A Hotamis Karapinar kilim, South Central Anatolia

Galerie Sailer, Salzburg

In the upper green band warps have broken between colours and there is a horizontal split, repair is required before there are any further losses - this is partially visible from the zoomed image online. In the brown band above the left orange gul has been half re-woven, there is a change in tone to this section in the printed image. Colours appear a little cloudy in the printed image. With a strip of velcro running vertically to the underside, with two small square sections of Velcro in the opposing corners. This is a well balanced piece with good rich and intense colours.
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for a related example see Davies. P., Antique kilims of Anatolia, 2000, p. 147, pl. 46