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Click here to subscribeë Mary A. Millington Mannin (c.1800-1864) Portrait of Sir Francis Charles Edward Denys-Burton as a young man, half length in a dark coat Rectangular in an enclosed giltwood frame 100 x 75mm Provenance: Sotheby’s, 12th July 71, Denys Trust sale, lot 42 ++Ivory/ivorine lightly rippled, a split lower centre, possibly some retouching
A Franz Hermle gilt bronze and porcelain three piece garniture set having a Louis XVI design. Ivory enameled face with floral garlands and Arabic numerals. Scrolled black hour and minute hands. Franz Hermle mechanical movement number 130-070. Urns depicting courting scenes. Dated stamped 1990.
Attractive Tabriz pictorial landscape rug, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 4ft. 6in. x 6ft. 10in. 1.37m. x 2.08m. Overall wear and some corrosion. An interesting rug woven in a soft palette depicting a stylized panorama of the mountainous hinterland around Kandovan village, Sahand Rural District, near Tabriz. Note the many flowering trees, particularly in the foreground of the rug and the light brown snake motif on the ivory mountain top third from the left hand side. Note also the pale blue main border with ivory cartouches depicting a mosque alternating with smaller ivory cartouches of garden scenes.
Attractive Karaja runner, north west Persia, late 19th century, 11ft. 4in. x 3ft. 4in. 3.45m. x 1.02m. Overall wear; holes and damage top left corner; crude repairs in places; fraying to selvedges. Note the archaic design of the ‘Karaja’ medallion in the dark blue field and the design of the ivory ground main border which is similar to that found on Talish rugs.
Three Baluchi runners, Khorasan, north east Persia, the first circa 1930s-1940s, 10ft. 4in. x 3ft. 3in. 3.15m. x 1m. Reweaves in places with patch to top end of field; small areas of old moth damage in places; small repaired splits. Lustrous wool and soft handle. The second with an ivory ‘boteh’ field, early 20th century, 9ft. 5in. x 2ft. 11in. 2.87m. x 0.89m. Overall wear; corrosion to browns; some mother damage; the third, circa 1930s-1940s 8ft. 3in. x 3ft. 3in. 2.51m. x 1m. Corrosion to browns and with moth damage in places; crease marks and losses to lower end. (3)
Impressive Ziegler carpet, Arak (Sultanabad) north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 19ft. 10in. x 14ft. 1in. 6.05m. x 4.28m. Overall even wear with corrosion to browns. Stunning all over design of large stylized flowerheads with small random animals and birds hiding among the blossom, around a central column of shield type floral motifs in a good range of colours on a soft red field enclosed by a wide floral pale blue/green main border; ivory to pale blue floral guards and plain soft red outer guard. See Bennett, I. Rugs & Carpets of the World, p. 233-234 for a short history of Ziegler carpets.
Attractive Sparta carpet, south west Anatolia, early 20th century, 17ft. 11in. x 11ft. 10in. 5.46m. x 3.60m. Some wear, slightly heavier in some places; cut to lower left border, crudely rejoined. Very finely woven with good design of central floral medallion with attractive multi-coloured centre; ivory main border and spandrels of well-drawn flowers and foliage.
Anatolian silk prayer mat, possibly Hereke, south west Anatolia, mid-20th century, 1ft. 5in. x 1ft. 11⁄2in. 0.48m. x 0.34m. Very finely woven with cypress trees and flowers in the dark blue/black mihrab with a rabbit to each side at the base, the ivory spandrels with flowering plants in soft colours.
Exceptional Melas prayer rug, west Anatolia, first half 19th century, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 8in. 1.50m. x 1.12m. Overall even wear; small reweaves; corrosion to browns. A very pretty prayer rug of superb colour including a pale yellow main border and terracotta mihrab with ivory spandrels above. Note the eight-pointed stars in the main border alternating with pairs of rosettes. Cf. Zipper & Fritzsche, op cit. pp. 64-65, pl. 65 for a very similar Star Melas dated circa 1800.
Ghiordes prayer rug, west Anatolia, 18th century, 5ft. 10in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.78m. x 1.27m. Overall wear, heavy in places; some reweaves and repairs. Now professionally sewn down on to linen backing. Note the pretty pale blue spandrels above the mihrab with heart shaped stylized floral motifs; the wide blue main floral border in place of the more usual narrow stripes; outer ivory guard of interesting archaic forms in a range of soft colours. Literature: Lefevre, Turkish Carpets, pl. 9; Turkish Republic Ministry of State, Turkish Handwoven Carpets, Catalogue 2, Pattern Code 0143; Zipper & Fritzsche, op. cit. p. 39 pl. 39 where all the examples show a very similar wide border.
Yomut Turkmen asmalyk, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 1ft. 11in. x 3ft. 7in. 0.59m. x 1.09m. With additional woollen tassels; plaited braid to three edges with three ties to the triangular shaped top. Note the all over erre gul design; the ashik motif ivory ground main border within running dog guards and the ivory ‘butterfly’ medallion outer guard.
Ersari Turkmen 3 x 4 gul chuval face, north east Afghanistan, about 1920s, 5ft. 2in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.58m. x 1.04m. Slight old moth damage in places; slight losses to lower elem. Note the flowering plants in the lower elem and the ‘C’ hook type details in ivory and yellow to the secondary guls. Together with an Ersari Turkmen 3 x 3 gul chuval face, north east Afghanistan, about 1920s, 3ft. 3in. x 5ft. 7in. 1m. x 1.79m. Overall wear; old moth damage in places. Remains of woollen loops to top edge. Note the flowering plants in the lower elem. (2)
Large attractive chuval face of mina khani design by the Ersari Turkmen of Beshir, south Turkmenistan, first half 19th century, 3ft. 3in. x 5ft. 9in. 1m. x 1.75m. Overall wear with losses to lower elem especially to the left corner; fraying to sides; thin in places; repaired kink to left lower side. Note that among the elegant flowering trees of the lower elem, curiously only one has been woven in ivory; the rest are in blue. A row of tiny comb motifs decorates the narrow top elem. A very good looking chuval face of somewhat archaic design. Lustrous wool and very soft handle. Cf. Mackie, L & Thompson, J. Turkmen, p. 176; pl. 89 for a similar face but of a later date.
Attractive Kazak small rug, south west Caucasus, circa 1880s, 5ft. 9in. x 3ft. 3in. 1.75m. x 1m. Overall wear with corrosion to browns; small reweaves in places. A fun rug of archaic design on a blue field within an ivory spaced stepped medallion main border; medachyl design end guards and ‘saw-tooth’ outer guards to long sides. Lustrous wool and good colour.
Five Anatolian kelims, all modern, the first with narrow centre pole medallion and ivory border, 5ft. 11in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.80m. x 1.07m.; the second a prayer kelim with gold spandrels above the mihrab, 5ft. 4in. x 3ft. 4in. 1.63m. x 1.02m.; the third, three diamond medallions on a narrow maroon field and pale blue border, 6ft. 3in. x 3ft. 1in.; the fourth: small prayer kelim with multiple borders, 5ft. 1in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.55m. x 1.07m. And the fifth with blue double medallion within ivory outline on a maroon field with wide ivory border, 7ft. x 3ft. 1in. 2.13m. x 0.94m. Sold as a collection with all faults not subject to return. (5)
Six khorjins, all but one Persian, all modern, comprising: Bakhtiari mixed technique flatweave with piled bases, 7ft. 7in. x 3ft. (opened out), 2.31m. x 0.91m.; double khorjin, mixed technique flatweave, 6ft. 5in. x 2ft. 9in. (closed) 1.96m. x 0.84m.; another double khorjin, flatweave, 5ft. 1in. x 2ft. 5in. (closed) 1.55m. x 0.74m.; large flatweave chuval, 2ft. 6in. x 4ft. 5in. 0.76m. x 1.35m.; a small Baluchi khorjin, piled face with central ivory medallion, plainweave back and Pakistan flatweave khorjin with cowrie shell decoration. Sold as a collection with all faults not subject to return. (6)
Three Baluchi rugs, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century; the first a prayer rug with camel field, 5ft. 9in. x 3ft. 2in. 1.75m. x 0.97m. Some wear with corrosion to browns; the second with ivory field with interesting ‘tree’ design, 5ft. 3in. x 2ft. 11in. 1.60m. x 0.89m. Some crease marks and corrosion to browns; the third with all over trellis design, 5ft. 11in. x 3ft. 7in. 1.80m. x 1.09m. Corrosion to browns and slight losses to ends. (3)
Exceptional silk wefted floral rug by the Kashkuli taifeh of the Qashqa’i Confederation, Fars, south west Persia, late 19th century, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 1in. 1.98m. x 1.25m. Small, highly professional reweaves in places. Hanging loops to left selvedge. Note the intricate design of the ivory spandrels; chequered piled ends with short tasselled braided fringe. Literature: Parham, C. Masterpieces of Fars Rugs, p. 87 pl. 22 for a discussion of Qashqa’i silk wefted rugs.
Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, early 20th century, 8ft. 1in. x 5ft. 7in. 2.46m. x 1.79m. Overall wear, heavy in places with corrosion to browns; some repairs/repiling; small holes; losses to ends. Note the wide ivory main border featuring archaic ‘mother and child’ boteh motifs.
Khamseh rug, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. x 5ft. 3in. 2.75m. x 1.60m. Overall wear; some crease marks; small crude repairs in places; slight losses to both ends; small holes and damage to lower end.; machine overcast selvedges. Note the animals and birds in three of the four central ivory medallions, the fourth medallion (2nd from the lower end) decorated only with geometric motifs; ivory linked medallion main border with a single blue animal or bird in the lower left corner.
Greek Island embroidery, probably Dodecanese, late 19th century, 118in. x 55in. 300cm. x 140cm. Open weave ground embroidered in a soft palette, the top third decorated with a prayer arch worked with flowerheads and ‘T’ bar motifs; the base with a rectangular panel decorated various abstract motifs within an ivory flowering plant border. The whole within a narrow pale blue floral border. And pink and ivory medachyl outer stripes. Overall wear; holes & repairs; pulled threads; surface marks in places. Remains of later hessian backing at both ends.
Interesting Chinese beige/stone coloured silk shawl, exquisitely embroidered in coloured silks with paeonies and other smaller flowers and pheasants; one end with two scenes of figures in a garden verandah; various figures, boats, horse drawn carriages and butterflies among the flowers and foliage in the border at the lower end, circa 1930s, 62in. x 59in. 158cm. x 150cm. With plaited silk fringing to all sides. Some surface marks; small holes and some pulled threads. Together with another Chinese ivory silk shawl embroidered in coloured silks with birds and flowers, circa 1930s, 51in. x 49in. 130cm. x 125cm. with plaited silk fringing. Some holes in places and surface marks. (2)
Interesting and rare trensaflossa (inserted pile) carriage seat cover, Skane, southern Sweden, 40in. x 20½in. 102cm. x 52cm. The faded plain weave yellow field with the intials CT above the date of 1702 in inserted pile. Some areas of wear; small holes; with remains of blue fabric lining to all edges verso. Note the vivid yellow of the reverse of this cover and evidence of this yellow on the face can be seen when the inserted pile is lifted back from the field. Note also the lustrous wool of the inserted pile and the soft colours including pale green, blue, reds, mid-brown, ivory and peach. Literature: Willborg, P. Et al. Flatweaves from Fjord and Forest p. 59, pl. 18 and Faraday, C.B. European and American Carpets and Rugs, p. 245 & 249; pls 9 & 10 where the technique, also called halvflossa, is discussed.
Attractive English crewelwork fragment, early 18th century, 15½in. x 68in. 39cm. x 173cm. Scrolling flowers and foliage worked in wool in shades of blue, with some ivory and mid-brown on an ivory linen ground. Fine lawn backing. Some repairs; some stitches rubbed or missing; small holes in places; time stains. Probably once part of a set of bed hangings. Cf. Mallett. The Needle’s Excellency, pp. 36-37 where a pair of exceptional blue and white crewelwork hangings of the period are illustrated.
Two fine ivory wool shawls, embroidered with flowers and a fine pale green wool embroidered shawl, embroidered 30/8/0 one end verso, all Kashmir, circa 1920s-30s, together with a Kashmir square patchwork shawl, ivory flowerhead centre, circa 1920s, 66in. x 67in. 169cm. x 170cm. Holed and damaged. And a fine ivory ground printed wool shawl, the border printed with boteh. Mid-20th century. Small repairs. (5)
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