Which Turkish weaving towns appear most often?

Ushak and Oushak between them are the single most-named origin, with 'ushak carpet' alone in 40 titles. Kayseri, Konya, Bergama, Ghiordes, Sarkoy and Milas follow. Rarer origins turn up once each: Antep, Mut, Kemaliye, Hakkari, Erzurum, Kars, Aydin, Bursa, Monastir and Dazkiri, plus a Thracian kilim.

How old are most of the rugs listed?

Dealer-entered dates run from 1750 to 1960, with 427 of 483 listings carrying a clean year. The bulk sits either side of 1900. The 1920s account for 132 listings, more than the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s combined. A further 29 are dated only '19th century'.

What is a Sarkoy kilim?

Sarkoy accounts for 22 titles, and the flatweaves carrying that name are usually described by a banded design, meaning a horizontal stripe layout across the field. 'Banded design' appears in 12 titles, so the layout and the origin travel together.

Are Turkish kilims a big part of the category?

Yes. Kilim appears in 103 titles, about a fifth of everything listed, which makes flatweaves the second population after pile rugs and carpets. They cover a lot of ground: prayer kilims, banded Sarkoy pieces, cicim brocade from Konya, Malatya and Bergama, and chuval, heybe and mafrash bag faces sold as rugs or wall pieces.

How many Turkish rugs sell on Sellingantiques?

Around 44 are listed a year, handled by 30 different dealers. That's wide dealer coverage rather than two or three specialists holding the category. The archive runs to 483 listings, from small bag faces to oversize carpets.

Do any unusual one-offs turn up?

They do. An Irish Donegal carpet woven in a Turkish Oushak design, a framed and signed miniature Hereke silk rug, and angora mohair Siirt blankets have all appeared. So have a Konya yastik cushion face, a complete set of Yuruk saddle bags, a mounted fragment of a Konya long rug given as first half 18th century, and an 18th-century Ottoman embroidery. One Ladik prayer rug carries a date woven three times into the rug itself, 1285 in the Islamic calendar, or 1868.

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Hand-woven Anatolian floor pieces, knotted pile rugs and carpets alongside flatwoven kilims, made for village and household use, for export, and in the case of prayer rugs for prayer itself.