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THIS quote is from the collector who purchased the third item below, the kecimihtsu cicim prayer rug.
Dear Valerie,
The carpet arrived. It is very ineressant and in good conditions. I am very happy. I am very pleased of our collaboration.
All the best.
Pierluigi Quadri----Messaggi----Messaggio originale----
Da: vj@vanishingtextiles.com Data:
03.07.2010 1.57
Oggetto: RE: RE:
Kecimihtsu kilim (Prayer cicim, Inventory n. 101)o originale----
STILL AVAILABLE. A pictorial rug from Morocco AND a Senna kilim from Azerbaijan, a kilim from the nearby Bakhtiyaris used as a clothes wrapper to the communal bath; a dowry kilim from Afghanistan; a Chinese knotted pictorial rug. From the Western Hemisphere an abstract rug in natural colors; an amusing Andean pictorial and an early trading post Navajo rug.
Everything is available for purchase
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SMALL RUGS
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Inventory Number : 2485
Mixed technique mat
Origin: Morocco
Size: 2'4"X2'5"
Age: 330-40 year old.
Wool. Brocading with rows of cotton tufting.
Condition: Excellent.
Small figure in center left might be the weaver herself .
Price: $225.
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Inventory Number : 865
Cicim small rug
Origin: Turkey.
Size: 2'6""X2'10"
Age: mid-20th c.
Wool. Banded plain weave with brocading.
Condition: Good.
Vegetal dyes. A charmer.
Price: $295. |
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Inventory Number : 101
Kecimihtsu kilim. Prayer cicim
Origin: Turkey. Central Anatolia , near Konya
Size: 4'8"X5'2"
Age: early 20th c.
Wool. Plain weave with (cicim) brocading.
Condition: very good.
This cicim design with its stacked mihrabs ending in cypress trees has been woven in this village for centuries. The cypress tree is a religious symbol for the dervish sects of the region appearing on gravestones and on their pointed caps. A collectable kilim.
Price: upon request |
SMALL RUGS - IRAN
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.Inventory #: 1494
Cicim small rug with tufting
Origin: Turkey Size: 2'10"X4'
The dedication of its maker is apparent in the bright silken yarn tufts. Probably for a daughter's dowry. . See CU for tufting.
Price: $325. |
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Inventory Number :2981
Cicim mat
Origin: Turkey.
Size: 2'9"X1'9"
Age: mid-20th c.
Wool. Plain weave with spot brocading.
Condition: very good.
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Price: $100. |
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Inventory Number: 703
Senna Kilim:
Origin:NW Iran. Azerbaijan
Age: mid 20th c..
Size: 4'2"X6'
Wool warp.wool weft.
Eccentric (curvilinear) tapestry weave.
Condition: Fine.
Woven by settled weavers in Azerbaijan, this is one of the most traditional and celebrated of kiim designs. The strong diamond medallion emerges from the intricate figures of the field.
PRICE: $850 |
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Inventory Number: 1952
Kilim: rukorsi
Origin: Iran. Luri
Age: mid 20th c..
Size: 4'3"X4'10"
Wool warp.wool weft.
Dovetailed tapestry weave.
Condition: Very good.
Brazier cover-used as a communal lap robe to confine the heat while family members sat on sides of the brazier. The design on a camel field is a central cruciform or "eye of life" shape.
Would make a striking hanging and is sturdy enough for the floor, a lovely rug for an entry hall..
PRICE: $850 |
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Inventory Number: 3837
Mat. Afghanistan
Tapestry Weave. Wool.
Size : 21" x 27"
Price : 60.00 |
SMALL RUGS - EUROPE
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Inventory Number: 4036
Cover
Origin: Greece. Metsovo(?)
Age: 3d quarter 20th c.
Size: 4'X6'
Wool.
Twill weave. Reversible. Woven in two parts.
Woven in a peasant culture, this is a charming piece of folk art.
It could be used on the floor on top of a carpet, as a throw at the bottom of a bed or couch, or as a hanging.
PRICE: $175 |
SMALL RUGS - CENTRAL ASIA
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Inventory Number: 3725
Dowry kilim
Origin: Northern Afghanistan. Uzbeki
Size: 4'X6'
Age: 3d quarter 20th c.
Wool.Double wefted warp. Vegetal dyes..
Brocading on plain weave. Soumak details.
Condition: Very good.
The overall design motif is the rams' horn, an important symbol in Turkmen and Uzbeki textiles.
This was probably hung as a divider during the marriage ceremonies and remained as a separator between bride and groom's sections of the tent for the tradition of a year.
Price: $900. |
SMALL RUGS - EASTERN ASIA
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Inventory Number: 1562
ANTIQUE CHINESE RUG (FRAGMENT)
2’2”X2’6”
Age: early 19th c.
Northeastern China
Condition: Excellent pile (all four sides cut)
Wool knotted pile on cotton foundation
This is a fragment; a full medallion from an antique Chinese
carpet.
In lustrous wool of deepest blue with lighter blue and ivory
motifs of traditional eternal knot and garlands.
Price: $400.
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Inventory Number:4500
Knotted rug
Origin: China
Size 2'8"X4'10"' Wool pile (Persian knot) on cotton foundation.
Age: 1930s.
Condition: Excellent.
This is a charming pictorial rug, its subject matter of an elderly rider in a traditional landscape, could be taken from
an antique screen..
Price: $420.
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SMALL RUGS - NORTH AFRICA
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Inventory Number: 2493
Saddle rug, called Hanbel
Origin: Morocco. Middle Atlas mountains
Size: 3'X5'
Age: 3d quarter 20th c.
Wool. Some cotton in the supplementary weft.
Weft faced. Weft substitution weave.
This was woven by a woman of the Zemmour tribe. The motifs in the intricate patterning have meaning for the weavers; the zigzag motifs are symbols of water.
Condition:Excellent
Price: $350. MISSING |
SMALL RUGS - WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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Inventory Number: 1669
Rug.
Origin: Mexico, San Miguel de Allende
Age: Woven in 1973.
Size: 3'2X5'3"
Wool.
Undyed natural sheep colors. Dovetailed tapestry weave.
The abstract design reflects the training of the weaver, an
American living in San Miguel, but the shapes are influenced
by Mexican motifs.
Condition:Excellent
PRICE: $450 |
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Inventory Number: 4145
Folk rug
Origin: Peru. Andes.
Size: 4'8"X5'7"
Age: 3d quarter (?) 20th c.
Wool weft, Woolcotton warp
Tapestry weave.
Condition: very good
Woven in a village in the Andes, possibly by a Cayamarca or Ayacucho weaver. The Indian woman is depicted in her verdant landscape surrounded by mountains. This charming folk art rug would make a striking hanging in a public, professional or residential space.
Price: $750. |
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Inventory Number : 58
Navajo Rug
Origin: Southwest USA
Size: 3'10"X5'4"
Age: c. 1905
Wool. Tapestry Weave
Condition: very good.
The two stacked diamond medallions and the other symbols in the field are typical Navajo design elements; the border might have been influenced by Oriental Rug designs - which the trading posts, particularly the Hubley Trading Post, asked for from the weaver.
Price: $900. |
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Inventory #: 964
NAVAJO Throw
Size:2'3"X2'8"
Homespun wooL.
c. 1920s
Price: $190 |
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