'Sarkoy' kelim, Bulgarian, antique, 195 x 148 Cm. The pigments cochineal can be obtained from three different scale types. In the production are only females lice used. The color of the pigment is carmine red. In fact, the name Sarkoy is incorrect. The name is given by chauvinistic Turkish traders to kilims from the Balkans. After their defeat in 1912 the Turks only kept a small part boundering to Bulgaria and Greese at the Black Sea coast. There is a little harbour called Sarkoy...