Lot 506
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AN ANTIQUE YOMUT MAFRASH, the ivory field with three columns of multicoloured curl-hooked vine flanked by similar part columns divided by coloured barber-pole stripes, in an ivory hooked vine border between chequered, panelled and zigzag stripes, plain outer aubergine border, traces of multicoloured tassels (very slight damage to extremities)

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AN ANTIQUE YOMUT MAFRASH, the ivory field with three columns of multicoloured curl-hooked vine flanked by similar part columns divided by coloured barber-pole stripes, in an ivory hooked vine border between chequered, panelled and zigzag stripes, plain outer aubergine border, traces of multicoloured tassels (very slight damage to extremities)
3ft.5in. x 1ft.3in. (104cm. x 38cm.)

Lot Essay

An unusual design for a Yomut mafrash, this piece also has very idiosyncratic knotting with a seemingly arbitrary use of 'Turkish' and 'Persian' knots. For a discussion on Yomut mafrash, see: Pinner, R.: 'Small is beautiful, the Yomut Mafrash', editorial feature in HALI, vol.4, no.1, 1981, pp.10-19

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