Turkish carpet, attributed to Bergama (Western Anatolia), ea - Lot 361

Lot 361
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3000 - 4000 EUR
Turkish carpet, attributed to Bergama (Western Anatolia), ea - Lot 361
Turkish carpet, attributed to Bergama (Western Anatolia), early 20th century. 3,16 m x 5 m (some holes, weft and warp visible in places, broken parts, bangs to be revised). This lot was described by Elisabeth Floret The decoration of this carpet is made up of large octagonal geometrical motifs and rows of small octagonal medallions with interlacing borders alternating with octagons with cruciform motifs, sometimes four-lobed, This important carpet is a replica of a "Holbein" carpet, named after the painter Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) who represented this type of carpet in the 16th century. Holbein carpets were attributed for decades to Bergama in Anatolia and their production continued until recent times. This carpet was probably made after the great success of the Islamic art exhibitions of the early 20th century in Paris, Vienna and Berlin. It is on this occasion and thanks to the initiative of great curators such as Wilhem von Bode of the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin, or Gaston Migeon of the Louvre Museum that the public became aware of these objects. Jens Krôger in The Sky in a Carpet. Exhibition Arab World Institute and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon. 2005. p.58-62 S.Day in The Art of the Carpet in the World. Mengès. 1996. p.70
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