Bergama Rug 1870 or earlier from Ed Krayer

Bergama Rug from Ed Krayer

Bergama Rug from Ed Krayer

Ed was kind enough to share this rug image with me. he tends to be conservative in estimating age so we agreed to call this circa 1870

Bergama Rug from Ed Krayer bergama Rug plate 54. RUGS OF THE PEASANTS AND NOMADS OF ANATOLIA
Bergama Rug from Ed Krayer plate 54. RUGS OF THE PEASANTS AND NOMADS OF ANATOLIA
by W. Bruggemann and H. Bohmer, Kunst & Antiquitaten, Munchen 1983,

With Bergama rugs we normally look for good reds and blues and soft whites. Ed's rug shows the range of color we expect in the best. The two shades of appricot with the violet and green. Note the violet a color that we normally only see in rugs with significany age.

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