Simply beautiful and elegant antique Bessarabian Kilim, with the softest colours and delicate open floral design.  A highly decorative antique kilim, which is in excellent original condition. Combined with our sturdy underlay this light flat-weave would sit securely on the floor.  allowing it to be used in a variety of rooms.  Gentle pinks, muted greens and a biscuit tone background make for an easy to live with colour palette, wonderful to furnish with or place in an existing scheme.Bessarabian rugs and carpets are the commonly given name for rugs in pile and tapestry technique originating in Russian provinces as well as 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 weav...