NORTH SYRIA, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN ALEPPO KILIM
NORTH SYRIA, MID 19TH CENTURY
Woven in two panels, a light overall surface dirt, overall good condition
11ft.7in. x 4ft.7in. (353cm. x 141cm.)

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Lot Essay

This finely woven kilim was produced in the surroundings of Aleppo at a time when North Syria was still a province of the Ottoman Empire. Woven in two panels, it would have once served as a door or window curtain. The central panel displays a dense repeat of elibelinde motifs drawn in an exemplary style and aligned in offset rows to form a tight geometric lattice. The panels at either end are filled with rows of stepped lozenges with extending arms above and below, which is a characteristic motif of Aleppo kilims, (Yanni Petsopoulos, Kilims, Fribourg, 1979, pp.166-167, figs.198-201).

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