Bessarabian Kilim

19th century

Sold by Farnham Antique Carpets

Description

A really pretty and elegant Bessarabian Kilim woven in the late 19th century, in lovely original condition and with softest of colours. Each floral element has different tones and design to replicate barley, poppies, and various other flowers. Using soft greens, pinks and light neutral tones to create the prettiest of kilims.

Bessarabian rugs and carpets are the commonly given name for rugs in pile and tapestry technique originating in Ukraine and Moldova during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some scholars will classify flat-woven carpets as Bessarabian, while referring to knotted-pile carpets as Ukrainian. They are predominantly from an area corresponding to modern Bulgaria and Romania. Produced under late Ottoman rule, they stand right on the cusp of European and Oriental carpet weaving.

Please contact us to request a home visit, we love to travel all over the UK, we would be very happy to visit you with this antique Bessarabian kilim soon for you to trial at home. A free, no obligation service we have offered for over 30 years of business.

Physical Dimensions

Height

274cm (107.87")

Width

178cm (70.08")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1103528

Dealers Internal Reference

11297

Dealers Notes

Farnham Antique Carpets are specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners. Varying from antique tribal rugs woven in the Caucasus to classical Persian carpets dating from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century.

As members of the BADA - The British Antique Dealers Association and LAPADA - The Association of Art & Antique Dealers we adhere to strict guide lines as affiliated members and pride ourselves on maintaining its high standards. We exhibit at the BADA fair in Chelsea, London every March and the LAPADA Fair in Mayfair, London every September.

Description

A really pretty and elegant Bessarabian Kilim woven in the late 19th century, in lovely original condition and with softest of colours.

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Each floral element has different tones and design to replicate barley, poppies, and various other flowers.

Farnham Antique Carpets

Using soft greens, pinks and light neutral tones to create the prettiest of kilims.

Bessarabian rugs and carpets are the commonly given name for rugs in pile and tapestry technique originating in Ukraine and Moldova during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some scholars will classify flat-woven carpets as Bessarabian, while referring to knotted-pile carpets as Ukrainian. They are predominantly from an area corresponding to modern Bulgaria and Romania. Produced under late Ottoman rule, they stand right on the cusp of European and Oriental carpet weaving.

Please contact us to request a home visit, we love to travel all over the UK, we would be very happy to visit you with this antique Bessarabian kilim soon for you to trial at home. A free, no obligation service we have offered for over 30 years of business.