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Turkish carpet. Anatolia, Turkey. Mid 20th century.

It is a piece woven on a stake loom, weft-faced, with the kilim soumak technique, with sheep's wool dyed with natural dyes. Measurements. Length: 100 cm / 39.37 in. Width: 55 cm / 21.65 in.


The term kilim derives from the Persian word gilim used in ancient times to define a thick blanket, and with the passage of time, derived in a denomination of weaving technique, common to Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and the neighboring tribal ethnic groups to Asia Minor (today Anatolia); Soumako Makh comes from Shemakha, a town in the Caucasus Mountains where its weavers were famous for producing rugs with complex designs and high resistance to wear and tear. "Soumak is a sophisticated weft wrapping technique, a term believed to be derived from the ancient Caucasian people of Shemakha, whose weavers produced fabrics of intricate and complex designs that are extremely durable”. (1)


This carpet, whose classification is kilim soumak, woven by nomadic tribes of the Anatolia region, presents a profuse and varied ornamental design in which the colors and the figures represented give it a visual image of serene distinction, while its technique of wrapping, the intertwining of the weft threads embracing the warp, added to the structure of the threads and knots on the reverse side, give it the rigidity and support typical of a carpet, an element absent in conventional kilim.


Notes:

1. Lee Allane: Tribal Rugs. Ed Thames and Hudson, London, 1996, p. 22


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