5’8 x 6’9
Antique Canakkale Rug like this one has arrangement of the medallions in a group of four linked by bands with little hooks. That comes from a different classical Turkish source, the so-called Star Ushak carpets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which have four-lobed, star-like medallions.
Antique Canakkale Rug like this one has arrangement of the medallions in a group of four linked by bands with little hooks. That comes from a different classical Turkish source, the so-called Star Ushak carpets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which have four-lobed, star-like medallions.
The original aspect of the Canakkale design is its combination of the star Ushak scheme with Holbein medallion elements. This development is difficult to date, but it probably came about early in the eighteenth century and continued into the nineteenth.
There are even early twentieth century examples of this design, although these tend to loose the celadon and golden tones. During the nineteenth century though, Canakkale weavers evolved a simpler version of this pattern with a looser grouping of the medallions better suited to scatter size rugs. But these still continued to use elements of “Holbein” type.
Rugs & more/ Santa Barbara Design Center
Rugs and More Oriental and Persian rug. Santa Barbara Design Center
410 Olive Street. Santa Barbara, CA. 93101
8’7×9’8
Antique Turkish with a rare Caucasian design.
8’4×11’6
Antique Turkish rugs were woven with larger scale patterns.
8×11’1
The original Turkmen rugs were produced by the Turkmen tribes who are the main ethnic group in Turkmenistan and are also found in Afghanistan and Iran
A Classic Oushak from the Mountains of anatolia with the most desirable sublime colors.
14’0″ x 11’1″
