Ca. 1800, 423 x 131 cm, Eastern Central Anatolia, Cappadocia

VOK Collection: Anatolia 52

According to Hirsch, this narrow two-panel kilim was made in a Kurdish village near Sivas, so it is from north eastern Cappadocia. Only three examples of this extremely rare type have been published to date. Six rectangular compartments with sand-yellow, red and blue grounds surrounded by wide frames have been placed on a two-tone red-and-blue field, with bands of large reciprocal trefoils inserted between them. Their lateral outlines consist of a triple band resembling a zip fastener. Five of the compartments are embellished with small star and tree forms in a seemingly spontaneous arrangement while the last compartment has been left almost plain. The sides of the field are decorated with large S-designs in all the spaces where the trefoils do not extend to the ends. There is no clear separation between the field and border; the two sections merge into one another. Hirsch assumes that the kilim was used as a divan cover. – Signs of age and wear, incomplete sides, missing sections. Mounted onto canvas.

HULL, ALASTAIR & LUCZYC-WYHOWSKA, JOSE, Kilim. The Complete Guide. London 1993, Nr. 245 *** HALI 87, 1996, S. 168 (Ausstellung Galerie Sailer)

VOK, IGNAZIO, Vok Collection. Anatolia. Kilims und andere Flachgewebe aus Anatolien. (Text: Udo Hirsch) München 1997, Nr. 52