Vintage Turkish Sparta Carpet

The sand ground displays a pie crust edged oval medallion with an ivory centre, all set amid flowering branches ending in volute-petal tulips, and set within ivory, arabesque corners...

This all-geometric large scatter is a large copy of the Shulaver type Kazaks with an active filling of small elements in flattened hexagons along the center and in the triangular sid...

The light brown field is patterned with a Persianate all-over palmette, vase and stem pattern. The style continues into the red-brown border of long-petal palmettes and corner rosettes.

ref 86870

ref 84214

ref B3137

This vintage Sparta carpet from western Turkey, circa 1935, utilizes a traditional overall Herati pattern on an ivory field within a rose-colored border....

:: Center medallion with elongated finials of seeded design motif also enveloping the perimeter of the main medallion wrapped by a continuous vine floral blossom and bud design motif atop an abrashed field. Colors and shades include: Faded raspberry red, pink, ruby red grapefruit, dusty powder blue, slate blue, dusty gold, cherry red, pale bronze, and more. Condition notes: Even wear across to knot heads with faint foundation showing through. Most of the original side cord selvages are intact or restored. Fully secured sides and ends. For processing purposes, this and other rugs of the type may have painted numbers on the reverse side. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Turkish Sparta carpet...

:: Center medallion with concentric minor medallions filled with starburst floral design elements wrapped by scrolling arabesques adorned at either end by lantern like finials atop a...

Quatrefoil shield-like center medallion with oversize finials atop an open field with abrashes across. Corner spandrel overlays reciprocate the contour of the main medallion. Colors ...

:: Concentric center medallion with interior scrolling tendrils and arabesques atop an open field with corner spandrels overlays loosely reciprocating the contour of the main medalli...

:: Roundel center medallion in starburst relief adorned at either end by trefoil finials with interior floral cross-sections atop an open field with corner spandrel overlays reciproc...