Vintage Kayseri Nomad Kilim

Vintage Kayseri Kilim / Turkey
Size. 1.71 x 1.45m
Age :Vintage  60 -70 yrs
100% handmade + excellent condition
Pure wool
Handwoven in two panels on a ground loom and joined in the centre
Originally weoven for a young woman's marriage dowry - one of a kind ! 
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Kayseri is a a large region and also the name of a major Central Anatolian city that sits at the eastern gateway to Cappadocia.
Kayseri and the surrounding villages are considered very important weaving centres for both wool on cotton carpets, pure silk carpets, and slitweave Kilims like this one .Afsar are a nomadic group oriomating ceturies ago  from Iran who wove  slitweave kilims  of a distinctive type with in the Kayseri region . Typically these pure wool Kilims tend to be boldly geometric, often featuring central medallions with smaller filler motifs,and generally have two main borders framing the central ground field. Many of the motifs are symbolic of the lifestyle of earlier nomadic groups that settled in Kayseri from the Eastern Torus Mountains and represent the weavers's wishes for abundance , fertility, protection etc .
 Kayseri kilims are both decorative and reasonably priced and therefore are very popular on todays markets.Traditional nomad and village kilims are no longer being made but there is a small production of newhandmade  kilims that still continues. 
 
Please note :All our store items are handmade
Our vintage pieces are all preloved and due to the age and/or handmade nature of these items, minor signs of patination,fading, wear, or slightly unsymmetrical lines may be present.These are not considered flaws,they are part of their unique nature and why we love using them in our homes as they add both character and charm