Inventory Number: 4029

Loma (by Odegard)

Origin : Knotted by artisans in Nepal from luxiorious Tibetan wool.

Size : 8'2X9'6"

Price : 3150.00

Inventory Number: 4027

Belak. Frogfoot (by Odegard)

Origin : Knotted by artisans in Nepal from luxiorious Tibetan wool.

Size : 9'5X11'6"

Price : 4650.00

Inventory Number: 4026

Lotus. (by Odegard)

Origin : Knotted by artisans in Nepal from luxiorious Tibetan wool.

Size : 8' 7" x 11' 9"

Field is deeper gold. Blue Lotus motifs are brighter.

Price : 3150.00

Inventory Number: 4279

Shomik. (by Odegard)

Origin : Knotted by artisans in Nepal from luxiorious Tibetan wool.

Size : 5' 10" x 8' 4"

Price : 1950.00

Inventory Number: 2756

Kilim
Origin: Turkey,SouthEast. Aleppo area
Size: 2'11"X 11'7"'
Age: early 20th c.
Wool. Some white cotton weft.
Slit tapestry weave with outlining.

The dramatic juxtaposition of color is striking in this kilim panel. It would be a handsome hanging over a couch or bed or could hang vertically as a room divider .

Condition: It is slightly curved as a result of the way in which the weaver tied the warp.

Price: $1000

Inventory Number: 1467

Kilim
Origin: Turkey,Oushak
Size: 12' x 14'
Age: c. 1920
Wool weft. Wool warp
Slit tapestry weave.

This is a classic Oushak design.

Condition: changes in areas in field due to fading of original repair. One large repair near border.

Price: $500

Inventory Number: 3297

Kilim
Origin: Turkey,Anatolia. Aydin area
Size: 2'10"X 15'4"'
Age: late 19th c.
Wool
Slit tapestry weave
Condition: excellent
This is a very fine and intricate kilim tha could have been woven as a divan cover.. Beautifully saturated colors from natural dyes.  It could also be a handsome hanging - as a room divider- or could hang horizontally on a long wall. A collectable textile.

Price: $2400.

Inventory Number: 3788

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey
Size: 8'3"X 10'6"
Age: 3d quarter, 20th c.
Wool . Ends tied in bundles.

Slit tapestry weave. Reversible.
Condition: very good.
Signed ESMA, the folk art quality of this kilim is enhanced by the change of background color towards the bottom. Probably woven by a semi-nomadic weaver who might have changed the color when she ran out of the brown yarn at the summer grazing camp (yayla)- away from her winter village.

Price: $2500. might be missing. inquire if interested.

Inventory Number: 4238

Kilim rug - may have been made as a portiere or divan cover. Different usages in different areas of Anatolia.
Size: 3'X 13'8"
Age: late 19th c.
Wool. Some white cotton (white cotton is whiter than natural light wool)
Slit tapestry weave.

In rich tones from vegetal dyes that have become burnished with age, this beautiful panel could "make" a room; hang it horizontally on a long wall in an entry hall, over the bed in the master bedroom or in the reception room of an office.

Price: $1750.

Inventory Number: 3988

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey, Karabagh (northern Anatolia)
Size: 5'11"X 10'7"
Age: mid 20th c.
Wool Slit tapestry weave with outlining. Shiny brown warp tied in bundles.
Condition: very good.
A charming rendering of a flowerhead and leaf design. Note the "abrash" ( natural color change in the yarn) in the brown background along with the "lazy lines" (rows of slits used decoratively).

Price: $1500,

Inventory Number: 3957

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey. Central Anatolia.
Size:5'3"X 11'6"
Age: Early 20th c.
Wool .
Slit-tapestry weave. Woven in two parts; sewn together off the loom.
Condition: Very good.

This intricate compsition  demands considerable skill on the part of the weavers requiring mastery of technique and memory. Notice that the more intricate side of the design is the side that  isi joined; this exhibits one of the mysteries of kilim magic. These, called Rashwan, are prized kilims.

Price:$2900.

Inventory Number: 4073

Kilim rug.
Origin: Turkey. Karapinar. Central Anatolia.
Size:4'10X12'6"
Age: 20 years.
Wool.
Tapestry weave.
Condition: Excellent.

This handsome kilim uses traditional kilim motifs in a dramatic modern design.The 3 medallions are "elibelinde" representing a mother goddess-like figure according to some kilim theorists.The fine wool has been dyed with natural local materials.

Price: $1750.

Inventory Number:3544

Kilim rug.
Origin: Turkey. Kars. Northern Anatolia.
Size:5'3X10'8
Age: 1970s.
Wool weft. Cotton warp.
Slit-tapestry weave.
Condition: Fine..

The cotton warp indicates that this was probably a village rug, not a nomadic one. A very charming floral, rather than the usual geometric, design.

Price: $1000.

Inventory Number: 1493

Cicim portiere
Origin: Aleppo area  OR Afreen. SYRIA

 Size: 5'5" X 11'2"
Age: 1900-1940 (?)\

Wool .  Natural dyes.
Plain weave with brocading. Woven in six strips. 
Condition: Very good..

These traditional Kurdish weavings were used as portieres in the Turkish-Syrian border area in urban and village homes. Its turn of the 19th century charm would make it a lovely doorway hanging or a couch or bed cover.
Price: $500.

Inventory Number: 1635

Cicim throw
Origin: Turkey. 

 Size:4' 5" X 8'8"
Age: 3d quarter 20th c.
Wool . 
Plain weave with spot brocading. Woven in two parts. 
Condition: Very good..

Cicim is both a technique and a name for a group of weavings-large and small- made for domestric use. Traditional and valued, they were used as divan covers, portieres,throws, hangings.

Price: $4

00.

Inventory Number: 3962

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey. Konya area. Nigde ?
Size: 4'5" X 13'8"'
Age: 18th c..(?)
Ivory wool warp. Wool weft. Mounted on canvas. 
Slit tapestry weave. Woven in two parts.
Condition: Poor but stabilized.

A powerful design, its motifs stretching back beyond its weavers knowledge. The panel on the bottom (seen here on the left) shows imagery of predatory birds, widely used symbols in Near Eastern textiles. The dark brown in the borders is an indication of its age.

This kilim should be preserved. Additional photos available on request.

Price: upon request

Inventory Number: 4174.

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey. Southeast. Aleppo.
Size: 4'10" X 9'2"'
Age:between 1850 - 1900 (see similar one in Y. Petsopoulos, KILIMS, 1991)
Wool warp. Wool weft. . 
Slit tapestry weave. Woven in two parts.
Condition:  Very good

Each band contains three connected hexagonal medallions in changing color juxtapositions, displaying one of the fine skills of the Anatolian weaver.

Price: $2400.

Inventory Number: 3779.

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey. Karabagh.
Size: 6'4 X 11''
Age:mid-20th c.
Wool warp. Wool weft. Browns and tans are natural,undyed. 
Slit tapestry weave. .
Condition:  Very good

Signed: BEHREM

Price: $1500.

Inventory Number: 100

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkey. Western Anatolia. Yuncu.
Size:5' X 10'
Age: mid 20th c..
Wool. .    Cicim (brocading) weave with soumak details. Condition:Excellent.

This kilim with its ancient design could have been woven for a mosque in northwestern Anatolia, home of the Yuncu..

Published in Flat-Woven Rugs of the World, by Valerie Sharaf Justin, Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1980. pages 32 & 196. A collectable kilim.
Price: $2500.

Inventory Number: 3488

Kilim rug (runner).
Turkey. NorthEast Anatolia.
Erzerum area.
4'6"X11'2 Wool warp. Wool weft.
Brown undyed warp.
Slit tapestry weave. Early 20th c.

A lovely runner with a sparkling off-white field containing a spine of alternating hexagon, shield and diamond forms. The powerful main border sports geometrized floral motifs on bold dark blue ground.

Price - $2900.

Inventory Number: 4147
Kilim

Origin: Persia (Iran) 
Size: 3'3"X11'
Age: 3d quarter (?) 20th c.
Wool weft, wool warp
Interlocked tapestry weave 
Condition: good. slightly crooked at one end from weaver's tightening of weft.

The field is filled with shield-shaped medallions in continually changing rows of color. Rams' horn motifs form the inner border and the outer border contains a  stream of dragon motifs. Charming colors, almost all from vegetal dyes.

Price: $1000.

Inventory Number: 3762
Kilim

Origin: Persia (Iran) 
Size: 3'3"X11'
Age: 3d quarter (?) 20th c.
Wool weft, wool warp
Interlocked tapestry weave 
Condition: good. slightly crooked at one end from weaver's tightening of weft.

The field is filled with shield-shaped medallions in continually changing rows of color. Rams' horn motifs form the inner border and the outer border contains a  stream of dragon motifs. Charming colors, almost all from vegetal dyes.

Price: NOT AVAILABLE.

Inventory Number: 1073

Kilim rug. 
Origin: Western Iran.
Size:7'X15'
Age: Early 20th c.
Wool. 
Dovetailed tapestry weave. Reversible.
Condition: Very good.
This elegant kilim was probably woven for the hospitality tent of a khan(tribal leader).It would be impressive in a public space or residental interior.

Published: Flat-woven Rugs of the World. Valerie Sharaf Justin (Van Nostrand Reinhold.1980) p.45.

Price: $2900.

Inventory Number: 1078

Tent rug - Ghujeri
Origin: Afghanistan. Gilz'ai (George O'Bannon thought it was Ersari Turkmen)
Size:6'4"X 11'5"
Age: Mid 20th c.
Wool and cotton.
Warp-faced warp-float weave interspersed with plain weave bands.Made in strips and sewn together off the loom.
Condition: Very good.
Use of the strong solid blocs of color makes this a dramatic rug. A great floor rug. Published: Flat-woven Rugs of the World. Valerie Sharaf Justin (Van Nostrand Reinhold 1980) p. 74.
Condition: very good.
Price: $1050

Inventory Number: 4057

Kilim rug
Origin: Turkmen. Central Asia.

Size:8'7" X 14'2"
Age: Middle 1900s.
Wool. 
Dovetailed-tapestry weave 
Condition: Excellent.
A very handsome and sturdy floor rug with the rich madder red renowned in Turkmen weaving. Large Turkmen flat-weaves like this are not often seen in the United States.
Price: $3500..

Inventory Number:  3990

KILIM rug. 

Origin: Afghanistan, Northern. Maimana.                

Size: 6'10X14'3

Wool. Tapestry weave. Reversible.

Price: $2250. 

This is a handsome and sturdy carpet.  

Inventory Number:  2010

Flat-woven runner. Ghujeri.

Size:2'6"X11'

Wool. Warp-float weave. Made on ground loom by nomadic Turkmen and Uzbeki women.Strips are assembled and sewn off the loom.

Origin: Afghanistan. Mid 20th c.                

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Inventory Number:  1676

Broacaded rug. Baluch 

Origin: Afghanistan. Western.

Age: Older piece, mid- 20th c.

Wool and Goat Hair. Made in two parts. Authentic tribal weaving by the nomadic Baluchi.

Size: 5'2X10'6"

Condition: Quite worn. Foundation intact.

Price: $900.

Inventory Number: 4035
Blanket/cover
Origin: Greece? Metsovo?

Size: 5' 11'4"
Wool. Twill weave
3d quarter 20th c.?

The gay folk art quality of this weaving would bring with it the feeling of a Mediterrean village. It can be a handsome hanging over a couch or a coverlet at the foot of a bed.
Condition: very good
Price:  $500.

Inventory Number: 4068

Kilim cover/rug
Called "Bessarabian"
Origin: Moldavia (?) Eastern Europe
Size: 5'5"X9'2"
Age: Dated and signed: 1939
Warp is cotton. Weft is wool.
Double interlocked tapestry weave.

Features of a dark brown or black field with floral motifs with a floral border are characteristic of the kilims of Bessarabia, an area that was once a part of Romania and now appears on no map. Kilims like this were woven in monasteries for the grand houses of the "boyars".

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Inventory Number: 3914

Kilim rug
Origin: Yugoslavia/Bulgaria border area
Size: 10'2" X 12'
Age: Mid 20th c. or earlier
Wool . 
Eccentric weft tapestry weave. 
Condition: Very good.

Great annual fairs in the 19th century attracted merhants from the entire Ottoman Empire.This design, with its small geometrisized floral motifs, is characteristic of the fine"Sarkoy" kilims traded there.The preference for red in folk art throughout Eastern Europe apparently derives from the belief that red kept away demons. This is a very beautiful kilim that would enhance any room.
Price: $4500.

Inventory Number: 4176

Dhurrie rug
Origin: India, Bombay
Size:6'X16'2"
Age: Early 1900s.
Cotton. 
Dovetailed-tapestry weave 
Condition: Excellent.
Known as "palace" dhurries these beautifully woven cotton dhurries were made for grand rooms of rajahs and high officials or to order for British colonials. The background is a lovely light denim blue (see thumbnail). An identical dhurrie appears in "The Unappreciated Dhurrie", David Black, 1982; the book also has a 1907 photo of weavers making a dhurrie with this design at a jail in Bombay(many dhurries were woven by jail workers).
Price: $2800.

Inventory Number: 2074

Tent rug (arkila kerka)
Origin: Mali, West Africa, Mopti.
Size: 5'2"X14'1" Photo shows 2/3
Age: early 20th c.
Wool weft. Warp: cotton. Natural indigo& brick. Undyed ivory.
Plain weave with spot brocading and twining. Woven in six strips, assembled off the loom.The black and white section is also woven separately (called Cigarette).
Condition: very good.
This was used as a tent divider hung horozontally in the tent.. Specific designs for different tribes; this one was probably woven by men of the Peul tribe.The indigo blue dye is native and highly valued.
A similar one called "wedding blanket" is in the Museum de Kulturen, Basel.
Price: $3000.

Inventory Number: 1666

Mixed technique  rug - Zanafi.
Origin: Morocco. High Atlas. Berber
Size:4'5"X12'6"
Age: Mid 20th c.
Wool. Goat hair..
Weft-faced plain weave bands.Bands of brocading. Bands of knotted pile. 
Condition: Very good.
The design elements of the zigzag, triangle and diamond also appear frequently in High Atlas architecture and pottery. The rugs are called glaoua by merchants in the souks of Marrakech because they were first made under the rule of El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh. 

Price: $1250.

Inventory Number: 2451

Flat-weave  rug. Hanbel.
Origin: Morocco. Middle Atlas.Zemmour.
Size:6'X 11'
Age: Mid 20th c.
Wool.

Weft-faced skip plain weave bands and bands of plain weave..  
Condition: Excellent..

Hanbels of this dimension were blanket/rugs calculated to cover three or four people sleeping on pile rugs. This is a traditional Zemmour design of alternating bands of deep red plain weave and pattern bands of great intricacy - and variety.

Price: $2000..

Inventory Number: 2522

Flat-weave  rug. Hanbel.
Origin: Morocco. Middle Atlas.Berber
Size:4'10"X 10'4"
Age: Mid 20th c.
Wool and Cotton (white) . Weft-faced skip plain weave. 4 rows of selvages. Nicely bound ends.. 
Condition: Very good.
These design motifs are used by many tribal groups throughout the Middle Atlas mountain range and are known to the weavers by names in their own Berber dialects. This was probably made by a Beni Mgild tribeswoman.

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Inventory Number: 2529

Flat-weave  rug. Glaoua.
Origin: Morocco. High Atlas. Berber
Size:4'6"X12'10"
Age: c. 1970.
Wool and Goat Hair . Bands of plain weave and narrow bands of brocading 
Condition: Very good.

The boldness of this design seems to reflect the dramatic landscape of the weaver. Her young son was the shepherd/goatherd.

Price: $1200.

Inventory Number: 2530

Flat-weave  rug. Glaoua.
Origin: Morocco. High Atlas. Berber
Size:5'X11'
Age: c. 1970.
Wool and Goat Hair . Bands of plain weave and narrow bands of brocading 
Condition: Very good.

Made by the same weaver as the previous Glaoua. It is a sturdy floor rug for a contemporary setting.

Price: $975.

Inventory Number: 2525

Flat-weave  rug. Tarfaft
Origin: Morocco.Middle Atlas. Berber
Size:5'2X16'2
Age: 3d quarter, 20th c.
Wool and Goat Hair . Plain weave with large motifs of spot brocading 
Condition: Good.

These can be seen at Festivals such as the annual Wedding Festival looking festive on the top of the black tent. It would be handsome in a long gallery.

Price: $1650.

Inventory Number: 1951

Mixed technique rug.
Origin: Morocco.the Haouz.
Size:5'1X10'6"2
Age: 3d quarter, 20th c.
Wool and Goat hair.. . Plain weave bands alternating with knotted bands.

Condition: Uneven tension creates changes in width.
Woven in the plain near Marrakech. Weaver could have been from the Rehamna or Chiadma tribes noted for very individual and free wheeling designs. This rug should be hung on a wall where its rhythmic effect can be appreciated.

Price: $750.

Inventory Number: 15

Kilim (called klim)
Origin: Tunisia. Sidi bou Said area
Size: 5'9" X 11'2"
Wool. Dovetailed tapestry weave
Mid 20th c.

The freedom and gaiety of the Tunisian folk weaver is shown in this charming rug; are those the sails of windmills that the weaver saw in the landscape?
Condition: excellent
Price:  $1000.