17th / 18th century Chinese (Gansu or East Turkestan) pile carpet fragment with a classic Ming lotus and peonies vine-scroll design made into a saddle blanket probably in the 19th. size= 19'×53'. For similar rugs see Tiffany, "Antique Chinese Rugs," plate 12 and "Souvrani Tappeti," plate 152. Provenance: Sandra Whitman Collection