A Kis Ghiordes rug, West Anatolia,

The vinery-filled spandrels and unusual placement of design motifs in this rug appear more freely drawn than those of most Kis Ghiordes rugs such other examples that have appeared auction including lot 23, Christie's London, 14 February 2001 and in Carpets from the Estate of Vojtech Blau, Sotheby's New York, 14 December 2006, lot 95.  In the rug offered here, the border is most similar to that of a 17th century "Transylvanian" rug in the Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu, see Ionescu, Stefano, Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania, Rome 2005, cat. 124, p. 132.  It is therefore likely that this rug does predate most of the rugs of the Kis Ghiordes type that are known.