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#1 Posted : Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:33:04 PM(UTC)
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Fairly fine for a kayseri at 12x14 knot per inch. Closely cropped wool and cotton. I realize a believer doesn't step on a prayer rug with arab writing and I believe the kuric calligraphy is also a prayer repeated over each niche. Therefore, it would only be used for display.
I don't know if this would be a nice enough room to be used in the Middle East for display or simply another export.
I believe it's unusual, but unusual doesn't mean valuable. It is an attractive little piece.

Any info or comments on the rug or it's display use.

Thanks
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#2 Posted : Friday, March 7, 2014 9:47:32 PM(UTC)
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My research with limited resources states that there was an Armenian community in Kayseri which made saf saph rugs decades ago, time not definite. This might explain the finer knotted wool rather than mercerized cotton and the calligraphy with long wall hangings would me more of an Armenian trait. Am I off base or getting closer.
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#3 Posted : Saturday, March 8, 2014 6:28:12 AM(UTC)
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I don't know this type particularly well, but from my understanding many rugs with writing like this it doesn't really translate to anything. They are often sold to the decorative market / tourism business, especially in and around the ports/bazaars. Armenian weavers and Turkish rugs I have always understood the Armenians were weaving the finest rugs including Hereke masterpieces
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