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A Nomad's Art: Kilims[1] of Anatolia
September 1 through December 23, 2018
Kilim (detail), Turkey, central Anatolia, late 18th century.
The Textile Museum 2013.2.1. The Megalli Collection.
Woven by women to adorn tents and camel caravans, kilims are
enduring records of life in Turkey’s nomadic communities, as well as stunning
examples of abstract art. This exhibition marks the public debut of treasures
from the museum’s Murad Megalli collection of Anatolian kilims dating from the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Major support for this exhibition and its accompanying
catalogue is provided by the Megalli Family Endowment, the Coby Foundation,
Ltd., Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham, and the Markarian Foundation. Additional
support is provided by the Bruce P. and Olive W. Baganz Fund for The Textile
Museum Exhibitions and Publications, and Roger and Claire Pratt.
Lecture: Turkish Legacy in Anatolian Kilims
Sumru Belger Krody, senior curator, The Textile Museum
collections
August 05, 2018, 6:30 PM: Reception | 7 PM: Lecture
Nomadic Anatolian women, descended from Turkmen nomads, wove
colorful, visually stunning kilims that reveal their culture’s aesthetic
preferences for decorating their surroundings. Today, these kilims are the only
surviving tangible evidence of their makers’ nomadic lifestyle—a poignant
legacy given that women generally did not have an external voice in this
patriarchal society. This presentation by Senior Curator Sumru Belger Krody
aims to decipher the meaning behind these remarkable works. The exhibition A
Nomad’s Art: Kilims of Anatolia will be open before the talk.
A collaboration with the American Turkish Association of
Washington, DC. Free; but reservations are required. Register online or call
202-994-7394.
A nomad's art : kilims of
Anatolia
Author: Sumru Belger Krody; Şerife Atlıhan;
Walter B Denny; Kimberly Hart;
George Washington University.
Museum.,;
Publisher: Washington, D.C. :
George Washington University Museum : Textile Museum, [2018] ©2018
Summary: Woven by women to
adorn tents and camel caravans, kilims are enduring records of life in Turkeyʹs nomadic communities, as well as stunning examples of
abstract art. This exhibition marks the public debut of treasures from the museumʹs Murad Megalli Collection of Anatolian Kilims dating
to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
[1] Kilim Etimoloji | perhaps of Mongolian origin.
From Farsi gilīm گليم her çeşit yaygı, battaniye, yatak örtüsü Aramaic galīmā גלימא oldGR kálymma κάλυμμα örtü from oldGR kalýptō καλύπτō örtmek +ma → kulübe
Oldest source
"yer yaygısı" [ Mukaddimetü'l-Edeb (1300 yılından önce) : yüzi saçaklu kilīm ]
"kaba çuha" [ Filippo Argenti, Regola del Parlare Turco (1533) ]
[ Mesud b. Ahmed, Süheyl ü Nevbahar terc., 1354]
Şu kimse kim āsāyişin gözedir/ Ayağın gilīmi ḳadar uzadır
Persian (Iranian)
Gelim of Harsin in Kermanshah, Tarh-e-Aroosak (طرح عروسک, "Doll Design") Type
Ordinary kilims: this type of kilim is woven with hemp, cotton and also wool threads.
Gunny kilim: this special type is woven with varicolored pieces of cloth.
Suzāni kilim: this type is embroidered with raised figures after the ordinary kilim is woven.
Needlework kilim: this type of kilim is hung on the wall and is woven with cotton threads.
Jol (جل): this is a kind of kilim the surface of which is embroidered. With their decorative designs, they are used as horse saddles.
Palās or Palaz (پلاس): this is a kind of kilim in which each color is used for weaving several rajs, it does not have a pile. Palas is also the name used for the coarse woollen robes dervish wear.
Jājim (جاجیم) or chador-shab (چادرشب): this is a kind of striped carpet woven with colored threads and thinner than palas.
Zilu (زیلو): this is a kind of kilim woven with cotton threads and simple designs quite in harmony with rural life. It has a cotton warp and weft.
Rakht-e-khāb pich (رختخوابپیچ, "bed-packing"): this type of kilim is used by migrating tribes.
Charkhi-bāf kilim (چرخیباف): this is a kind of sturdy and thick kilim only one side of which can be used.
Khorjin (saddle-bags) and Juwals: these kilims are used for carrying goods.
Gilimcheh (گلیمچه, "small kilim"): these are woven like kilims but tiny and decorative.
Masnads: these are sturdy and fine-woven decorative kilimeches.
Navār-chādor (نوارچادر, "tent-band"): this type of kilim is decorative.
Sajādeh (سجاده, prayer kilims): these are woven with altar designs and are used for praying.
Ghigh: this kilim is used for the walls of tents; both of its side are the same and can be used alike.
Rah Rah (گلیم راهراه): These kilims (or, more precisely, soumak rugs) are woven mostly in the Sirjan region and are also called khatti design kilims. Ardebil and Moghan are woven in the same design but in lower qualities.
Kamoo Sofreh (سفره کامو): These Sofrehs are woven mostly in Kamoo and are also called Natural design Sofrehs.
Balkans and Eastern Europe
Chiprovski Kilim, of Bulgaria
Pirot Kilim, of Serbia
Anatolian (Turkish)
Perhaps the best known and most highly regarded, these kilims (or kelims) are traditionally distinguished by the areas, villages or cities in which they are produced, such as Konya, Malatya, Karapinar and Hotamis. Most Anatolian kilims are slit woven. Larger antique kilims were woven in two to three separate sections on small nomadic horizontal floor looms in three feet wide long strips, then carefully sewn together matching the patterns edges to create an ultimately wider rug. These pieces are still being produced in very limited quantities by nomadic tribes for their personal use and are commonly known as cicims.
Cicim or Jijim or Jajim: kilims woven in narrow strips that are sewn together.
[1] Kilim Etimoloji | perhaps of Mongolian origin.
From Farsi gilīm گليم her çeşit yaygı, battaniye, yatak örtüsü Aramaic galīmā גלימא oldGR kálymma κάλυμμα örtü from oldGR kalýptō καλύπτō örtmek +ma → kulübe
Oldest source
"yer yaygısı" [ Mukaddimetü'l-Edeb (1300 yılından önce) : yüzi saçaklu kilīm ]
"kaba çuha" [ Filippo Argenti, Regola del Parlare Turco (1533) ]
[ Mesud b. Ahmed, Süheyl ü Nevbahar terc., 1354]
Şu kimse kim āsāyişin gözedir/ Ayağın gilīmi ḳadar uzadır
Persian (Iranian)
Gelim of Harsin in Kermanshah, Tarh-e-Aroosak (طرح عروسک, "Doll Design") Type
Ordinary kilims: this type of kilim is woven with hemp, cotton and also wool threads.
Gunny kilim: this special type is woven with varicolored pieces of cloth.
Suzāni kilim: this type is embroidered with raised figures after the ordinary kilim is woven.
Needlework kilim: this type of kilim is hung on the wall and is woven with cotton threads.
Jol (جل): this is a kind of kilim the surface of which is embroidered. With their decorative designs, they are used as horse saddles.
Palās or Palaz (پلاس): this is a kind of kilim in which each color is used for weaving several rajs, it does not have a pile. Palas is also the name used for the coarse woollen robes dervish wear.
Jājim (جاجیم) or chador-shab (چادرشب): this is a kind of striped carpet woven with colored threads and thinner than palas.
Zilu (زیلو): this is a kind of kilim woven with cotton threads and simple designs quite in harmony with rural life. It has a cotton warp and weft.
Rakht-e-khāb pich (رختخوابپیچ, "bed-packing"): this type of kilim is used by migrating tribes.
Charkhi-bāf kilim (چرخیباف): this is a kind of sturdy and thick kilim only one side of which can be used.
Khorjin (saddle-bags) and Juwals: these kilims are used for carrying goods.
Gilimcheh (گلیمچه, "small kilim"): these are woven like kilims but tiny and decorative.
Masnads: these are sturdy and fine-woven decorative kilimeches.
Navār-chādor (نوارچادر, "tent-band"): this type of kilim is decorative.
Sajādeh (سجاده, prayer kilims): these are woven with altar designs and are used for praying.
Ghigh: this kilim is used for the walls of tents; both of its side are the same and can be used alike.
Rah Rah (گلیم راهراه): These kilims (or, more precisely, soumak rugs) are woven mostly in the Sirjan region and are also called khatti design kilims. Ardebil and Moghan are woven in the same design but in lower qualities.
Kamoo Sofreh (سفره کامو): These Sofrehs are woven mostly in Kamoo and are also called Natural design Sofrehs.
Balkans and Eastern Europe
Chiprovski Kilim, of Bulgaria
Pirot Kilim, of Serbia
Anatolian (Turkish)
Perhaps the best known and most highly regarded, these kilims (or kelims) are traditionally distinguished by the areas, villages or cities in which they are produced, such as Konya, Malatya, Karapinar and Hotamis. Most Anatolian kilims are slit woven. Larger antique kilims were woven in two to three separate sections on small nomadic horizontal floor looms in three feet wide long strips, then carefully sewn together matching the patterns edges to create an ultimately wider rug. These pieces are still being produced in very limited quantities by nomadic tribes for their personal use and are commonly known as cicims.
Cicim or Jijim or Jajim: kilims woven in narrow strips that are sewn together.
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