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Kurdish Van Kilim

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Significant, inconsistent restoration prevents this kilim from being ranked as a good collectible choice. However, it possesses great visual appeal.

Antique and Antique Collecting

Antiques have always lured those with a passion for the past and its cultural significance. Antique collecting though is a serious hobby which requires the hobbyist to posses a great deal of information on the history and other correlating facts if they are to land a reasonable purchase. Most often if not antiques make their way into the mainstream market via simple garage sales, auction houses etc. wherein the owner would have overlooked the significance of these precious collectables.

A reflection and testimony of the glorious past, Antiques are undoubtedly rare. Perhaps that is why Antiques have been collected and preserved for over thousands of years as a souvenir and tribute to what has been and gone. After all, those heard are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter!

Antique collecting has been in the books since the 16th century, gaining momentum through the 18th century to grow into what is now a healthy international business thats on par with the art industry. Some individuals prefer to collect antiques from a specific era, while most are into specific objects and aim at a timeline based collection such as vintage cars or clocks from the 1950s for example. The purchase of antiques is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the effort that goes into their maintenance. Most objects would be anywhere in the range of 50 to 100 years old. The biggest culprit to an antiques degradation is exposure to natural elements, even the air in most cases!

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Type:Kilim

Country of origin:Turkey

Region of origin:Van

Artisan's heritage:Kurdish

Period made:Late 19th Century

Size:9'4" x 6'8"

Shape:Rectangle

Assembly:Flat-woven in two pieces on nomadic loom and joined together

Technique:Plain weave, accompanied by slit-weave.

Weft:Wool

Warp:Two ply S-spun undyed ivory wool. Flat plaited band and uneven, broken fringe at one end. Very short plain fringe at the other end.

Brocade:Supplementary weft brocading in bands outlining borders at one end.

Design:Interconnected major and minor medallions

Dye:

Vegetal

Main color:

Brick Red

Additional colors:

Ivory(Undyed), Beige, Brown(Medium and Dark), Teal, Blue(Light, Medium and Dark), Straw Yellow, Pale Lavender, Pale gray

Quality:Good

Features:

Though the two panels match up end to end, where they meet down the center, the motif halves are mismatched, creating a blurring effect.

Another Striking Anomaly is the complete absence in one panel of a turquoise blue that appears throughout in the other panel.

Condition:Average

Defects:

Relatively extensive restoration exists at the end of one panel, including replace warp threads and use of synthetically-dyed teal wool.

Curling corners, a common problem, has been solved by unbraiding the warops and trimming them. This explains the absence of a plaited band on that end of the kilim and why warps on one panel have been cut short.

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