THIS ANTIQUE THRACIAN SARKOY KILIM, IT WAS MADE APPROXIMATELY 100 YEARS AGO C. 1900

IT WAS MADE IN THE TOWN OF SARKOY (SHARKOY) IN THRACE, ON THE WESTERN BANK OF THE SEA OF MARMARA, A DOMINION OF THE OLD TURKISH OTTOMAN EMPIRE, SETTLED AND DISPUTED OVER EONS BY GREEKS, TURKS AND BULGARIAN MUSLIMS. IT IS HANDMADE ON A VERTICAL LOOM, AND IS MADE FROM HANDSPUN GOAT WOOL WHICH IS NATURALLY DYED.

IT IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION, USED SPARINGLY, ON ONLY VERY SPECIAL OCCASIONS, AND SO IT HAS KEPT ITS GREAT CONDITION. IT WAS WOVEN FROM FIRST SPRING GOATS WOOL (LONG ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE BEST TENT COVERING) IT IS IN ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION, AND IS IMMACULATE, DEPICTING THE 'TREE OF LIFE' MOTIFWORK WITH A POMAGRANITE AND LEAF BORDER COLLAGE. THE BEAUTIFUL NATURAL 'CHERRY' OR CERISE DYEING ACCENTED BY WALNUT BROWN, POMEGRANITE BLACK, SAFFRON DERIVED YELLOWS AND FAINT INDIGO COMPLEMENT THIS KILIM WHICH HAS SURVIVED OVER 100 YEARS, PROPERLY CARED FOR IT WILL OUTLAST YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ALSO. THE FLORAL MOTIFWORK AND AND ARCHITECHTURAL DESIGN OF THIS KILIM, WITH ITS SLITWEAVE AND CURVILINEAR CONSTRUCTION ARE AUTHENTICALLY REGIONAL.

Beautiful Thracian Turkish Sarkoy antique Kilim Circa 1900 incredible condition for its age.

Dimensions 8' X 5'.

This rug is in perfect condition and is certified by the Turkish Ministry of Antiquities 'AK Mudurluge' And correspondingly has a lead seal of authenticity attached before I exported it.

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