Vintage Kurdish kilim from Iran. 55x56 cms

This vintage little Kurdish kilim originally was probably part of a mafrash or suitcase for bedding items. Ir is woven with a bright colour palette and with a central large motif. 

Material: 100% hand-spun sheep wool

Size: 55×56 cms

Origin: Kurdish, Iran 

Date of weaving: 1970s

Kurds or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. There are exclaves of Kurds in Central Anatolia, Khorasan, and the Caucasus, as well as significant Kurdish diaspora communities in the cities of western Turkey (in particular Istanbul) and Western Europe (primarily in Germany). The Kurdish population is estimated to be between 30 and 45 million.