A late 19th-century European Bessarabian kilim from the 1870s, The piece measures approximately 9’6″ × 16’0″ (per the seller listing).
The composition is an ivory ground with a rose floral design, executed in the flat-weave kilim technique — a folk-textile palette and method characteristic of the Bessarabian European tradition. Bessarabia is the historical name for a region between the Prut and Dniester rivers, today divided across Moldova and Ukraine.
Hand-stitched wool flat-weave. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique European kilim.
At a glance
· Origin: Bessarabia (today’s Moldova / Ukraine region) · Period: 1870s · Construction: Flat weave / kilim (wool) · Dimensions: ~9’6″ × 16′ · Ground color: Ivory · Design: Roses · SKU: 19430