A large hand-knotted Ottoman carpet, c.1905, owned by Gertrude Bell

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£ 4 826
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21.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 197 | A large hand-knotted Ottoman carpet, c.1905, owned by Gertrude Bell
A large Ottoman carpet owned by Gertrude Bell, possibly Iraq or Syria, dated 1905

hand-knotted carpet, approximately 303 by 306cm., with the date 1905

A LARGE DECORATIVE CARPET ONCE BELONGING TO THE GREAT TRAVELLER, ARCHAEOLOGIST AND DIPLOMATIST GERTRUDE BELL.

Bell (1868–1926) was an English polymath, who travelled extensively in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia. At her death she was commemorated as a brilliant public servant, who helped to shape the post-war settlement in the Middle East and in particular the creation of the kingdom of Iraq. H. St J. Philby called her "the maker of Iraq" and reflected that if Feisal's kingdom survived the vicissitudes of time, "it will stand forth in history a monument to her genius, to the versatility of her knowledge and influence, and to the practical idealism tempered with honest opportunism which were the outstanding characteristics of a remarkable Englishwoman" (ONDB).
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