Vintage Central Anatolian Kilim Rug

An unusual flat-weave from the Karapinar region in central Anatolia decorated by vertical stripes in the tones of ivory, grey, camel, yellow and black.

Woven by Kurdish people located in the eastern Anatolian village of Siirt, weft-faced plain weaves of this type employ silky, Angora goat hair using a technique which dates back to about 6000 BC, when the first textiles began to appear in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia. This fine, old example is constructed over three panels, each embellished by a sequence of narrow horizontal...

Antique Central Anatolian Kilim rug. A great example of Anatolian Kilim rug weaving from the 19th century when tribal women wove such pieces as...

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...