AN IMPRESSIVE LARGE SILK KOUM KAPI CARPETISTANBUL, TURKEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURYAN IMPRESSIVE LARGE SILK KOUM KAPI CARPETISTANBUL, TURKEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURYOf 'Garden' design, full pile throughout, overall excellent condition15ft.5in. x 10ft.6in. (475cm. x 325cm.)The knot count measures approximately 9V x 9H per cm. sq.The famed 'garden' design, with its portrayal of flowers, trees and other vegetation often with a central fountain, is one of a large number of seventeenth century designs created in South East Persia which travelled to the North West of the country in the eighteenth century. The prototype of the design is found in a carpet woven in the 'vase' technique in the royal collection in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Alberto Levi suggests that this migration of design could have been due to the social and political upheavals experienced at the beginning of the 18th century in Persia, which may have forced weavers from Kirman to relocate to Kurdistan and Azerbaijan, "Renewal and Innovation, HALI, Issue 70, pp.84-95. Both Kurt Erdmann (Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets, London, 1970, pp.66-70) and Christine Klose ("Betrachtungen zu nordwestpersischen Gartenteppichen des 18. Jahrhunderts", HALI, vol.1, no.2, (1978), p.114) discuss the development of the group.This design continues to be used throughout the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries within various weaving capitals along the silk route with various stylistic changes, mainly being a simplification of the motifs. The present carpet is one of the later examples in the development, typified by the simplified rendering of the trees and an absence of the pool medallions. Although this finely woven silk carpet is unsigned, the quality of weave, design and the intricate patterning suggest that this carpet was produced by one of the great masters of the Armenian 'Koum Kapi' workshops in Istanbul.细节 AN IMPRESSIVE LARGE SILK KOUM KAPI CARPETISTANBUL, TURKEY, EARLY 20TH CENTURYOf Garden design, full pile throughout, overall excellent condition15ft.5in. x 10ft.6in. (475cm. x 325cm.) 注意事项 This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends.