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