Vintage Tribal Kurdish Rug Turkey
Malatya - Gaziantep Kurdish Carpet / Turkey
Age: 60 -70 yrs
Size:2.48 x 1.47m ( 8.1 ft x 4.9ft )
100% pure woolFree International shipping !
This one of a kind vintage carpet is in superb condition with high pile,beautifulyl soft wool and subtle complex colours.
Eastern Anatolian and Malatya Kurdish pile weavings are easily recognizable by a long pile, medium knotting, and shiny coarse handspun wools or goat hair .They are distinguished by colours of apricot/oranges, yellows, blues and reds. Kurdish carpets exhibit strong bold geometric designs containing variations of hexagon, diamond and hooked lozenge or medallions..
These carpets were always woven by nomadic and semi - nomadic Kurdish women for their marriage dowries and are strong and durable rugs that they would have used in their tents and village homes .