Thracian vintage kilim (209 x 74cm)

£ 276.00

209 x 74 cm  //  6ft 10" x 2ft 5"

Thrace is a term for previous Ottoman provinces including N. Greece, Bulgaria and the extreme SE European tip of what is today Turkey and Şarcöy in Turkish denotes / attributes the name in textile weaving and possibly other products possibly coined from the seaside town Şarcöy on the Mamara Sea.

This example is a part of what was once a larger kilim made up of 3 or 4 joined long narrow strips of which this was part of a unit.

Either North Bulgaria or Serbia.

• circa 1930/50s



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