Kilim Goçmen Bulgaria 310 X 230 Cm

Bulgarian wool kilim, circa 1950. Very good condition.

Beautiful Göçmen kilim featuring floral motifs across its entire surface. Against a burgundy red background, large rose and foliage motifs are surrounded by a border depicting a garland of flowers on a black background. Openwork weaving technique.

The art of weaving carpets and kilims has a long history in Slavic countries and the Balkans, particularly due to the conquests of the Ottoman Empire beginning in the mid-14th century.
Under Suleiman the Magnificent (1520–1566), the Ottoman Empire included Serbia, Bosnia, and Albania.

Rose motif:
The influence comes from the Damask rose, whose rose motif inspired Safavid carpets, which in turn likely influenced European tapestries. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the göl farangi motif—meaning “rose” or “flower of France”—appeared in the East on the carpets and kilims of Karabakh (Caucasus), on certain Iranian carpets such as those from Bidjar, Senneh, and the Bakthiar from the village of Faradoumbeh, as well as on Moldavian kilims (Moldova) and göçnems (Bulgaria) from the Balkans.

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