A Central Anatolian long rug,

Pile is generally low to knotheads with a few areas of pile high to approximately 1/10 of an inch. Scattered foldwear throughout, some repaired foldwear slits into sides. Minor reweaves along edges of guard borders, with the largest reweave being 1/2in. by 2in. in size on left side. Numerous long thin reweaves, possibly repaired slits, in field, with the longest being approximately 1in. by 2,5ft. Some scattered minor repiling. Missing side guard stripes, sides now partially missing selvage and partially reselvaged. Ends missing a few rows of knots. Recommend securing sides and ends. Supple handle, respectable condition for age. Will enhance with careful restoration.
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The design of repeating octagonal medallions enclosing stylized tulip blossoms framed by hooks and flanked by tulips is typical to rugs from Karapinar. Highly stylized and angular in drawing, these works display a true village interpretation of Ottoman court motifs. The lot offered here is dated 1174 (1756), a time when weavers at both court and village workshops throughout the Ottoman Empire started to create rugs with more intricate compositions. The abundant use of design elements and their complex arrangement in this rug illustrates this tendency among Turkish weavers of the mid-eighteenth century. Karapinar rugs with similar design were sold Sotheby's New York, June 11, 2008, lots 17 and 53, both formerly in the collection of David Sylvester. Other similar Karapinar weavings can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Kirchheim Collection, see respectively M. S. Dimand and Jean Mailey, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, fig. 212 and Heinrich Kirchheim, et al, Orient Stars, Stuttgart and London, 1993, pl. 170.