A Handsome Early 20thC Quchan Kurdish Rug, 259cm x 109cm sub-Antiques the way in which we

the way in which we now expect a door stop to look and function today was down to a 19th century African American inventor named Osbourn Dorsey who came up with the design on December 10

Remaining in a highly desirable original condition

his coat tails flailing behind him

The fact that the Wall of Death is almost extinct in fairgrounds today makes this artwork even more desirable

and became famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after the latter ship hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912

A Handsome Early 20thC Quchan Kurdish Rug, 259cm x 109cm sub-Antiques the way in which weOrigin: Khorasan, North East Persia Style: Quchan Kurd Provenance: N A Dated: c. 1910 30 Hand Knotted 100% Wool Pile Length: 259 cms 8. 6 feet Width: 109 cms 3. 7 feet The wide runner shaped carpet with broad tassel fringes having a large latticed central field with repeating lozenge pattern in apple greens, rust and indigos the outer with multiple ruled border survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century. This piece is beautifully worn