Exceptional Signed Hereke Carpet Designed In Silk, Turkey, 1940.

Hereke carpets designed in silk, on a silk foundation and woven with gold threads. Signed carpet dating from 1940. It is characterized by a ruby-colored field with a large central rosette with a crown of flowers in golden beige, pearl gray in the form of a diamond, encircled by two twisted vases of garlands of crenellated ivory flowered palmettes in the shape of a rams horns. Four spandrels with crowns of starry flowers that recall the central medallion. Four borders, the main one beige with navy blue plates encrusted with bulbs and flower buds. The carpet is signed in a cartridge on a counter-border. See the pictures. Density: 10,000 knots per dm2. Measurements: Length: 240 cm Width: 148 cm