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Mujur, Turkish Rugs
Mujur rug, any of the prayer rugs handwoven in Mucur (Mujur, or Mudjar), a village near Kırşehir in central Turkey. As have the designs of Makri rugs, the designs of Mujur prayer rugs have been likened to those on the medieval stained-glass windows of European churches.
Size: 3’6″ x 4’7″
Antique Rugs, Designer Collections, Four Seasons Collection, The Contempo Collection, Ziegler & Company
9’2×11’7
Antique Bessarabian rugs and Kilims in pile and tapestry technique occupy a unique place among European carpets.
Antique Rugs, Oushak, Oushak Rugs, The Montecito Collection, Usak Rugs, Ziegler & Company
12×14’2
Finest hand spun Ziegler & co Oushak. These extremely rare design concepts continued through the 17th and 18th centuries evolving in drawing and weave. The Turkish community revered carpet weaving as one of the highest forms of art. The court weavers of that time had tremendous resources at their disposal. What came forth were designs of the utmost beauty and magnificence that would reflect the power and refinement of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkish design traditions held that all designs were endless in the eyes of God, It was believed an artist’s work was capturing only a small portion of the complicated designs. The vast beauty of these carpets was appreciated by the rulers of the East and even more so by the noble and aristocratic classes of Europe. Beginning in the early 16th century, Oushak Medallion carpets were featured in European portraits to signify the wealth, stature and taste.
Collectible Rugs, Tapestries
Woven in 1500’s with woolen silk
A FLEMISH GAME PARK TAPESTRY
16th. CENTURY, PROBABLY AUDENARDE
Depicting an alligator and a lynx in a wooded landscape with a courtly hunt and a town beyond within an elaborate strap work border with allegorical figures and grotesques
6’10×7’10
Antique Rugs, Classical Rugs, Oushak Rugs, Turkish Rugs
This 17thCentury Classical Oushak carpet is an superb example of the best-known group of classical Ottoman workshop weavers. In the 16th century, carpet weaving was revered as one of the highest forms of art by the Turkish court. Weavers of that time had tremendous resources at their disposal in creating objects of the utmost beauty. These carpets are made to reflect the power and refinement of the Ottoman Empire. Here, the bold central medallions flanked by half medallions, juxtaposed with the delicately drawn tracery vines proudly display this carpet´s court patronage heritage. Turkish design traditions, dictated that all designs were endless in the eyes of God, and that an artist was only able to capture a small portion of any given design for earthly representation by confining the repeat within a border. The power of these carpets was appreciated by the rulers of the East as well as by the noble, aristocratic and richer classes of Europe. Beginning in the early 16th century, Oushak Medallion carpets were featured in European portraits to signify the wealth, stature and taste of the sitter. One of the most famous of these early depictions is a posthumous portrait of Henry VIII and his family attributed to Lucas de Heere.
Tapestries
This Royal tapestry is of utmost beauty and full of life. As most of the European Tapestries used to be draped on the walls of castles for their shear importance and heritage, this one is also full of fine intricate details, which point to a master weaver with crafty hands and artistic imagination.
4’2″ x 4’6″
Tapestries
This tapestry antique is of utmost beauty and full of life. As most of the European Tapestries used to be draped on the walls of castles for their shear importance and heritage, this one is also full of fine intricate details.
3’6″ x 5’8″
Tapestries
This Antique romantic scene tapestry is of utmost beauty and full of life. As most of the European Tapestries used to be draped on the walls of castles for their shear importance and heritage, this one is also full of fine intricate details
3’6″ x 5’8″
Classical Rugs, Oushak Rugs, Pakistan Rugs, Usak Rugs, Ziegler & Company
These extremely rare design concepts on this Ziegler & Company Usak Rug continued through the 17th and 18th centuries evolving in drawing and weave. The Turkish community revered carpet weaving as one of the highest forms of art. The court weavers of that time had tremendous resources at their disposal. What came forth were designs of the utmost beauty and magnificence that would reflect the power and refinement of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkish design traditions held that all designs were endless in the eyes of God, It was believed an artist’s work was capturing only a small portion of the complicated designs. The vast beauty of these carpets was appreciated by the rulers of the East and even more so by the noble and aristocratic classes of Europe. Beginning in the early 16th century, Oushak Medallion carpets were featured in European portraits to signify the wealth, stature and taste.
12′ x 15