Antique Bessarabian Kilim

1900 - 1920

Sold by Farnham Antique Carpets

Description

Such a pretty and rare small Bessarabian Kilim, circa 1910 with a gentle light purple/mauve background colour, soft greens and an off-white grey border. The well spaced out floral pattern is quite beautiful. In lovely original condition, with just a tiny bit of dye bleed from the orange dye in the border, which is barely noticeable. A very attractive little Kilim though, which sitting on our underlay would stop it from moving on the floor and preserve it too.

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 weaving.

Please contact us to request a home visit, we love to travel all over the UK and help customers find the perfect rug for their home. It is a free, no obligation service we have offered for over 30 years of business.

Physical Dimensions

Height

193cm (75.98")

Width

128cm (50.39")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Farnham Antique Carpets has dated this piece to the 1910s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA859881

Dealers Internal Reference

9738

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

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In lovely original condition, with just a tiny bit of dye bleed from the orange dye in the border, which is barely noticeable.

Farnham Antique Carpets

A very attractive little Kilim though, which sitting on our underlay would stop it from moving on the floor and preserve it too.

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 weaving.

Please contact us to request a home visit, we love to travel all over the UK and help customers find the perfect rug for their home. It is a free, no obligation service we have offered for over 30 years of business.