Anatolian kilim with eli-belinda motif design, 155 x 371cm, circa 1800. Some damage and loses. This kilim is unusual in several ways: 1. most eli-belinda type kilims have clearly defined side borders. Borderless examples are rare ( see p. 83 in Wolff-Diepenbrock Collection). In my kilim it appears that the weaver has begun to introduce non eli-belinde motifs along one long side to approximate a "border",but did not continue it for the full length of the side. The other long side has no border like motifs/elements; 2. the range of colors is atypically large; 3. the colors of the main eli-belinde motifs are not ordered into diagonal, horozontal, or vertical rows; rather they are randomly colored to create a kalaidascopic play of color.