the Textile Museum, see Mackie, Louise W. and Thompson,
Jon, Turkmen Tribal Carpets and Traditions, Washington, DC, 1980, pl. ...

The Aram K. Jerrehian Kirghiz Reed Screen
... of the construction, usage and history of such weavings see: Oriental Rug Review,
Vol.11/6 and Vol.12/1, Mateeva, Stella & Thompson, Jon, Patterned Reed ...

The Vojtek Blau 3rd quarter 19th C. Yomut Okbash
... 0.48m.) For a related example in the collection of the Textile Museum, please refer
to Mackie, Louise W. and Thompson, Jon, Turkmen, Washington, DC, 1980, pl. ...

The Spuhler, Elmby, Hamburgische Museum Saryk Carpet Fragment
... carpet. – Partly low and some losses to pile, mounted. Lit: MACKIE,
LOUISE & THOMPSON, Jon, Turkmen. Washington DC 1980, no. 17 ...

Sotheby's Olympia Salor Turret Chuval
... different elem design, please refer to Mackie, Louise W. and Thompson, Jon, Turkmen:
Tribal Carpets and Traditions, Washington, DC, 1980, p.72, pl.8. For other ...

The Wehr Collection Arabatchi Chuval
... W. and Thompson, Jon, Turkmen: Tribal Carpets and Traditions, Washington, DC, 1980,
pl.54, p.131; Rothberg, Michael, "Arabachi', Hali, Issue 96, fig.3, p.94. ...

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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