KONYA REGION, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

The present kilim shows a number of characteristics associated with those woven in the central Anatolian Konya region. The white ground colour, the fact that it is woven in two halves in wool with no cotton, the proportions and the colour palette are all indicative of kilims from this region although there is some overlap with surrounding regions. The energetic and radiating design of three oversized hooked hexagons that sit independent of one another on a white ground filled with various filler motifs are woven in the tapestry technique with elements of the design highlighted with weft wrapping. The lively colour palette contains a number of attractive colours including a rich aubergine dye which is well saturated. A closely related example was shown in 1982 by Bertram Frauenknecht in his exhibition 'Anatolia Kilims', Hali, Autumn 1983, p.337, fig.1, a further example is in Yanni Petsopoulos, Kilims, London, 1979, fig.137, pp.113-124.