Antique Caucasian Kilim Size: 5'4" × 10'1" Date: 1900s Material: Wool on Wool Caucasian kilims are flatwoven textiles from the village and tribal communities of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. Unlike their Anatolian counterparts, Caucasian kilims tend toward larger, bolder motifs with a more uninhibited use of colour contrast — the designs are direct and the colour relationships are rarely subtle. This piece is built around a repeating field of large elongated diamond medallions — narrow, pointed forms with hooked projections and stepped interiors — stacked and interlocked across the full surface. Each medallion sits against a different ground colour: ivory, navy, dark brown, and gold alternate in an irregular patchwork that gives the kilim a dynamic, almost chaotic energy. Horizontal bands of bold arrow and comb forms fill the spaces between the medallions, and the overall surface reads as dense and highly active. The border is a continuous bold zigzag chevron in terracotta, gold, and dark brown on both sides — wide, simple, and appropriately aggressive against the busy field. The palette throughout — ivory, navy, madder, dark chocolate brown, and mustard gold — is vivid and strongly contrasted, typical of the best Caucasian flatweave work. At 5'4" × 10'1" it's a genuinely usable size, and the flatweave construction means it lies flat and wears practically.