Woven Mat

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

The field is left entirely open, a plain expanse of pale ivory with no pattern or ornament. A single vertical seam runs down the center, marked by a narrow band of herringbone-stitched joining, dividing the field into two nearly identical panels. The outer edges are finished with a plain flat selvage, and the overall surface remains uniform in tone throughout.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

100% Linen.

The field is divided into an irregular network of angular facets—elongated hexagons, triangles, and diamond shapes—each rendered in a slightly different tone of ivory, sand, and taupe. Within each facet the surface reads with fine striated texture, so the shifting direction of these natural streaks gives the geometric segments a subtle sense of movement against one another. There is no border in the traditional sense; the faceted pattern runs edge to edge, with the outermost shapes trimmed flush at the perimeter.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

Assembled from rectangular and square panels of varying sizes, each edged in a contrasting whipstitch, forming a jigsaw-like composition rather than a continuous field or border. Some panels are flat, solid brown-black grounds, while others carry fine vertical or horizontal striations in taupe, oatmeal, and grey, giving the surface a patchwork of texture and tone. The staggered, cross-like arrangement of blocks creates an irregular overall outline rather than a fixed rectangular format.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

Two joined flatwoven panels are arranged side by side, each composed of horizontal bands in varying widths of dark brown, medium brown, and taupe, interrupted by a broad ivory stripe across the lower field. The panels are not perfectly aligned, leaving a slight asymmetry where the ivory bands meet at the center seam. Edges are finished with a whipped overcast stitch visible along the top, bottom, and sides.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

A brickwork arrangement of rectangular panels in a warm taupe-brown tone, each section joined edge to edge and outlined with cream-colored whipstitching in a running herringbone pattern. The panels vary slightly in size, staggered like a running bond, with no field ornament beyond the visible seams and stitched joins themselves.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

Four flat squares of taupe-brown are set at a slight rotation within a plain ivory ground, each square outlined first in a narrow dark brown band and then finished with a hand-stitched whip edge in cream thread. The composition divides the field into equal quadrants, with the ivory ground showing between the tilted squares in a subtle cross pattern. The palette is limited to warm neutrals - taupe, dark brown, and unbleached ivory - with no other motifs or border treatment beyond the pieced geometry itself.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

Four panels are joined into a single field, each panel a plain ivory ground centered on a dark brown square set at a slight tilt. The brown squares are edged in a contrasting whip-stitch outline that alternates cream and dark thread, and a straight seam of matching stitching runs along the horizontal and vertical joins dividing the four panels. The palette is limited to ivory and deep umber-brown throughout, with no additional border or corner ornament beyond the stitched seams.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

A narrow runner composed of five horizontal bands in undyed tones, moving from a striated tan-brown at the top through ivory, taupe, and a solid dark chocolate panel, ending in a lighter warm brown striated section at the bottom. The field carries no ornament beyond these juxtaposed color blocks, with plain selvages visible along the sides and a subtle stitched seam where the panels meet.

VINTAGE KILIM COMPOSITION

The field is left entirely open, an unbroken expanse of ivory-white ground divided into seven narrow vertical panels by seam lines. Each seam is finished with a fine cross-stitch in a soft tan tone, and the outer edges of the piece are bound with the same cross-stitch pattern running along the top and bottom borders. The overall effect is one of restrained, linear geometry set against a plain, undecorated surface.

TURKISH KILIM

A rust-orange field scattered with small stylized floral rosettes surrounds a large stepped-diamond medallion in deep indigo, sage green, and cream, itself layered with smaller nested diamonds and hooked, comb-like extensions. Four cornerpieces in slate blue and orange echo the medallion's palette with rosette medallions of their own. A serrated reciprocal border in sage green, orange, and dark brown frames the composition, flanked by narrower geometric guard stripes.

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