@2manybooks @GreekAntiques - any ideas?
I’m so glad! I really like them. I am so unqualified to determine age or if they’re handwoven it isn’t even funny, but they sure are cool!
I’ve been doing some reading, and apparently taking damaged rugs and either making patchwork rugs or actually unraveling the rugs and reusing the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] “Vintage Turkish Patchwork Kilim. Hand stitched from remnants of hand made Turkish kilims from the Oushak region of Western...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] “Akma Patchwork 300cm x 80cm / 9’10” x 6’6” £490.00 £345.00 Patchwork Kilim. These kilims are made from a range of different...
Yup. Seems so implausible. I can’t help but wonder if the plaids started being made after folks saw kilts on soldiers from the UK, or if maybe...
I hadn’t seen anything exactly like this, but when I went looking…. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
@antidiem ? @Bakersgma ?
Wow! Thanks for that!
Who in the group knows a lot about rugs? Because now I really want to know if I’m just seeing things or what!
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[ATTACH] Of course, I wouldn’t bet on this asking price being indicative of value, even if your pieces are this old, which we don’t know. But...
<wipes drool off chin>
Seriously though, holy cow that’s *gorgeous*.
It does have that jaw-dropping, almost unbelievable “I’ve always been this beautiful” look indicative of @kyratango’s work, but do you have the...
Beautiful. “More real” for sure, at least in that there’s real personality there, rather than being stylized. That certainly has its own beauty,...
To be honest, it didn’t occur to me either. But something about them was setting off an itch in my brain, so I did a Google image search, and...
If the burning thread smells like burning hair, the fabric is almost certainly primarily wool. And if nothing else, wool blankets at $7 a piece...
I know nothing about rugs. But…...
There’s something about them that tickles my brain. My first impression was 1970’s too, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t worth...
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