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Sotheby's Auctions » Carpets » lot 133
Sale N07882
A BIDJAR TRICLINIUM
CARPET, NORTH Persia,
New York 10,000—15,000 USD Session 2
01 Apr 03 2:00 PM
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:
12,000 USD
MEASUREMENTS
approximately 19ft. 5in. by 11ft. 7in. (5.92 by
3.53m.)
DESCRIPTION
circa 1900 wool warp, one original cable end
finish, small reweaves at edges, very minor
repiling, foldwear,JBOC Notes: Triclinium is
from the Latin Tricli'nium.
TRICLIŽNIUM, the dining-room of a
Roman house, the position of which, relatively to
the other parts of the house, is explained in
p428. It was of an oblong shape, and according to
Vitruvius (vi.3 §8) ought to be
twice as long as it was broad.
Smith, William D.C.L., LL.D. A
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
London UK: John Murray, 1875.
So we use Triclinium to describe a carpet
where the arraingement of panels resembles the
way a Roman Tricli'nium was arrainged.
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