Antique Star Variant Rug
N°
02509
Period
Circa 1780
Origin
Bergama, Western Anatolia
Materials
Wool
Status
Sold
Size
203 cm x 187 cm6'7" x 6'1"
A rare early western Anatolian rug with a pattern derived from 16th/17th century Ushak ’Star Variant’ rugs, defined by a central quincuncial motif flanked above and below by a diamond-shaped element. The star and palmette border with stylised tracery is characteristic of this restricted group of Bergama rugs with early Ottoman field patterns.
E. Herrmann, Seltene Orientteppiche VI, Munich 1984, n. 9.