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Item Ships From: Asia
Ararat Rugs the Barbieri Tree Design Carpet, Persian Revival Rug, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.64 and Islamic Carpets, Joseph V. McMullan, Near Eas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
New Konya Fine Modern Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Modern 'New' Fine Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his account...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
New Manisa Fine Handwoven Modern Kilim West Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Western Anatolian Modern 'New' Fine Kilim from the Manisa region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This kilim is woven according to traditional kilim technique...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Jerrehian Border Design Egypt Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The design 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Akstafa Kazak Rug - 19th C. Caucasian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
Origin and Inspiration:
This stunning revival of the Akstafa Kazak Rug is a modern creation deeply rooted in the rich weaving traditions of the Caucasus, specifically inspired by the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
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 differ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Caucasian Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Old Vintage Tekke Bukhara Turkmen Carpet, Bokhara Buhara Turkoman Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Tekke Bukhara Turkmen Carpet from the Turkmenistan Bukhara region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Bukhara carpet (Turkmen Rug, Bokhara, Bu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Uzbek Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Dragon Rug, Antique Caucasus Museum Revival Carpet, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Caucasian Carpets, E. Gans-Reudin, Thames and Hudson, Switzerland 1986, pg.37. This luxurious and varied work is known as the Cassirer drago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Turkestan Old Yomut Turkoman Central Asian Yomud Cejim Jijim Kilim Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Yomut Kilim from the West Turkestan and Iran region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The Yomut are to be found in north-east Iran, and acro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - 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 Caucasian Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Bidjar Rug with Lion Design Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This offset pattern is composed of leaves and lotus palmettes filling the various compartments against the imposing ground, while heraldic lions rear across the strapwork borders. On...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Caucasus Soumak Kilim Sumac Rug, Caucasian Sumak Natural 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 Caucasian Kilim Antique Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
African Dogon antique wooden ladder/wooden object/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden ladder made by the Dogon tribe of West Africa.
With a unique history and culture, they live at the foot of cliffs, with about 700 villages and a population of about ...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ararat Rugs Cairene Ottoman Carpet, Turkish Court Manufactury Rug, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
Turkish Court Manufactury Rugs were woven in the Egyptian workshops founded by Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Those carpets were woven in Egypt, following the paper cartoons pro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Abstract Earth Tone Rug with Organic Shape by RAG home
By RAG home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
This rug features an abstract, modern design with an organic, freeform shape. The color palette includes earthy tones like beige, terracotta, deep green, gray, and cream, creating a ...
Category
2010s Indonesian Modern Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Acrylic
Old Copper Coins of Congo, Africa / Rare Objects / Folk Art/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old African coin.
Before paper money and money were in circulation, bartering was taking place in Africa.
Various goods such as textiles, fea...
Category
20th Century Congolese Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Mid-20th Century, Showa, Japanese Gourd Sake Bottle
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese gourd sake bottle.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Mid-20th Century
Size: Height 23.3 C.M. / Width 12.2 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
New Konya Fine Handwoven Modern Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Modern 'New' Fine Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his account...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
ARKO Wall Art12 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Marcato (A)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Toraja Ceremonial Bowl, Sulawesi, Indonesia Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This wood ceremonial bowl was crafted by the Toraja tribes people of the mountain highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is hand-crafted using 3 separate...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods (however this puppet lost one of its bamboo rods over the years due to age) It was used in Wayang puppet...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Old Tekke Bukhara Turkmen Carpet, Cental Asian Turkoman Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Tekke Bukhara Turkmen Carpet from the Turkmenistan Bukhara region with a rare and beautiful color composition, high-quality materials like; wool & dyes.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkmen Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Nocturne Terrain rug in organic shape with colors of Gray and Blue
By RAG home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
This rug is an artistic exploration of form, texture, and contrast, embodying the essence of abstract expressionism and natural landscapes. Its fluid, freeform silhouette defies conv...
Category
2010s Indonesian Modern Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Acrylic
Caucasia Kuba Kilim Rug, Vintage Old 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.
This Kilim is from Kuba, a city in Azerbaijan in the Caucasus regi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Caucasian Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
ARKO Wall Art14 Contemporary Art Japanese Craft Rice Straw Art Wall Sculpture
By ARKO
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Hand-sewed rice straw art by ARKO.
Title: Composition Marcato (B)
This is one of the series named "Composition XX"
Her works have the feelings of...
Category
2010s Japanese Organic Modern Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Straw
Antique Akha Hill Tribe Silver Cuff Bracelet, Golden Triangle
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A large Akha Tribe woven silver bracelet with spiral design. This Tribal bracelet encompasses tradition Hill tribe silversmithing techniques with each silve...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tribal Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Antique Sivas Central Anatolian Old Medallion Rug Hand Knotted Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Antique Double Medallion Carpet 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Bidjar Sweeping Arabesques Rug Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a repeat of large sweeping arabesques in muted colors adorning the red field rug designed in the early 20th century that originates from the Bidjar region in northwestern Ira...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Neon Grid Rug by RAG HOME
By RAG home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
Neon Grid Mosaic rug is a bold fusion of 90s-inspired color accents and a dynamic mosaic pattern. The checkerboard design in lime green and deep purple creates a striking optical eff...
Category
2010s Indonesian Modern Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Borujerd Lorestan Village Rug Lori Carpet Northeast Persian Hand Knotted
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Northeastern Persian Borujerd Style Carpet from the Lorestan region with a rare and beautiful color composition, featuring a red, blue, and salmon color scheme. Its foundat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Caucasian Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Cotton
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Medallion 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 Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Leaf Lattice Design Doormat Entrance Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The design source of the 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Javanese Hand-Crafted Wayang Topeng Theatre Mask, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This early 20th century ‘Wayang topeng’ mask was used in Javanese masked dance performances.
Measures: Height with stand 47cm; Height 18cm x Width 14cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Oversized Mamlouk Rug A Majestic Revival of Islamic Artistry Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
Origin and Inspiration:
The Mamlouk Rug is a contemporary masterpiece that draws its inspiration from the rich textile traditions of the Mamlouk Sultanate, which reigned over Egypt a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
New Konya Modern Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian Modern 'New/Not Used' Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his accou...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Old Vintage Beluch Carpet, Cental Asian Baluch Beluchi Baluchi Baluchistan Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Beluch ( also called Balouch, Balochi, Baluchi, Baluch, or Beluchi carpets) Carpet from the Baluchistan region with a rare and beautiful color composition and high-quality materials like; wool & dyes.
These carpets were woven by the nomads of the Baloch tribes. Baloch rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkmen Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Pair of Toraja Wood Ceremonial Bowls, Sulawesi, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This set of wooden ceremonial bowls were crafted by the Toraja tribes people on the mountain highlands of Sulawesi, Indonesia. They are hand-crafted using 3 separate components (the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Old Chuval Kilim Cuval Rug Nomadic Anatolian Natural Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a beautifully detailed old Chuval kilim, featuring a bold, three-dimensional texture and precise geometric patterns. Originally used by nomadic tribes as a storage bag for tr...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Caucasus Soumak Kilim Sumac Rug, Caucasian Natural 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.
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
New & Not Used Handwoven Wool Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The earliest recorded occupation of Kayseri dates b...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Cotton
Vintage Old Sivas Cecim Jijim Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Vintage Handwoven Cecim (Jijim) Kilim from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ikat Textile from Dayak Tribe, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations amid the Dayak Tribes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Old Caucasus Soumak Sumac Kilim Rug, Caucasian Natural 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 Caucasian Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
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 Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber, Organic Material, Wool
Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a Tibetan Coral Bead mala / neckpiece with a stunning mix of orange & red colours that have aged beautifully over the decades. Tib...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Coral, Silver
Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Vintage Large "Kokeshi" by Kyutaro Ogura. This large size is very rare. With signature.
Kyutaro Ogura (Ogura Kyutaro: 1906-1998)
Master: Hisashiro Ogur...
Category
1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Maple
New Manisa Fine Handwoven Modern Kilim West Anatolian Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Western Anatolian Modern 'New' Fine Kilim from the Manisa region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This kilim is woven according to traditional kilim technique...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Holland Park William Morris Carpet, Arts and Crafts, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Arts & Crafts Carpets, by Malcolm Haslam, and David Black, 1991, fig.49. This Hammersmith carpet was designed by William Morris in 1882, in the United Kingdom. In 1887 English artist and bookbinder T.J. Cobden Sanderson, suggested that a new group be named the “Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society” As a result, he was the first to use the term “Art and Crafts” and also is credited with naming this new emerging movement. The Arts & Crafts movement was inspired by the degradation of product standards that resulted from the factory production age. The rise of machinery in manufacturing caused a noticeable decline in uniqueness and crafts. These anti-Industrial reformers promoted economic advancement and social change. They wanted to eliminate poor quality and “artificial” items from 19th century British society. They saw a plethora of uninteresting items on display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and became inspired to launch a Campaign for originality and uniqueness.
William Morris was an English designer, as well as an uplifting social activist and writer. Morris is credited with sparking the rebirth of textile arts and traditional means of production. In 1861, Morris and a small group of designers opened an incredibly fashionable design company that grew to be largely successful. Morris left behind works in many different mediums such as textiles, books, furniture, stained glass, and area rugs. But in the end, he is most remembered for the magnificent wallpapers that he designed. He got much of his inspiration from the natural world. Through his interior decor pieces, Morris set out to convert rooms or spaces into meadows with beautiful trees meandering, vines, and plants. This concept of taking something Industrial and man-made, and converting it into something natural is what William Morris meant when he once said: “-any decoration is futile… when it does not remind you of something beyond itself.”
Morris was a huge commercial success and his works are some of the most sought-after pieces in the world of design and decor. He is also credited with almost single-handedly reviving the British textile arts as well as their methods of production. Morris was also severely critical of machine-made goods, exclaiming, “Today almost all wares that are made by civilized man are shabbily and pretentiously ugly.” Houses were filled “with tons and tons of unutterable rubbish,” which, he suggested, should be heaped onto a gigantic bonfire! “As a condition of life, production by machinery is altogether evil.” He masterminded one of the most well-known styles of Arts & Crafts, recognizable by its twisting and arching patterns and simple, elegant floral design prints. Although Morris believed that Persian carpets were the greatest ever made, he adopted the coarser Turkish (Ghiordes) knot for his hand knotted carpet manufacture. They were woven at a thickness of 25 knots to the square inch at that time. Morris & Co.’s rugs are reminiscent of Persian garden design carpets in that they are smartly styled depictions of English gardens. Donegal also started producing highly desirable Irish rugs in the late 19th century. The Donegal rugs were predominantly created by English architects C.F.A. Voysey and Gavin Morton. The handcrafted Voysey rugs are typically woven in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Voysey had a knack for using contrasting shapes to decorate flat monochromatic spaces. Dark outlines added a flair of drama to his signature pattern and Celtic rug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Arts and Crafts Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Turkestan Old Yomut Kilim Turkoman Central Asian Yomud Rug Turkomen Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Yomut (Yomud) Kilim from the West Turkestan and Iran region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The Yomut are to be found in north-east Iran, an...
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Mid-20th Century Turkmen Kilim Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Japanese Antique Wooden Board, "Abstract Sculptures", Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a wooden antique board from the Meiji era.
It is made of Japanese cedar wood.
It has a beautiful appearance due to years of use and aging.
It was used as a board for kneadi...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a predominantly ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Other Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Ararat Rugs Rows of Rosettes Rug, Antique Anatolian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.173. This classical shape of a rosette design 16th ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
South American antique earthenware pots/simple vessels/Wabisabi earthenware
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is thought to be excavated earthenware from around the 15th to 19th century.
Judging from the soil, texture of the surface, and shape, it seems to have been made in South America....
Category
17th Century Peruvian Other Antique Asia - Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
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