Antique tribal bags with plain weave backs, by the Shahsavan Tribe. Circa 1880.

Size: 1ft 8in x 1ft 6in (51 x 46cm). Antique tribal chanteh (vanity bag) with plain weave back, by the Azeri Tribes of Azerbaijan. Circa 1900. A good small bag to contain personal...

Size: 7ft 11in x 4ft 7in (242 x 140cm). A good Antique Tribal Qashqai rug with diamond lattice design. Circa 1880. An interesting rug with one of the less common Qashqai designs, ...

Antique Caucasian Bordjalou Kazak rug of two medallion design, Bordjalou is the most northerly town that produced Kazak rugs Circa 1880 The rug has two large latch hook medallions o...

Antique Jaf Kurd bag face of diamond lattice design with good clear colours and an attractive striped plain weave back Circa 1880 The bag face is well drawn with a hooked medallion ...

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...

78952 Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kilim Rug, 06'07 x 08'06. This handwoven wool antique Caucasian Shirvan kilim rug, crafted in the southern Caucasus during the late 19th century, is a...

Antique Shahsavan Kilim rug. A beautiful antique tribal flat-weave from Azerbaijan, rug is attributed to the Shahsavan nomads. Designs with alternati...

This lovely antique Persian Ghashgai Kilim carpet measures 6.5 x 18.9 ft. and is from the 1950s. Provenance: Bonhams Auction House, London, UK.