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AN ALEPPO KILIM
SOUTH EAST ANATOLIA, MID
19TH CENTURY
Finely woven in two panels, unjoined,
coloured wool design on a white
cotton ground, minute spot repairs,
occasional surface marks, frayed long
fringes
10ft.6in. x 4ft.1in. (325cm. x 126cm.)
£3,000-5,000 US$4,300-7,000
€3,500-5,800
The city of Aleppo in south east
Anatolia was the administrative
capital of the region during the
Ottoman period and became a
thriving centre for the production
of kilims during the second half of
the 19th century. The exceptional
quality of the present kilim is
striking. The fine weave is indicative
of the earlier examples woven in
the middle of the 19th century (Y.
Petsopoulos, Kilims, London, 1979,
pp.154-168, figs. 206 and 207). The
compact weave enables greater
precision and clarity in design
with the addition of multiple minor
motifs. The palette of cherry-red,
pink, brown, light blue and various
greens is highly characteristic and a
reliable identifying feature. Ebellinde
motifs are aligned in the sky-blue
ground border, several of them
accentuated by outlines woven in
thread of a different colour. As with
many examples from this region, the
present kilim is woven in two panels
which often remained unjoined as
they were used as curtains and
portiéres when sold at the market for
use in the surrounding town houses.

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