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Antique west anatolian Kilim


 

Mostly light green, blue with abrash, coral  to madder red, ivory, and light eggplant colours

 

A very important tribal flat-weave from West Anatolia in great natural dies colours. It's an antique and rare kilim, that has been restored, but showing traces of age and use.
There is a similar piece in the Vakiflar Museum in Istanbul published in the book «Flachgewebe des Vakiflar Museums Istanbul » by Belkis Balpinar & Udo Hirsch, Wessel 1982, on plate 4.
Eskisehir/Afyon 
is given as provenance.

 

PRICE: 2000.- CHF

COUNTRY: Anatolia, Turkey

DATE OF PRODUCTION: Mid to late 19th century 

TECHNIQUE/MATERIALS: Hand-woven; wool 

CONDITION: Restored, but delicate

WIDTH: 164 cm

LENGTH: 382 cm

REFERENCE NUMBER: 1909