19th Century Turkish Sivas Flat-Weave ( 9'6" x 13'4" - 290 x 406 )

19th Century Turkish Oushak " Sivas " Flat-Weave ( 8' x 14'6" - 245 x 442 )

19th Century Turkish Sivas Yastik Carpet ( 1'8" x 3'1" - 51 x 194 )

Vintage Turkish Jajim flatweave area rug 5'2 X 9'7. The Jajim (cecim) technique is followed in Turkey, Persia and the Caucasus and consists of a plain weave (equal warps and wefts) g...

This is a Central Anatolian Old Kilim from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...