Konya Kilim, 333 x 161 cms L 250 - 350 780 x 7 cm

780 x 7 cm

Here is the very finest needlework displaying exquisite attention to detail

Origin: Navar

head bands to anchor reigns and mouth bits

Konya Kilim, 333 x 161 cms L 250 - 350 780 x 7 cmLate 19th or early 20th century. An exceptional kilim from the central Anatolian city of Konya, or near by. Woven in two joined sections, the deep red field is filled with rows of a repeating major motif in changing colours, surrounded by a great variety of small characters. The kilim is dramatized partly by the change in red ground and there is an ethereal quality. Note the different way that the side borders meet the field. The eye does not tire of