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Lot 1426
Unusual Turkman Carpet Emirate of Bukhara The pale aubergine field with three rows of nine large guls enclosed by borders of octagons containing hooked motifs between mirror borders and barber pole guard stripes, the elams with stepped medallions, 309cm by 195cm See illustration The main gul is clearly of the Tekke tribe. However, the elams suggest a Yomut origin indicating a possible Yomut bride marrying into the Tekke tribe.
Lot 1465
A Fine Saroukh Carpet West Persia The abrashed cherry red field with central medallion surrounded by numerous trees, plants, figures and animals enclosed by wide ivory borders of palmettes, birds between double meandering vine guard stripes and pale lemon outer guard stripes, 450cm by 390cm See illustration Provenance: Whixley Hall and Arkendale Hall
Lot 1476
A Very Fine Tabriz Carpet Persian Azerbaijan The field depicting naturalistic hunting scenes enclosed by similar mushroom coloured borders between double floral guard stripes, woven on silk, the field with seven inscription panels of classical Persian poetry relating to the hero Hahram`s hunting adventures, 285cm by 189cm See illustration
Lot 1482
Fine Ziegler Mahal Carpet The ice blue field with an allover lattice design of palmettes and flowerheads enclosed by madder borders of leafy scrolling vines between narrow guard stripes, 356cm by 254cm See illustration Provenance: Elveden Hall, Suffolk, 1894-1984, sold Christie`s Elveden House sale 1984, lot 1987. The present Elveden Hall was designed by Sir John Norton in the 1850`s as the home for Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Sikh Emperor who was deposed by the British in the Punjab in 1849. Perhaps the Maharaja is most famed for his `gift` of the Koh i Noor diamond to Queen Victoria. Following Duleep Singh`s death in 1893, the estate was bought by Sir Edward Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh. The house was lavishly refurbished in 1894. Purchases included twenty-three Ziegler carpets, then considered to be the finest Oriental carpets on the market. Elveden Hall remained virtually unused by the Guinness family until a decision was reached to sell the contents in 1984. Many of the larger Ziegler carpets sold for prices in excess of £30,000 each and re-established Ziegler carpets as the most sought after weavings on the market. Today the house remains empty but is occasionally used as a film set. Zieglers, a Manchester based firm dealing in the export of cotton, established offices in Turkey and Iran during the third quarter of the 19th century. The firm opened an office in Sultanabad, West Iran in the 1870`s and quickly moved into carpet production. Zieglers organised weaving on a cottage industry basis. They supplied local weavers with loans, looms, cotton, wool and dyes. New designs were commissioned and old ones adapted specifically to suit European and American homes. Strict quality control was enforced and sub-standard pieces were rejected. Today Ziegler carpets are still considered the most desirable weavings on the market.
Lot 590
[Verbeek, Gustave]. The Upside Downs of Old Man Muffaroo and Little Lady Lovekins [cover-title], The New York Herald Co., 1904, 16pp. col. printed comic strip, soiled and torn with numerous adhesive tape repairs, one leaf with loss to fore-margin, contemp. cloth-backed boards, with printed labels on cover, rubbed and soiled, oblong folio. Rare. Containing: The Magic Carpet; The Bad Boy and the Stone; At the House of the Writing Pig; The Danger of Having an Idea; A Fruit Stealing Expedition; And the Cat Came Back; An Eventful Easter; The Story of the Stork; The Goose that Land a Golden Egg; A Narrow Escape; A Fish Story; The Fairy Palace; The Bird, the Berries and the Basket; An Old Story with a New Ending; The Negro and the Watermelon. (1)
Lot 45
An early 20th century mahogany dressing chest (as viewed, flanking mirror plates missing), and a late 19th century commode fashioned as a small chest of drawers with hinged carpet lined top and small brown ceramic castors (57cms wide, as viewed, interior incomplete) and a mid 20th century walnut veneered sideboard in Art Deco style.
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