An Ecuadorian rug designed by Olga Fisch in the mid 20th Century.   Signed lower right corner.   Hungarian born designer Olga Fisch linked the gap between folk art and fine art when working with artisans in Ecuador instructing them to use Turkish and style="">vintage carpet weaving techniques. This rug “Colibri” is an example of the artist and designers ability to create modern designs with traditional techniques.

 Of Hungarian origin, Olga Fisch (1901-1991) emigrated in 1933, first to Morocco and in 1939 to Ecuador, head of the political instability wracking Europe. Already an artist and collector of Folk Art, Fisch quickly took to the local arts and crafts available in the Quito markets. She was inspired by primitive, folk and Paleolithic cave art and established a workshop creating knotted pile carpets to her individualistic and unique designs. The firm continues today, as does the museum of (primarily) Ecuadorian Folk Art. Only domestic sheep wool is employed and the rugs are firmly symmetrically (Turkish) knotted on a cotton foundation at a density of 60,000 knots per square meter or about 40 knots per square inch.  Look closely at pictures.

Size ... 23" x 35"

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