KILIMs, flat-woven rugs, hangings, covers - from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Caucasus, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, India, Iraq, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Peru, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Greece, Saudi Arabia. Among tribal people are Balouch, Kazak, Berber, Yoruk, Qashqai, Luri, Kurd, Shahsavan.
These are authentic, hand-woven; they are antique or semi-antique. Many traditional cultures are disappearing, weavers are displaced by wars or forced to settle and give up their pastoral way of life.
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PILLOWs from semi-antique and antique KILIMS, ORIENTAL RUGS and ANTIQUE TAPESTRIES. From an 17th c. Isfahan rug, 19th c. French and English needlework, 17th c. Brussels tapestry, 19th c. Aubusson tapestries..
These pillows have been treasured by designers and their clients worldwide.
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SADDLEBAGs (for donkeys, horses, camels) - tent
bags, capes/shawls, and animal trappings. NAVAJO saddle bags
and mats, Moroccan Ousada, Uzbek and Shahsavan Mafrash, Kurdish
khorjin, Yomud torba, Cicim mats, Chinese seat cover, Tunisian
Shawl.
TEXTILES from Eastern and Western hemispheres. Mexican serapes, Japanese kimono and obi, Persian kalamkars, French and Italian ecclesiastic copes, African and East Indian embroideries, Indonesian batiks, 20th c. "orientalia" tapestries, a Rudolph Valentino 'Son of the Sheik" poster tapestry.
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