Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim

The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in few rugs from ...

The district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have complexity that is found in few rugs from the Caucasus. Shirvan, which is part of modern-day Azerbaijan...

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with multi-color motives on white background field. The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rug...

All colors on light gold background Shirvan rug dated, circa 1880s. The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have...

The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in few rugs from ...

Shirvan rugs from district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs. The depth of colors, the complexity of the composition and the phenomenal patterns featured in ant...

A stunning antique kilim, hand woven circa 1900 in or around Shirvan in what is now south-east Azerbaidjan. The kilim has been finely woven in a traditional banded design of hooked m...

A beautiful antique Caucasian flat weave Kilim attributed to the town of Shirvan in the caucasus mountain featuring a soft salmon/orange field decorated by three hexagon shaped medal...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim. Size: 5'1 x 9'6. This is a Kilim weave (slit tapestry) flat-woven small carpet from the Shirvan area in a pattern absolutely characteristic of the group. Wide and narrower horizontal...

This is an old Shirvan 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...

Fine Tribal Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim Rug, Country Of Origin / Rug Type: Caucasian Rugs, Circa Date: 1900 – This gorgeous Shirvan carpet is perfect for traditional or contempor...

Kilim, a word of Turkish origin, denotes a pileless textile of many uses produced by one of several flat-weaving techniques that have a common or closely related heritage and are practiced in the geographical area that includes parts of Turkey (Anatolia and Thrace), North Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and China. Kilims are generally woven with the slitweave technique. The slit refers to the gap left between two blocks of color. It is created by returning the weft around the last warp in a color area, and the weft of the adjacent color is later returned around the adjacent warp. The major difference between a kilim area rug and a carpet or a pile rug is that whereas the design visible on a pile rug is made by individual short strands of different color being knotted onto the warps and held together by pressing the wefts tightly, kilim designs are made by interweaving the variously colored wefts and warps, thus creating what is known as a flat-weave. Weavers pack the weft tightly to completely cover the warp and often favor diagonal patterns so as to avoid weakening the structure of the rug with vertical slits. It produces bold, sharp patterns that weavers enjoy creating with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. This is also why kilims are so closely associated with geometrical designs even though there are kilims with floral designs as well. This lovely antique Shirvan Caucasian Kilim...