Vintage Spanish Cuenca Oversize Carpet
No. 32140
Spain, Mid-20th Century
12 ft. 8 in. x 24 ft.
(3.83 x 7.26 m)
A wool pile with symmetric knots on a wool and jute foundation. This enormous, high-pile European bespoke piece closely follows a known Chinese 17th-century court workshop archetype. The basic diamond lattice and rosette pattern in the field is adapted from a silk textile, while the interlocking, pinwheeling border is also found on early Chinese examples. The key difference lies in the knotting: here it is symmetric, whereas the source piece features asymmetric knotting, typical of other Ming Court pieces.
