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This newer Kurdish gelim was purchased in Teheran in 1979. It represents traditional Senna (now Sanandaj) design woven on cotton warps. The production of gelims in Sanandaj has increased over the past 25 years due to demand and the resulting products are gelims while practical in size, use less traditional...

Purchased in Teheran in 1977, this old slitweave gelim is typical of the weaving of the Bijar Kurds. There is some speculation that this type of slightly Baroque design may have been inspired by European rugs. This small gelim is finely woven on cotton warps and would look great on...

This finely woven area gelim is typical of the weaving of the Bijar Kurds in the areaaround the market town of Sanandaj (formerly Senneh), the capital of Kurdistan. There is considerable evidence of influence from Kashmiri textiles in these works. Senneh gelims are quite different technically and aesthetically from gelims...