Description

Sivas

Located in eastern Turkey, Sivas is an old rug-making town, producing small pieces in traditional geometric fratilian style. But beginning in the late 19^th century, large carpets were produced for the same markets as those from Persian Tabriz. Indeed so closely do they mimic the latter that they are often called the “Turkish Tabriz”. On cotton foundations, the colors are light, even pastel and the weave is firmer than the typical village rug. Patterns are taken from the Tabriz style corpus and open fields with medallions are frequent. Sizes run up to 12’ x 18’ and prices tend to be less than either Ushaks or Tabriz carpets.