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Ushak Medaillon Carpet
Lost Art-ID
583014
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Western Anatolia)
Title
Ushak Medaillon Carpet
Dating
1525-1550 (c.)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Fabric (Wool) / knotted
Width
245.00 cm
Length
550.00 cm
Description
large woolen knotted carpet, on a dark blue ground red medallions and light blue stars in repeat, the ground patterned with a plain yellow tendril, red border with gabled arabesque tendril (description see catalogue Graupe, 1935, lot 684)
1932 to 1934 exhibited on loan in the Islamic Art Department of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Berlin
Provenance
Alfred Cassirer, Berlin (until 1932); Eva Cassirer, Berlin; as part of a loan in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Berlin, Islamic Department (until 1934); 26 January 1935 auction at Paul Graupe, Berlin, lot 684; Heinrich Freiherr Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfaly (in Villa Favoritta quite certainly 1941) (died 1947); private collection in inheritance; C. S., London; O. K., London; 24 April 1996 Sotheby's auction, lot 253; location known
(information on purchaser's name may be provided by the declarant if necessary)
Literature / Source
Graupe Aktion Katalog, Versteigerung 138, 26. Januar 1935, lot 684 (mit Abb.) (Datierung ins 17. Jh.); Feulner Adolf, Stiftung Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz, III Teil, Lugano, Casagnola, Villa Favoritta, 1941, Nr. 656, p. 192, pl. 88; Erdmann Kurt, Der Türkische Teppiche des 15. Jahrhundert, Istanbuk University, Istanbul, 1957; Erdmann Kurt, Die Geschichte des Frühen Türkische Teppichs, Oguz Press, London 1977; Erdmann Kurt, The History of the Early Turkish Carpet, translated by Robert Pinner, Oguz Press, London 1977, pl. 34; Katalog Sotheby´s London, 24 April 1996, lot 253 (with structure analysis)
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