1970s Vintage Silk Hereke Textile Art, "Tree of Life" Design

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This is an authentic & very good condition Turkish Hereke in 14/14 quality, or 196 hand-tied knots per square centimeter. … Read more This is an authentic & very good condition Turkish Hereke in 14/14 quality, or 196 hand-tied knots per square centimeter. This equates to over 1200+ hand-tied knots per square inch, more than 12 times what you might find in an average-fineness flooring textile. It measures 53 cm by 32 cm, excluding the fringe. In upper-center you will see the designation "Hereke" knotted into the kilim edge in Arabic-Persian script, "Hereke" being the type and location designation.

Authentic Turkish Hereke pieces, unlike Chinese replicas, are hand-knotted, made to amazing levels of fineness out of real Turkish (Bursa) silk, considered the best in the world. These textiles are 100% silk, both the knotted pile and the underlying foundation. Sadly the Turkish production of these items is now almost gone, a victim of modernization in Turkey and the cheaper Chinese production crowding the marketplace. The quality of the finest Turkish pieces has never been equalled however, not in the dye, materials, or quality of workmanship, by Chinese, Indian, or even (some would argue) Iranian productions.

This particular design, "Tree of Life," is popular in authentic Hereke textiles. The cream field features three trees with blossoming branches and perched birds. Below the scene flowers and rocks are shown in detail along with deer and other wildlife. The field is framed by a burgundy border with palmettes in green, beige, white, and blue, along with several thin guard borders done in amazing detail.

Authentic Turkish Herekes in good condition are increasingly rare and collectible. This middle production, likely from the time period of 1970, is in very good condition, and is an excellent example of the best production years of the Turkish Hereke art. See less