Antique Bessarabian Flat-Weave Carpet 7'3"×11'4" Black Medallion, Ivory Border, 18th Century / Circa 1750

A rare 18th-century Bessarabian flat-weave carpet from around 1750, measuring approximately 213.4 × 335.4 cm (about 7'0" × 11'0"). The composition centers on a medallion design over a deep black field, framed by an ivory border — an exceptional color register for a piece of this rare 18th-century date. Their black fields make them both rare and desirable. Bessarabia is the historical name for a region between the Prut and Dniester rivers — historically governed under the Russian Empire, today divided across Moldova and Ukraine. Bessarabian flat-weaves of the 18th century are exceptionally rare on the antique market. Hand-stitched wool flat-weave. Authentic one-of-a-kind 18th-century antique.