Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim, 4'10" x 9'2", C-1880

Fine 4'3" x 10'4" Tribal Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim Rug, Circa 1900's – This gorgeous Shirvan carpet is perfect for traditional or contemporary decor. Its geometric pattern is...

Fine 2'1" x 3'5" Tribal Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim Rug, Circa 1900's – This gorgeous Shirvan rug is perfect for traditional or contemporary decor. Its geometric pattern is a ...

Antique Shirvan Prayer rug with multi-color motives on white background field. The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs...

The district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have complexity that is found in few rugs from the Caucasus. Shirvan, which is part of modern-day Azerbaijan...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug 3’6" x 4’10". Eastern Caucasian, west Caspian Caucasian rugs, primarily scatters, in geometric layouts, some prayer, from a wide range of local villages...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Daghastan Rug 2'9" x 4’10”.

Antique Circa 1880 Gold Caucasian Shirvan Marasali Hand Knotted Rug 4' X 4'10. A Caucasian Shirvan rug from the town of Marasali which is closely associated with the production of pr...

Kilim, a word of Turkish origin, denotes a pileless textile of many uses produced by one of several flat-weaving techniques that have a common or closely related heritage and are practiced in the geographical area that includes parts of Turkey (Anatolia and Thrace), North Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and China. Kilims are generally woven with the slitweave technique. The slit refers to the gap left between two blocks of color. It is created by returning the weft around the last warp in a color area, and the weft of the adjacent color is later returned around the adjacent warp. The major difference between a kilim area rug and a carpet or a pile rug is that whereas the design visible on a pile rug is made by individual short strands of different color being knotted onto the warps and held together by pressing the wefts tightly, kilim designs are made by interweaving the variously colored wefts and warps, thus creating what is known as a flat-weave. Weavers pack the weft tightly to completely cover the warp and often favor diagonal patterns so as to avoid weakening the structure of the rug with vertical slits. It produces bold, sharp patterns that weavers enjoy creating with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. This is also why kilims are so closely associated with geometrical designs even though there are kilims with floral designs as well. This lovely antique Shirvan Caucasian Kilim...