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Rare Antique Bessarabian Kilim
Circa 1890
390 × 260 cm12’9” x 8’6”
£35,000
Description
A truly rare and unbelievable antique Bessarabian kilim, woven over 120 years ago and incredibly fine, with the most exquisite detail and colours. Signed by the weaver it would have been very expensive to weave back in the early 1900’s and more likely woven for an important estate or client. The variety of dyes are remarkable, with many different shades of blues, greens, soft pinks and yellow.
From the collection of S.Franses (London and New York dealers in historic textiles since 1909) this piece of astounding floor or wall art has to be one of the rarest of its type, we have only seen one other of this size in over 30 years of dealing in antique carpets. Condition is as close to perfect as it can be, with no damage or marks to be seen. A wonderful and exciting kilim for us to have on offer, please do view all the additional images to view the fine detail and colours up close.
It would be a pleasure to show this rare kilim to you at home or at our showroom, please make contact with us in your preferred way to arrange a time.
While most Persian carpets can be classified to a specific region corresponding to their weave, this is not the case with Bessarabian carpets and rugs. With these rugs, the weave only gives clues about the market it was created for (rural or urban); therefore, a normal classification is disregarded and the broader term, “Bessarabian”, is applied.
Bessarabian rugs and carpets are the commonly given name for rugs in pile and tapestry technique originating in Ukraine and Moldova during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some scholars will classify flat-woven carpets as Bessarabian, while referring to knotted-pile carpets as Ukrainian. They are predominantly from an area corresponding to modern Bulgaria and Romania. Produced under late Ottoman rule, they stand right on the cusp of European and Oriental carpet weaving.
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Carpets and kilims were woven with sheep wool on the vertical or horizontal looms; sometimes hemp or flax was used for the base. Woollen yarn was dyed with natural dyes from local plants and insects. A group of kilims with floral patterns were produced from central regions of Ukraine (Poltava, Kyiv, Chernihiv) Ornament consists of images of flowers, more or less stylised or branches with flowers arranged rhythmically or related to the overall pattern.
Late 19th century pieces such as this floral design had softer colours than the Kilims woven in the early part of the twentieth century. The dancing flowers in the border design and abstract floral designs in the main field are beautifully subtle. Often similar in design to that of Caucasian designs such as Karabagh. We love how the background of these Kilims have almost a wave like watery effect, look closely at the image to see this clever weaving technique in the background.
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