I handled it four years
ago when I began to learn and to be fascinated by Oriental art. It’s an
end 19th century piece with all natural colors. Unfortunately, I didn’t
recorded its structure or its sizes. This Kilim has a tesselated back
ground with only one repeated working unit which can be seen at each side
of the two central pannels, but this is not the purpose of my posting. I
don’t know very much about these kilim woven in South Central-Eastern
Anatolia and I ask myself why so few Reyhanli kilim are illustrated in
books and why so few are available on the market. I hope that some one
knowing this area can help. Until now I have only seen late kilim from
this area. Is the production of this area a late feature? What are the
characteristics of the Reyhanli kilim? Thanks for your help,
Daniel