A semi-antique Turkish silk rug, c. 200 x 130 cm.

Around 1950. An ivory prayer field with polychrome niche, palmette and floral scrolls. A terracotta-coloured main border with flower vines and cartouches with inscriptions.

Provenance

The Lennart Heyman (1918 – 1974) collection. Lennart Heyman was trained in oriental rugs from his father's wholesale firm Heyman & Olesen in Stockholm. Heyman was a collector and dealer of both antiques and oriental carpets and took assignments as a valuer of carpets in Sweden and abroad, including for Sotheby's and Christie's in London. The business premises were located at Birger Jarlsgatan 3 until his death.

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