Antique Turkish Sivas Rug Of Classic Medallion Design, Circa 1900

Antique North East Anatolian Sivas rug with classic Persian design Circa 1900 This outstanding and scarce rug was woven in the Turkish town of Sivas around 1900 At this time the wor...

Antique Turkish Sivas multi niche saf prayer rug of classic design with good colour Circa 1900 The rug has very pleasing colours including a clear red in the three prayer niches, th...

This is a Central Anatolian Antique Double Medallion Carpet from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Central Anatolian rug from 1960s. The rug has even low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition wi...