Rippon Boswell auction catalogues

Rippon Boswell auction catalogues 18 booklets No. 45 - 54 and No. 65 - 72 1996 - 2008 Condition: good Provenance: austrian private property

Second half 19th century, 311 x 151 cm, East Caucasus This large, red-ground Kuba kilim with a distinctive cartouche design was sold to a well-known Vienna collector at our second auction of the Ignaz

A Group of Ten Catalogus and Magazines: Textiles in the MET, 1995; Islamic Carpets, MET; Rippon Boswell, Exceptional Eastern Rugs, Kilims and Textiles, 13 March 1982; Hali, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Group of five books on oriental rugs and carpets including: Enza Milanesi, "The Bulfinch Guide to Carpets," Milan, 1993; Rippon Boswell & Co. GmbH, "Seltene Orientteppiche des 17. Bis 2

First half 19th century, 224 x 152 cm, South West Caucasus According to terminology established by Franses & Pinner as early as 1980, the white-ground Star Kazaks are divided into various sub-groups.

Ca. 1800, 60 x 110 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this rare Salor torba consists of three rows of six octagonal güls; small petrol diamonds decorated with double hooks at each c

17th – 18th century, 258 x 176 cm, Central Anatolia, Konya region The open blood-red field is dominated by three huge nested hexagons with serrated outlines aligned along the central axis. The weave

Late 19th century, 214 x 166 cm, South West Caucasus The village population of Transcaucasia showed great persistence in adhering to their traditional rug designs. This continuity only ended with the

late 18th century, 261 x 130 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan In the red field of this early rug from the oasis town of Khotan, large dark blue disc medallions are embedded in a basic design of leaves

Second half 17th century, 175 x 127 cm, West Anatolia, Manisa Province This red-ground double niche carpet of the Transylvanian group presents a floral blue-ground central medallion and a cartouche bo

18th century, 68 x 104 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This fragment of an early Salor chuval has been cut all around; the left-hand side and upper border are missing. The field displays a spacious d

First half 19th century, 236 x 103 cm, South East Caucasus In this very beautiful Talish, the undecorated, blazing red met hane field is surrounded by an inner outline decorated with a frieze of point

Late 19th century, 360 x 287 cm, North West Persia, Azerbaijan The central medallion design of this antique Heriz is largely woven in pastel shades. A discrete white shield form with stepped outlines

Mid 19th century, 247 x 186 cm, South West Caucasus This large red-ground Kazak of the three-medallion type has been in a German private collection since 1904. It was purchased as an "antique Kazak" e

Ca. 1800, 76 x 75 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Small-format knotted trappings of this kind are known as khalyks. Most of the surviving examples were woven by the Tekke tribe. On the day of the wed

Mid 19th century, 280 x 140 cm, Central Anatolia VOK Collection: Anatolia 59In this unusual two-panel kilim, only the wide light-red main border and the white-ground elems are decorated in various des

second half 17th century, 167 x 123 cm, West Anatolia, Manisa Woven in workshops in the West Anatolian province of Manisa, these carpets were highly popular in 17th century Europe and frequently depic

Pre 1800, 204 x 105 cm, Western Central Anatolia, Eskisehir Province The white field of this kilim, probably woven in a village between Sivrihisar and Kütahya, is completely filled with very large el

Dated 1262 AH = 1847 AD, 142 x 127 cm, South West Anatolia, Afyonkarahisar province The red-ground field is filled to its full extent by a green-ground double niche with stepped arches which contains

Mid 19th century, 162 x 143 cm, North West Persia, Azerbaijan In this gorgeous village rug from the Bakhshaish region, a small, oval central medallion with an azure ground encloses a star-shaped bloss

late 19th century, 242 x 149 cm, South West Persia, Fars The Kashkuli were the only Qashqai tribe who knotted these gorgeous rugs with the millefleur design, probably in their own workshops and on com

Ca. 1800 or earlier, 56 x 95 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This unusual bag face showing every sign of great age cannot be assigned to any of the tribal groups defined to date. It is finely and reg

Mid 19th century, 224 x 117 cm, North West Persia, Kurdistan This very unusual village rug from the Bijar area, probably a one-off, is woven in a long and narrow format and surrounded by a secondary b

First half 19th century, 255 x 188 cm, South West Caucasus This large Sevan Kazak with a powerfully drawn shield design, a cartouche border and intensely luminous colours is one of the early examples