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Technique: Hand-Woven
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Dance Skirt Panel, Kuba, D.R.Congo
A wonderful, almost op-art Kuba dance skirt panel with an appliqued design of four squared spirals. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Flower Lattice Design Natural Dyed Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The design source of the carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. This rug with the central star was designed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Shrubs in Lattice Rug Kurdish Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.6. This is one of the most popular and ubiquitous lattice designs of 18th century rugs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Modern Design Gabbeh Rug, Persian Mid-Century Design Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This Gabbeh rug, designed in the 1930s, is a type of handwoven rug that originated from Iran, specifically from the southwestern region known as Fars. The word “Gabbeh” itself means ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Yea Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large neutral Yea- Navajo weaving is in fine condition. It is in unusual colors.
Category
Early 20th Century American Navajo Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
21st Century Empty Pocket Woven Regenerated Leather Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Lovely Pinetti round wash clothes holder, part of Almeria collection.
Four different water resistant sizes fixed at the end with chrome pins. The woven...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Antique Konya Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Natural Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large size, Central Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his acco...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Kilim Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Woven African Tribal Bogalan Mud Cloth Textile
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handwoven Bogolan mud cloth textile from Mali, Africa, Bambara.
It is a handwoven tribal cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Woven Afr...
Category
20th Century Malian Folk Art Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Kurdish Runner Rug, Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Kurdish Runner Rug from the Eastern Anatolia region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Anatolian Kurdish rugs are handwoven rugs that originate from t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
19th C. Popcorn Maker Figural "Toasty Roasty" American, Circa 1893, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
In all original clothing and condition, this very rare Authentic "Punch" looking figural, of American manufacture, would have been atop a popcorn maker o...
Category
1890s American Victorian Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Antique Shirvan Caucasian Pictorial Rug
Located in New York, NY
AN intermediate square size antique Caucasian shirvan pictorial rug
circa 1875. Measures: 4'1" x 4'9''.
Category
19th Century Russian Campaign Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ararat Rugs Anatolian Yastik Rug Revival Turkish Wagireh Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This small piece exhibits a forceful design on a small scale in a small area. These kinds of small Turkish yastiks or mats are found which contain an extraordinary amount of power wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Antique Classic Moki Style Navajo Wearing Blanket, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century classic Moki style Navajo wearing blanket.
The Moki pattern is one of the oldest designs in Navajo weaving and can be traced ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Navajo Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Woven Folk Art Wedding Tapestry with Flowers and Horses, 1760
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Scandinavian woven Folk Art wedding wall decoration tapestry, 1760
Dated 1760 and monogrammed OHW/HPS.
The tapestry is decorated mostly in red and yellow colors, with flowers and...
Category
18th Century Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Pablo Picasso Woman with Guitar Limited Edition Vintage EGE Art Line Rug Denmark
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and hard to find vintage EGE Art Line Scandinavian (Denmark) Pablo Picasso rug based on his work "Woman With Guitar".
This work was part of...
Category
1990s Danish Modern Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Bayburt Kilim East Anatolia Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Bayburt region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The deep green in the central field is particularly impressive and ...
Category
Early 19th Century Turkish Kilim Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs the Alaeddin Mosque Clouds Carpet Seljuk Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the carpet comes from the book Orient Stars Collection, Anatolian Tribal Rugs 1050-1750, Michael Franses, Hali Publications Ltd, 2021 fig.27. This 13th century carpet i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Vintage Navajo Weaving Decorative Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful custom made Navajo weaving pillows. Nice bright colors. (red, white, and blue) new down and feather inserts.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a vintage Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Sarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Zabihi Collection Dionne quintuplets Antique American Hooked Mat Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th-century American hooked rug depicting the Dionne quintuplets. The quintuplets were born May 28, 1934, and are the first to survive th...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
21st Century Demetra Washcloth Holder Regenerated Leather Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Lovely Pinetti round wash clothes holder, part of Almeria collection.
Four different water resistant sizes fixed at the end with chrome pins. The woven...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Old Adana Kilim Southern Anatolian Carpet Turkish Rug Central Anatolian Style
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Southern Anatolian made in two halves of old Kilim from the Adana region. It has a rare and beautiful color composition, similar to central Anatolian motifs and design.
Ad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Yei Navajo Indian Weaving Large Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Navajo Indian weaving Yei pillow with cotton linen pillow.This large pillow is down & feather fill.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Navajo Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Malatya Kilim Cuval Rug Wool Goat Hair Chuval Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Vintage Chuval Kilim from the Malatya region with wool & Goat hair threads and a rare, beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Flower Lattice Design DoorMat Entrance Mat
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The design source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. This rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a flower lattice pattern taken from a part of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Urbane Curve Light Coral Pink Tint 180x270 cm Hand Tufted Rug
By JAIPUR RUGS
Located in Milano, IT
Immerse your space in the enchanting allure of this beautiful rug from our exclusive Aprezo collection. The streamlined pattern unfolds like a visual journey, drawing the eyes in wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Native American Navajo Handwoven Green, Beige and Brown Rug Blanket
Located in Studio City, CA
A nicely made, handwoven Navajo rug.
Would be a nice addition to your Native American collection or eye-catching accent piece.
Dimensions: 38" high, 48" wide.
Category
20th Century American Native American Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Tribal Woman's Tunic, Karen People, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century tribal woman's tunic, Karen People, Burma
A nice, graphic example of a woman's blouse from the Karen ethnic group in Burma/Myanmar. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Tribal Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
4.7x10.4 Ft Handmade Tulu Runner Rug, 100% Wool Pile, Custom Options Available
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A contemporary hand knotted TULU (Turkish word for soft, cozy, high pile) rug made of fine hand-spun and hand-dyed lambswool.
It is partly hand knotted (with pile) and partly flat-w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rashwan Malatya Kilim Rug Wool Old Vintage Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Rashwan, Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The difference in dyeing on the left and right sides is proof t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Antique Mihrab Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Handwoven Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian Antique Mihrab Kilim with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and textures that are ...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Zabihi Collection American Hooked Accent Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
Description
An American hooked accent-size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century
Details
rug no. j3607
size 4' 4" x 5' 9" (132 x 175 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
Ararat Rugs the Divrigi Ulu Mosque Wagireh Carpet Seljukrevival Rug Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the carpet comes from the book Turkish Carpets from the 13th – 18th centuries, Ahmet Ertug, 1996 pl.16. This 15th-century carpet is from Ulu Mosque, Divrigi Sivas regio...
Category
2010s Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Rattan Basket Dayak Tribe Hand-Woven from Kalimantan, Borneo, Mid 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This mid-20th century hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres and an ironwood frame and rim. These baskets were used to carry leaves, f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Ikat Textile from Dayak Tribe, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations amid the Dayak Tribes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Zabihi Collection Abstract American Hooked Scatter Square Rug
Located in New York, NY
A compelling Mid-20th Century American hooked rug.
Measures: 2'11" x 3'2''.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Primitive Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
Eastern Anatolia Old Antep Cecim Jijim Kilim Eastern Anatolia Turkish Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Eastern Anatolian vintage made in two halves of old Cecim ( Cicim or Jijim) Kilim from the Gaziantep region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This town lies ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Lattice Pattern Design Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to have been used as weaver`s aids, or for demonstration purposes, made as a template or pattern for the carpet design and production of larger rugs, they are generally small pieces of the size of a scatter rug or mat.
Mamluk carpets originated in a physical environment that lacked the combination of abundant marginal grazing land and a temperate climate with cool winters that were common to most carpet-weaving areas in the Islamic world. While related to a broader tradition of Turkish weaving centered in Anatolia, far to the north, the designs of these carpets include atypical elements, such as stylized papyrus plants, that are deeply rooted in Egyptian tradition. Their unusual composition and layout probably represent an attempt to develop a distinctive product that could in effect establish a “Mamluk brand” in the lucrative European export market. The uncharacteristic color scheme—devoid of the undyed white pile and employing a limited range of three or five hues in much the same value—also suggests a conscious attempt to create a particular stylistic identity. Also virtually unique in the world of Islamic carpets is the S-spun wool. It has been argued that the tradition of clockwise wool spinning originated in Egypt because of the earlier Egyptian tradition of spinning flax into linen thread. Details of the plant’s botanical structure make it impossible to spin flax fiber in the more common counterclockwise direction utilized throughout the Middle East for wool and cotton.
Mamluk carpets with the color combinations seen in the Simonetti are now generally accepted as part of an earlier tradition that has many links to the weaving of Anatolia, Iran, and Syria. The “three-color” Mamluk carpets, well represented in the Metropolitan’s collection, represent a later development that continued well after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Many such carpets may have been produced well into the seventeenth century, and possibly even later. (Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011]). The design of the rug is interpreted by our designers from our Mamlouk-type rugs collection and soft colors are used for this rug.
Color summary: 3 colors in total;
Moss Green 27 (Spurge – Indigo)
Mount Olive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Geometric Design Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This geometric lattice pattern rug has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme-designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Antique Persian Kerman Carpet
Located in Port Washington, NY
Antique Kerman carpet, 12 x 18'10"
This master crafted Persian Laver Kerman carpet exemplifies the profound understanding of the artistic principles of balance and harmony that ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ararat Rugs Palmettes and Flowers Lattice Carpet with Bidjar Border Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug from the Bidjar region, Eastern Kur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Memling Gul Kazak Rug, 19th C. Caucasian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Tapis du Caucase – Rugs of the Caucasus, Ian Bennett & Aziz Bassoul, The Nicholas Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon 2003, nr.24 and Oriental R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Iroquois Storage Basket, Circa 1900
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Iroquois hand woven splint lidded storage basket with big ring handles at both sides and contrasting natural and black stained design pat...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Reed
Ararat Rugs Diamond and Flowers Lattice Wagireh Rug Modern Turkish Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This rug’s design is composed of diamond and flower rows pattern, filling the field elegantly. These kinds of rugs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Mounted Early 20th Century Mende Country Cloth
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Mende handwoven Country Cloth composed of twelve narrow strips of indigo and cream dyed cotton and arranged to create a checkerboard pattern, and hand ...
Category
Early 20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Early Navajo Geometric Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine reversible Navajo Indian weaving is in very good condition. One side is faded or muted in colors.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ararat Rugs Mina Khani Rug with Bidjar Border Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dye
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The design source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.4. This was an exclusive example of a Mina Khani ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ikat Textile from Flores Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Flores, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. This textile is tubular for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Silk Moroccan Boho-Chic Flatweave Rug In A Slate Blue Shade
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Moroccan Folk Kilim flatweave from the late 20th century. Slate blue, yellow, red, black, and white are among the hues on this pileless flat Moroccan tribal carpet-textile ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug Lattice Pattern Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to have been used as weaver`s aids, or for demonstration purposes, made as a template or pattern for the carpet design and production of larger rugs, they are generally small pieces of the size of a scatter rug or mat.
Mamluk carpets originated in a physical environment that lacked the combination of abundant marginal grazing land and a temperate climate with cool winters that were common to most carpet-weaving areas in the Islamic world. While related to a broader tradition of Turkish weaving centered in Anatolia, far to the north, the designs of these carpets include atypical elements, such as stylized papyrus plants, that are deeply rooted in Egyptian tradition. Their unusual composition and layout probably represent an attempt to develop a distinctive product that could in effect establish a “Mamluk brand” in the lucrative European export market. The uncharacteristic color scheme—devoid of the undyed white pile and employing a limited range of three or five hues in much the same value—also suggests a conscious attempt to create a particular stylistic identity. Also virtually unique in the world of Islamic carpets is the S-spun wool. It has been argued that the tradition of clockwise wool spinning originated in Egypt because of the earlier Egyptian tradition of spinning flax into linen thread. Details of the plant’s botanical structure make it impossible to spin flax fiber in the more common counterclockwise direction utilized throughout the Middle East for wool and cotton.
Mamluk carpets with the color combinations seen in the Simonetti are now generally accepted as part of an earlier tradition that has many links to the weaving of Anatolia, Iran, and Syria. The “three-color” Mamluk carpets, well represented in the Metropolitan’s collection, represent a later development that continued well after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Many such carpets may have been produced well into the seventeenth century, and possibly even later. (Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011]). The design of the rug is interpreted by our designers from our Mamlouk-type rugs collection and soft colors are used for this rug.
Color summary: 3 colors in total;
Moss Green 27 (Spurge – Indigo)
Mount...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug Lattice Pattern Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to have been used as weaver`s aids, or for demonstration purposes, made as a template or pattern for the carpet design and production of larger rugs, they are generally small pieces of the size of a scatter rug or mat.
Mamluk carpets originated in a physical environment that lacked the combination of abundant marginal grazing land and a temperate climate with cool winters that were common to most carpet-weaving areas in the Islamic world. While related to a broader tradition of Turkish weaving centered in Anatolia, far to the north, the designs of these carpets include atypical elements, such as stylized papyrus plants, that are deeply rooted in Egyptian tradition. Their unusual composition and layout probably represent an attempt to develop a distinctive product that could in effect establish a “Mamluk brand” in the lucrative European export market. The uncharacteristic color scheme—devoid of the undyed white pile and employing a limited range of three or five hues in much the same value—also suggests a conscious attempt to create a particular stylistic identity. Also virtually unique in the world of Islamic carpets is the S-spun wool. It has been argued that the tradition of clockwise wool spinning originated in Egypt because of the earlier Egyptian tradition of spinning flax into linen thread. Details of the plant’s botanical structure make it impossible to spin flax fiber in the more common counterclockwise direction utilized throughout the Middle East for wool and cotton.
Mamluk carpets with the color combinations seen in the Simonetti are now generally accepted as part of an earlier tradition that has many links to the weaving of Anatolia, Iran, and Syria. The “three-color” Mamluk carpets, well represented in the Metropolitan’s collection, represent a later development that continued well after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Many such carpets may have been produced well into the seventeenth century, and possibly even later. (Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011]). The design of the rug is interpreted by our designers from our Mamlouk-type rugs collection and soft colors are used for this rug.
Color summary: 3 colors in total;
Moss Green 27 (Spurge – Indigo)
Mount Olive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Two Medallions Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the Baillet-Latour Mamluk Carpet, Vienna Book(1892) and Sarre-Trenkwald(1926, pl.48). That carpet was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamlu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Navajo Indian Eye Dazzler Weaving Bolster Pillows, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These fine geometric eye dazzler pillows are in a golden rod color and trimmed in black. The back ground is in a natural color. The backing is in natural cotton linen. Down and feath...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Geometric Design Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This geometric lattice pattern design rug has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme-designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Noblewoman's Ceremonial Overskirt, Kuba People
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Noblewoman’s Ceremonial Overskirt
Shoowa People, DR Congo
Mid 20th century
Raffia, palm fiber, stem stitch and cut pile embroidery
42.5 x 2 ins. (108 x 51 cm)
An unusual overskirt ...
Category
1950s Congolese Tribal Vintage Hand-Woven Folk Art
Materials
Raffia
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