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Antique large Ushak carpet

Circa 1890
500 × 400 cm 16’4” x 13’1”
£ POA
£ POA

Description

A fantastic Antique large Ushak carpet.  A wonderful open design with a beautiful soft ground and border. The carpet is in very good condition with original ends and selvedges.  Ushaks were woven in Western Anatolia which was one of the largest rug production areas since the Ottoman Empire.  Their designs tend to be more open than Persian rugs and soft dyes are not uncommon.

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 Younger Ushaks or Oushaks will be rich red in colour and use bolder geometric designs.

This Anatolian carpet has an almost contemporary feel to it and would work in a modern space as well as traditional.  The condition is very good, with a high wool pile all over which we have cleaned and the ends and fringes are secured.  The design in the main field is almost hidden as the colours are so mellow having faded over 100 years.

Ushak rugs and carpets were woven in the Anatolian highlands south of Istanbul where they used extremely soft wool and using the larger turkish knot made them weave more open designs than Persian carpets. They are increasingly desirable today due to their sometimes softer palette than persian carpets, thus making them easy to place in a drawing room or under a dining table.

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