A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG

Lot 183
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 183 | A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD KOUM KAPI RUG

SIGNED HAGOP KAPOUDJIAN, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1900

Full silk pile, oxidized gold and silver metal-thread, overall excellent condition

6ft. x 4ft.3in. (183cm. x 129cm.)





Provenance

George Farrow, personal catalogue, 1991



Literature

George Farrow and Leonard Harrow, Hagop Kapoudjian: the First and Greatest Master of the Kum Kapi School, London, 1993, p.21, cat.no. MWI 2



Inscribed

Hagop Kapoudjian's initials appear woven in pile in Armenian and Latin letters in six places
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