Matto/a coverlet, antique Alpujarra, ca 228 x 169 cm, Andalucia, Spain, dated 1776.
Woven in three parts. A dark blue ground with stylized flower vases and flowers in yellow, red and ivory. A middle medallion with crowned double eagles, birds and heraldic symbols as well as the text: SOIED.N.JULIANRUIZ. NETEXIOENYEJEN JOSEFA LOPEZ Â D 1776. A red main border with urns, flowers, lilies and birds. A dark blue outer border with a flower vine. Lined.
Some partly hard wear, damages, repairs, holes, minor stains.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Has been part of the famous Wher Collection, Switzerland, bought in the mid 1970's at BudHolland, Chicago, who bought the rug in Spain; Bukowskis' International Spring Auction 1998, catalogue number 0508: 1406.
Muut tiedot
Compare with work from the L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem.
Tietoa ostamisesta
