A rare Kuba rug w/ floral outline borders

Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury Salerooms Ltd. Eastern and Western carpets & rugs. Decorative textiles, needlework and samplers Sale on Thursday 16th January 2003

Lot 533
A rare Kuba rug
North east Caucasus
Third quarter 19th century, 6ft. x 3ft.4in. 1.83m. x 1.02m.
Slight even wear overall. This represents a very rare type with a particularly beautiful and unusual border.
See Bennett, Oriental Rugs vol. I: Caucasian, for a closely related example.
Est. £800-1000

Picture and Information from Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury Salerooms Ltd

JBOC: I suspect the rug refered to was plate 307 in Bennett, Ian et al. Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian. In the write-up of that rug Bennett mentions Yetkin, Serare. Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey plate 58 and one other in the McMullan collection. Surely there are other examples but these four make up a very exclusive group.

For Further Reading:

Persian Rugs and Carpet

Turkish Rugs

Turkmen Rugs

JBOC's Notes on the Bible

Islamic/Persian Miniature Painting

Caucasian Rugs

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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