Peter Pap at Mark Keshishian & Sons

March 17, 2015

Peter Pap at Mark Keshishian & Sons

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An exhibition of antique rugs, bags and trappings from distinguished private collections.

: Detail of a late 18th c. Chinese throne back, Frank Tosto collection

: Salor fragment, c. 1800 with 18th c. Yomut border fragment, Collection of Jerry and Kaye Thompson

: Malayer Saddlecover, Persia, Late 19th C., 4’1″ x 2’7”, Collection of Christopher Emmet

: Erzerum kilim, Turkey, mid 19th, c. 4’2″ x 5’6″, Collection of Lucille A. Lamkin

: Ladik Prayer rug, late 17th c./c. 1800, 3’7″ x 5’11”, Collection of Kirk Landauer

: Daghestan prayer rug, early 19th c., 3’5″ x 3’10”, Collection of Christopher Emmet

: One of a pair of Shahsevan Soumac bagfaces, mid 19th c., 2′ x 2’1″, Collection of Jerry and Kaye Thompson

: Shirvan Prayer Rug, Caucsus, 19th C (3rd Q), 2’10” x 5’1″, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Baganz

: Kuba prayer rug, Caucasus, 3rd quarter 19th c., 3’4″ x 5’2″, Collection of William Hamilton

: Shirvan, Caucasus, 3rd quarter 19th c., 4′ x 5’4″, Collection of Frank Tosto

: Verneh Caucasus, c. 1900, 4’4″ x 6’3″, Collection of Frank Tosto, Exhibited in the Textile Museum exhibition “From Bosporos to Samarkand” and published in the accompanying catalogue

: Caucasian embroidery, late 17th c., 2’4″ x 2’8″, Collection of Alice Orgel, Provenance: The Textile Gallery, London

: Akstafa prayer rug, mid 19th c., 2’10” x 5’1″, Formerly collection of Charles Richardson, Exhibited Boston MFA 1928

: Shirvan rug, 3rd quarter 19th c., 4’6″ x 5′

: Bakhshaish rug, 4th qtr. 19th c.

: Swedish cushion cover, early 19th c., 1’8″ x 3’11”, Collection of Thomas Ericson

: Karabagh, Caucasus, 4th quarter 19th c., 4’2″x 8’2″, Collection of William Hamilton

: Beshir bag face, Turkmenistan, 4th quarter 19th c., Val Arbab Collection

: Baluch rug, mid 19th c., 4’8″ x 8’2″, Val Arbab Collection

: Tekke Khalyk, mid 19th c., Collection of Jerry and Kaye Thompson

: Turkman Chirpi, 3rd. qtr. 19th c., Collection of Jerry and Kaye Thompson

: Peruvian Colonial Tapestry, 17th century, 5’8” x 6’6”, Collection of Kirk Landauer

: Beshir fragment, Val Arbab Collection

Peter Pap Oriental Rugs will be holding a special exhibition and sale of antique rugs, bags and trappings at Mark Keshishian & Sons on 20-22 March, to coincide with the opening of the new Textile Museum in Washington DC. On display will be pieces from seven private collections, many which are fresh to the market. The exhibition promises to have one of the most concentrated assemblages of antique village and nomadic weavings available for sale anywhere in the US.