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Ararat Rugs Shrubs in Lattice Rug Kurdish Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.6. This is one of the most popular and ubiquitous lattice designs of 18th century rugs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Sarkoy Kilim Rug, Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Sarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Kula Prayer Rug Western Anatolian Turkish Mihrab Carpet Rare Design
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique prayer (mihrab) rug from Western Anatolia, Kula region with a very rare and beautiful color composition.
Kula rugs, also known as Kula prayer kilims, are handwoven rugs that originated in the Kula region of western Turkey. Kula is a town known for its rug-weaving tradition and is renowned for producing high-quality prayer rugs.
Kula prayer rugs...
Category
Late 19th Century Oushak Antique Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Caucasus Soumak Kilim Rug, Caucasian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Soumak ( Sumak, Sumac ) Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags for salt, utensils, and other items are also common. Not only are the Azerbaijani weavers prolific, but they also employ many techniques at the loom. These include slitweave- known locally by the word Kilim, warp-faced patterning (jajim), supplementary weft (zili), weft wrapping (popularly known as soumak), and extra weft wrapping (verneh). Furthermore, flatweaves are defined by regional names such as palas and shadda, so it is possible to ascribe a variety of weaving names to particular provenances as follows: soumaks are made in Kuba, palas, and kilims in Hajikabul, zili in Khizy, verneh and zili in Kazakh, shadda, verneh and zili in Barda, jajim in Agjabedi, and palas and kilims in Jabrail.
Soumak weave is a technique in which weft threads are added to a plain weave fabric, and one or two warp threads are wound from the front to the back. The resulting Kilim is denser and firmer, giving it a unique feel and look. This technique is commonly used in the Caucasus region.
Soumak kilims have a very beautiful contrast between orange that shines like the sun, deep purple-tinged indigo, and astringent dark red. You can also see the unevenly dyed abrage in this Soumak, which is like a magic carpet with an oriental atmosphere. Features of the Caucasian Kilim, such as the unique cosmic geometric floral pattern, are also found in this Soumak which has a bright look, but it also has a faded and textured feel, so it can be used in a good old atmosphere.
The woven fabric is particularly solid, so it is recommended for use in a solid living room or under a dining table without moving or twisting. A nice Kilim under a long wooden dining table.
Category
Late 19th Century Kilim Antique Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Hereke Wool & Cotton Carpet, Turkish Anatolian Rug, Flowers Lattice Design
Located in Tokyo, JP
This unique Wool Hereke Carpet is among the highest-quality carpets in the Hereke workshop. There is a flower lattice on a white background with the fineness of the weave, the use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Hereke Wool & Cotton Carpet, Turkish Anatolian Rug, Beige & Khaki Green Colors
Located in Tokyo, JP
This unique Wool Hereke Carpet is among the highest-quality carpets in the Hereke workshop. There is a flower lattice on a white background with the fineness of the weave, the use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Kurdish Runner Rug - Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Kurdish Runner Rug from the Eastern Anatolia region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Anatolian Kurdish rugs are handwoven rugs that originate from t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Leaf Lattice Design, Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a leaf lattice pattern taken from the border of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Hereke Wool & Cotton Carpet - Turkish Anatolian Rug - Ottoman Carnations & Tulip
Located in Tokyo, JP
This unique Wool Hereke Carpet is among the highest-quality carpets in the Hereke workshop. There are traditional Ottoman Empire carnations and tulip design rows on a white backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug Lattice Pattern Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to have been used as weaver`s aids, or for demonstration purposes, made as a template or pattern for the carpet design and production of larger rugs, they are generally small pieces of the Size of a scatter rug or mat.
Mamluk carpets originated in a physical environment that lacked the combination of abundant marginal grazing land and a temperate climate with cool winters that were common to most carpet-weaving areas in the Islamic world. While related to a broader tradition of Turkish weaving centered in Anatolia, far to the north, the designs of these carpets include atypical elements, such as stylized papyrus plants, that are deeply rooted in Egyptian tradition. Their unusual composition and layout probably represent an attempt to develop a distinctive product that could in effect establish a “Mamluk brand” in the lucrative European export market. The uncharacteristic color scheme—devoid of the undyed white pile and employing a limited range of three or five hues in much the same value—also suggests a conscious attempt to create a particular stylistic identity. Also virtually unique in the world of Islamic carpets is the S-spun wool. It has been argued that the tradition of clockwise wool spinning originated in Egypt because of the earlier Egyptian tradition of spinning flax into linen thread. Details of the plant’s botanical structure make it impossible to spin flax fiber in the more common counterclockwise direction utilized throughout the Middle East for wool and cotton.
Mamluk carpets with the color combinations seen in the Simonetti are now generally accepted as part of an earlier tradition that has many links to the weaving of Anatolia, Iran, and Syria. The “three-color” Mamluk carpets, well represented in the Metropolitan’s collection, represent a later development that continued well after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Many such carpets may have been produced well into the seventeenth century, and possibly even later. (Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011]). The design of the rug is interpreted by our designers from our Mamlouk-type rugs collection and soft colors are used for this rug.
Color summary: 3 colors in total;
Moss Green 27 (Spurge – Indigo)
Feldgrau 340 (Spurge – Madder Root – Indigo – Walnut Husk)
Mount Olive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Konya Obruk Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet Metallic Threads
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian antique Kilim from the Konya - Obruk region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has a wonderful special c...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Konya Prayer Rug Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian antique prayer rug from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This is a unique example of an Anatolian Village prayer rug with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Anatole Turkish Hand Knotted Wool and Goat Hair Rug, circa 1990
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Anatole rug from Turkey, circa 1990.
Hand knotted wool and goat hair
Measures: 214 x 239 cm
20541.
Category
1990s Country Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Goat Hair
Russian 19th Century Icon Painting on Wood, the Good Shepherd
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Russian 19th century icon painting on wood, The Good Shepherd
Hand painted rustic style icon painting full portrait of the Good Shepherd with his floc...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Maras Jijim Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Eastern Anatolian Old Jijim (Cecim, Cicim) Kilim from the Maras region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Kars Kilim Rug Old Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Eastern Anatolian Vintage Kilim from the Kars region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The old sector and newer southern districts of Kars are joined by a br...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs the Divrigi Ulu Mosque Wagireh Carpet Seljukrevival Rug Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the carpet comes from the book Turkish Carpets from the 13th – 18th centuries, Ahmet Ertug, 1996 pl.16. This 15th-century carpet is from Ulu Mosque, Divrigi Sivas regio...
Category
2010s Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Medium Sculpture in Olive Wood by Rectangle Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Medium Sculpture in olive wood by Rectangle Studio
Dimensions: 23 x 23 x 33 cm
Materials: Solid Olive Wood
It is collected from the roots and branches of different olive trees i...
Category
2010s Modern Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Olive
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Leaf Lattice Design, Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a leaf lattice pattern taken from the border of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Senna Rows of Flowers Rug Gerous Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.28. This was an exclusive example of offset rows of flowers designed 18th-century rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Leaf Lattice Design, Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a leaf lattice pattern taken from the border of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
2010s Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug Lattice Pattern Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Candelabra Elems Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the possession of Endre Unger, which was sold at Sotheby’s in 1992. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Maml...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Candelabra Elems Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the possession of Endre Unger, which was sold at Sotheby’s in 1992. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Maml...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Leaf Lattice Design, Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. That rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a leaf lattice pattern taken from the border of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs the Alaeddin Mosque Clouds Carpet Seljuk Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Stars Collection, Anatolian Tribal Rugs 1050-1750, Michael Franses, Hali Publications Ltd, 2021 fig.27. This 13th-century carpet is fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs the Alaeddin Mosque Clouds Carpet Seljuk Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the carpet comes from the book Orient Stars Collection, Anatolian Tribal Rugs 1050-1750, Michael Franses, Hali Publications Ltd, 2021 fig.27. This 13th century carpet i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Geometric Design Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This geometric lattice pattern rug has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Organic Material, Wool
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Palmette Lattice Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This rug has an interpreted design composed of a palmette lattice pattern taken from a part of the Mamluk rug, filling the field elegantly. These kinds of rugs have often been descri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Senna Rows of Flowers Rug Wagireh Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.28. This was an exclusive example of offset rows of flow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Lattice Pattern Design Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This lattice pattern is composed of palmettes and leaves filling the various compartments against the imposing ground. One has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to have been used as weaver`s aids, or for demonstration purposes, made as a template or pattern for the carpet design and production of larger rugs, they are generally small pieces of the size of a scatter rug or mat.
Mamluk carpets originated in a physical environment that lacked the combination of abundant marginal grazing land and a temperate climate with cool winters that were common to most carpet-weaving areas in the Islamic world. While related to a broader tradition of Turkish weaving centered in Anatolia, far to the north, the designs of these carpets include atypical elements, such as stylized papyrus plants, that are deeply rooted in Egyptian tradition. Their unusual composition and layout probably represent an attempt to develop a distinctive product that could in effect establish a “Mamluk brand” in the lucrative European export market. The uncharacteristic color scheme—devoid of the undyed white pile and employing a limited range of three or five hues in much the same value—also suggests a conscious attempt to create a particular stylistic identity. Also virtually unique in the world of Islamic carpets is the S-spun wool. It has been argued that the tradition of clockwise wool spinning originated in Egypt because of the earlier Egyptian tradition of spinning flax into linen thread. Details of the plant’s botanical structure make it impossible to spin flax fiber in the more common counterclockwise direction utilized throughout the Middle East for wool and cotton.
Mamluk carpets with the color combinations seen in the Simonetti are now generally accepted as part of an earlier tradition that has many links to the weaving of Anatolia, Iran, and Syria. The “three-color” Mamluk carpets, well represented in the Metropolitan’s collection, represent a later development that continued well after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt in 1517. Many such carpets may have been produced well into the seventeenth century, and possibly even later. (Walter B. Denny in [Ekhtiar, Soucek, Canby, and Haidar 2011]). The design of the rug is interpreted by our designers from our Mamlouk-type rugs collection and soft colors are used for this rug.
Color summary: 3 colors in total;
Moss Green 27 (Spurge – Indigo)
Mount Olive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Anatolian Yastik Rug Revival Turkish Wagireh Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This small piece exhibits a forceful design on a small scale in a small area. These kinds of small Turkish yastiks or mats are found which contain an extraordinary amount of power wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Sarkisla Sivas Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Kilim from the Sarkisla - Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Seb...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Dizmeck Kilim Turkey Wool Rug
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rug antique Dizmeck Kilim from Turkey
Composition with vintage wool fabrics from East Turkey
Measures: 199 x 200.
20382 199 x 200 C3.
Category
1990s Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Old Caucasus Soumak Kilim Rug, Caucasian Sumak Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an old Soumak ( Sumak, Sumac ) Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags for salt, utensils, and other items are also common. Not only are the Azerbaijani weavers prolific, but they also employ many techniques at the loom. These include slitweave- known locally by the word kilim, warp-faced patterning (jajim), supplementary weft (zili), weft wrapping (popularly known as soumak), and extra weft wrapping (verneh). Furthermore, flatweaves are defined by regional names such as palas and shadda, so it is possible to ascribe a variety of weaving names to particular provenances as follows: soumaks are made in Kuba, palas, and kilims in Hajikabul, zili in Khizy, verneh and zili in Kazakh, shadda, verneh and zili in Barda, jajim in Agjabedi, and palas and kilims in Jabrail.
Soumak weave is a technique in which weft threads are added to a plain weave fabric, and one or two warp threads are wound from the front to the back. The resulting kilim is denser and firmer, giving it a unique feel and look. This technique is commonly used in the Caucasus region.
Soumak has a very beautiful contrast between orange that shines like the sun, deep purple-tinged indigo, and astringent dark red. You can also see the unevenly dyed abrage in this Soumak, which is like a magic carpet with an oriental atmosphere. Features of the Caucasian kilim, such as the unique cosmic geometric floral pattern, are also found in this Soumak which has a bright look, but it also has a faded and textured feel, so it can be used in a good old atmosphere.
The woven fabric is particularly solid, so it is recommended for use in a solid living room or under a dining table without moving or twisting. A nice kilim under a long wooden dining table.
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Dragon Rug, Antique Caucasus Museum Revival Carpet, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
There has long been a fascination with the symbolism of the dragon and its depiction in carpet weavings. The design of ‘Dragon’ carpets consists of a field pattern composed of different colored overlaid lattices formed of pointed, serrated leaves creating intersecting lozenges, which alternately contain palmettes and are flanked by confronting stylized dragons, birds, or animal figures. The most archaic of the ‘Dragon’ carpets include dragon motifs with birds and running animals relatively naturalistically drawn, which stand either alone or in confronting pairs facing a tree. The Graf carpet, originally found in a Damascene mosque, now in the Islamiches Museum, Berlin, is considered to be the oldest example of this type, see Serare Yetkin, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. II, London, 1978, p.8, fig.118. Yetkin defines four types of ‘Dragon’ carpet: ‘Archaic’, ‘Four-Dragon’, ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix’ and as a further combined development of the latter, the ‘Two-Dragon’ style, of which the present carpet falls into the ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix group along with other examples, some of which include two fragments, one in the Museum fur Kunst und Gerwerbe, Hamburg; another in the Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary, a complete carpet in the Kier collection; an incomplete example in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C; the ‘Cassirer’ Dragon carpet in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Lugano; the Ali Pasa Mosque carpet in Tokat, and a further example in the Vakiflar Hali Museum, Istanbul (S. Yetkin, op. cit. pp.16-20). It has been suggested that the earliest examples of the Caucasian ‘Dragon’ carpets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Old Kuba Kilim Rug, Caucasian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large, Caucasian Old Kilim from the Kuba region with a red background and beautiful color composition.
The large, continuous medallions with zigzag patterns have an impa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Old Vintage Esme Kilim Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Western Anatolian vintage Kilim from the Esme ( Eshme ) region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This type of large Esme Kilims often features hexagonal medal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Old Caucasus Soumak Kilim Rug, Caucasian Sumak Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an old Soumak ( Sumak, Sumac ) Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags for salt, utensils, and other items are also common. Not only are the Azerbaijani weavers prolific, but they also employ many techniques at the loom. These include slitweave- known locally by the word kilim, warp-faced patterning (jajim), supplementary weft (zili), weft wrapping (popularly known as soumak), and extra weft wrapping (verneh). Furthermore, flatweaves are defined by regional names such as palas and shadda, so it is possible to ascribe a variety of weaving names to particular provenances as follows: soumaks are made in Kuba, palas, and kilims in Hajikabul, zili in Khizy, verneh and zili in Kazakh, shadda, verneh and zili in Barda, jajim in Agjabedi, and palas and kilims in Jabrail.
Soumak weave is a technique in which weft threads are added to a plain weave fabric, and one or two warp threads are wound from the front to the back. The resulting kilim is denser and firmer, giving it a unique feel and look. This technique is commonly used in the Caucasus region.
Soumak has a very beautiful contrast between orange that shines like the sun, deep purple-tinged indigo, and astringent dark red. You can also see the unevenly dyed abrage in this Soumak, which is like a magic carpet with an oriental atmosphere. Features of the Caucasian kilim, such as the unique cosmic geometric floral pattern, are also found in this Soumak which has a bright look, but it also has a faded and textured feel, so it can be used in a good old atmosphere.
The woven fabric is particularly solid, so it is recommended for use in a solid living room or under a dining table without moving or twisting. A nice kilim under a long wooden dining table.
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Mucur 'Mudjar / Mujur' Prayer Rug, Turkish Central Anatolian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Mucur rug from Central Anatolia, the Kirsehir region with a red background, good condition, and beautiful color composition.
The town of Mudjar (or Mucur) is a...
Category
Early 20th Century Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Caucasus Soumak Kilim Rug, Caucasian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large Antique Soumak ( Sumak, Sumac ) Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags for salt, utensils, and other items are also common. Not only are the Azerbaijani weavers prolific, but they also employ many techniques at the loom. These include slitweave- known locally by the word kilim, warp-faced patterning (jajim), supplementary weft (zili), weft wrapping (popularly known as soumak), and extra weft wrapping (verneh). Furthermore, flatweaves are defined by regional names such as palas and shadda, so it is possible to ascribe a variety of weaving names to particular provenances as follows: soumaks are made in Kuba, palas, and kilims in Hajikabul, zili in Khizy, verneh and zili in Kazakh, shadda, verneh and zili in Barda, jajim in Agjabedi, and palas and kilims in Jabrail.
Soumak weave is a technique in which new weft threads are added to a plain weave fabric, and one or two warp threads are wound from the front to the back. The resulting kilim is denser and firmer, giving it a unique feel and look. This technique is commonly used in the Caucasus region.
Soumak Kilims have a very beautiful contrast between orange that shines like the sun, deep purple-tinged indigo, and astringent dark red. You can also see the unevenly dyed abrage in this sumac, which is like a magic carpet with an oriental atmosphere.
Features of the Caucasian kilim, such as the unique cosmic geometric floral pattern, are also found in this Soumak. It has a bright look, but it also has a faded and textured feel, so it can be used in a good old atmosphere. The woven fabric is particularly solid, so it is recommended for use in a solid living room or under a dining table without moving or twisting. A nice kilim under a long wooden dining table.
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Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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Wool, Natural Fiber
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Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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Wool, Natural Fiber
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Early 20th Century Oushak Caucasian Folk Art
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Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
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Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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Of all the rugs of the oriental world, it is the work of the Caucasian weavers ...
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Antique Malatya Kilim South Anatolia Rug Turkish Carpet
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This is a Southern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Malatya is one of the leading producers of kilims in Turkey. Fertil...
Category
Late 19th Century Kilim Antique Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
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This is a South Anatolian old vintage Kilim from the Antalya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
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Wool, Natural Fiber
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Located in Tokyo, JP
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As early as the 13th century MarCo Polo noted, in...
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Mid-20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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Located in Tokyo, JP
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Erzurum was once a key frontier town, used to defend Anatolia again...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large antique Central Anatolian Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
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Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Caucasian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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