Technique: Kilim
Origin: Caucasus
Age: Old
Welft: Wool
Warp: Wool
Antique rugs Shirwan Kilim realized with technique of Kilim "to break", in which the pattern is built exclusively using the colored threads of the woof. For technical reasons the patterns of kilims are constantly geometric, in fact the change of color can happen only horizontally or in orthogonal sense in comparison to the warp. The threads of woof are usually elegantly combed and strongly twisted; for this reason also the most antique pieces are very strong and consistent to the touch. In this piece of old manufacture the fund is divided with regularity in wide horizontal bands, that are characterized for the repetition of the geometric patterns. We can recognize in fact bands with hooked lozenges, line up inside hexagonal spaces, that are alternated to bands with Kociak patterns. Tightened clear ribbons to zigzag that act from intermediary frames, they are delimited from numerous and small polichrome frames. The variations of color don't follow a precise pattern, but the result is a nonstop game of contrasts that stands up the pattern.
