Bergama Turkish, circa 1880. Antique. collector's item, Size: 174 x 134 (cm) 5' 8" x 4' 5" carpet id: k-1229
vegetable dyes, the black color is oxidized, the knots are hand spun lamb wool, the warp and the weft threads are 100% wool, the salvages are woven on eight lines with brown and warm rust wool, certain places the brown warp threads are woven in 2 to 5 lines, the fringes are rebuilt with 2cm kelim, thick pile, the background color is warm rust, the center medallion is warm rust and sky blue, the surrounded large border is yellow, rare example, the carpet is soft as an handkerchief and is high standard quality.