Antique Malayer Runner, circa 1880s

This antique Caucasian rug from the 1880s showcases a captivating blend of burnt orange and black hues, adorned with a traditional design. Measuring 4x12, this rug is a testament to ...

This is an antique Karabagh runner, circa 1880s. It features geometric motifs and rosettes filling the field on a black background with shades of salmon reds, ivory, pink, olive gree...

This is an antique Karabagh runner from the Caucasus area circa 1880s. It has a regal display of palmette, floral and angular patterns on dark black field with light peach, ivory, ta...

This antique Bijar runner circa 1880s is truly an exceptional piece with a vivid color scheme. It features ornately stylized floral patterns woven in rich...

Nice early 20th century Malayer runner with beautiful design of Botteh and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

Antique Shirvan runner from Caucasia with a typical design from this are. The strong central navy blue is filled with six diamond patterns each...

Size: 14ft 1in x 3ft 5in (430 x 104cm). Antique Caucasian Karabagh region runner with all over diagonal boteh design. Circa 1880. A very good runner with diagonal rows of flowerin...

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...