PEREDIL dated and letter Armenian (Caucasus), Late 19° Early - Lot 131

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PEREDIL dated and letter Armenian (Caucasus), Late 19° Early - Lot 131
PEREDIL dated and letter Armenian (Caucasus), Late 19° Early 20°. Technical features/ Wool velvet on wool foundations. A jagged, anthracite and marine abrasive field hosts a typical Pérépédil carpet decoration. Thus six "Kindjals" with ram's horn-shaped guard frame nine small ivory octagonal medallions with geometric entomological shapes. They are completed by three central 'Kotchaks' and twenty-two stylised volatiles in a row. Flowers, small "S", Medes stars, gems and insects complete the decoration. The main ivory border is made up of stylised cruciform flowers placed on branches, and is flanked by two counter-borders, a rose with a two-coloured undulating ribbon and another sky with polychrome flowers. An ivory cartouche indicates its date of manufacture in 1903 and the combined Armenian letter attests to the origin of the weaver or the recipient of the carpet. Collector's item. Good condition. Dimensions: 86 x 121cm Bibliography : - Battenberg antiquitäten katalogue, "Orientteppiche", Part 1: Kaukasische teppiche by Doris EDER, pages 328 to 335
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