Oct 04 2007
Decorative Antique Oushak Carpets & Rugs
A Subtle Play of Opposites
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| Antique Oushak Carpet 40781 |
From a relatively early time in the Ottoman period, the town of Oushak in westernTurkey has been a major center of rug production. Many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish carpet weaving from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries have been attributed to this center. The great star and medallion Oushak carpets of the late fifteenth to seventeenth century were made there, and it is even possible that the various carpets of the so-called “Holbein” type of family were products of Oushak as well. To say the very least, Oushak has a major claim to a long and distinguished tradition of rug weaving which has continued right up into modern times.
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