Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug, circa 1900

Antique Shirvan Caucasian rug, circa 1900. With an all-over design unusual in Shirvan rugs the floral designs in soft colors which are repeated in the multiple borders. These types o...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, circa 1880. The navy field divided into diamonds enclosing flower heads within traditional Shirvan multiple borders framing the rug. These types of ant...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, circa 1880. These types of antique Caucasian rugs were woven in the eastern part of the region, mostly along the west coast of the Caspian Sea and show...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, circa 1880. The field composed of diamonds with an ivory and blue outline enclosing flower heads within traditional Shirvan multiple borders framing th...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, circa 1880. These types of antique Caucasian rugs were woven in the eastern part of the region, mostly along the west coast of the Caspian Sea and show...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, circa 1880. The field composed of floral and ethnic designs in a selection of soft colors with traditional Shirvan multiple borders framing the rug. Th...

A spectacular antique caucasian carpet decorated with an unusual twenty- point Lesghi star. The rug features boldly contrasted colors of indigo blue for the field and three wide bord...

This rug is hand woven in the Shirvan district of Caucasus mountains region. The tiny very rare Shirvan is a fine example of the very best weaving of the shirvan region. The intricat...

Extremely tight knotted carpet,this rug was made in the town of Shirvan located in the caucasus mountains.The field has shrub- like flowers arranged with a lattice on an indigo blue ...

Authentic Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug Geometric Blue 3'3" x 4'6" 3x5 99cm x 137cm Circa 1890 "This is a Antique Caucasian Shirvan rug. This piece was acquired fr...

Antique South East Caucasian Shirvan rug with 'gymyl' design, often known as the dragon motif. The rug is a good example with bold design and striking contrast of colours, the ivory ...

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...