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Lot Essay
The approx. knot count is 9.5H x 8V per sq. cm.
This rug has the typical Koum Kapi slightly yellow silk warps and also the salmon pink selvages. The red wefting is unusual, a feature more usually associated with "Toussounian" Hereke rugs. The design incorporates designs in flatwoven silk within the metal thread areas, a feature found principally at Koum Kapi but not unknown in early Herekes. It is probable that this was woven in Koum Kapi rather than Hereke, but by a weaver other than the better known Hagop Kapoudjian, Zareh Penyamin or Avedis Tamishjian.
This rug has the typical Koum Kapi slightly yellow silk warps and also the salmon pink selvages. The red wefting is unusual, a feature more usually associated with "Toussounian" Hereke rugs. The design incorporates designs in flatwoven silk within the metal thread areas, a feature found principally at Koum Kapi but not unknown in early Herekes. It is probable that this was woven in Koum Kapi rather than Hereke, but by a weaver other than the better known Hagop Kapoudjian, Zareh Penyamin or Avedis Tamishjian.