Lot 192

Eastern Anatolian Wool Kilim Prayer Rug c. 1930-50

Estimate: $300 - $600

Bid Increments

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$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Featured in this lot is an Eastern Anatolian Wool Kilim Prayer Rug, circa 1930s-1950s. Many motifs are used in traditional Kilims, handmade flat-woven rugs, each with many variations. In Turkish Anatolian villages, women wove themes significant for their lives into their rugs, whether before marriage or during married life. Some motifs represent desires like happiness and children, others for protection against threats such as wolves (to the flocks) and scorpions, or against the "evil eye". These motifs were often combined when woven into patterns on Kilims. With the fading of tribal and village cultures in the 20th century, the meanings of Kilim patterns have also faded. This Kilim contains many traditional motifs representing themes appropriate to their own circumstances. Some of the motifs used are widespread across Anatolia and sometimes across other regions of West Asia, but patterns vary between tribes and villages, and rugs often expressed personal and social meaning. This prayer rug is in good overall condition, colors are bold and not faded, some repairs noted along hems. No other obvious marring observed, and it measures 23"W x 32"L including fringe approximately.*

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