Ersari Juval 1st half 19th C Sotheby's Lot 6

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Sale: L05871 | Location: London, New Bond Street
Auction Dates: Session 1: Wed, 12 Oct 05 10:30 AM
LOT 6
FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
AN ERSARI CHUVAL, SOUTH TURKESTAN,
3,000—5,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 22,800 GBP
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 150 by 100cm., 4ft. 11in. by 3ft. 3in.

DESCRIPTION
first half 19th century

Condition Note: minor spot repiling, ends overlocked, reovercast sides

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Colours: Tomato red, walnut ivory, golden yellow, forest green, sky blue, indigo
Pile: Wool, Z2Sw, asymmetric open to the right
Warps: Natural dark brown wool, Z2S
Wefts: Natural dark ivory wool, Z2S, 2 shoots
Ends: Warp fringe, blanket stitch
Sides: Later overcast in dark blue
Knot Density: Vertical 4/cm
Horizontal 3/cm

PROVENANCE
The Persian Carpet Gallery (Jean Lefèvre), 29th November, 1974, lot 12
CATALOGUE NOTE
This chuval, the design of which is clearly derived from Ikat fabrics, forms part of a well documented group of weavings. Related published examples include those illustrated in Between the Black Desert and the Red, Turkman Carpets from the Wiedersperg Collection, Pinner, R. and Eiland, M.L., San Francisco, 1999, pl.63, p.91; Oriental Rugs Volume 5 Turkoman, Jourdan, Uwe, Augsberg, 1989, pls.258 & 259, p.284; Central Asian Rugs, Schürmann, U., Frankfurt, 1969, pls.44 & 45 and Turkoman Rugs, Thacher, A.B., New York, 1940 pl.36.

Of these cited examples, the closest to the present lot is that illustrated in Thacher, op.cit., which shares the use of two different colours to form the diamond motifs; later examples tend to use the same colour for all four sides of the diamonds, resulting in a less dynamic design. The plant elems and narrow chequered border are also similar. The lot offered here is particularly noteworthy for the clarity of its colour including the clear rose red of the field; this latter is a feature which is usually associated with early Ersari weavings.

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