Aksaray Kilim

Fragment

South Central Anatolia

18th Century

Woven in two piece (one missing)

Size  93 x 360

With a composition of vertical rows of hexagons with indented outlines and surrounded by a high geometric border with decorative repertoire ubiquitous in Anatolia, as the symbol of fertility and feminine power, "elibelinde". Also possibly woven in the South East of Anatolia where many diffused influences from South  Caucasus (Kurdistan- Azerbaijan) and North West of Persia are to be found.

RELATED

Y.PETSOPOULOS, Kilims, Flatwoven tapestry, rugs, New York, 1979, pl. 274, 275, 332 .