Kilim, 360 x 200 Cm. Karabach, dated 1912. Armenian caracters. see detail photo - it says something like 5 Februari than 1912 and after the date two caracters, and a hole behind - looks a diliberate made hole to take away the last two caracters. To conceal a name? Interesting detail: it has little loops to hang it on a wall - they seem original - This kilim probably was made to hang like you see on the photo. That may well be te reason is was conservated so well. Very fine weft Kelim, Literature: Azeraijani-Caucasian Rugs, The Ulmke Collection, Switzerland Siawosch u. Azadi – Latif Kerimov – Werner Zollinger isbn 3-925-813-10-1 Blz 216. Jebrail district, Karabach Beginning of the 19th century. the one in the book is 308 x 177 Cm. In the book a little dispute about where it is made - Kerimov says Karabach Zollinger says Georgia. seems that Kerimov was right looking at this kilim. Armenian caracters. There is a well kept border between those two countries. Other autors place this kind in the Derbent area. There were in 1912 a lot of Armenian people there. They were deported to the West part fo the Caucasus by the Russians after 1920. In favour of the Turkic speaking Azeri.