PIROT (SHARKOY) KILIM CARPET, STARA PLANINA (OLD MOUNTAIN), SOUTHEAST SERBIA, RECENT MANUFACTURE. CM 196X125 Slight wear KILIM PIROT (SHARKOY), STARA PLANINA (OLD MOUNTAIN), SOUTH-EAST SERBIA, RECENT MANUFACTURING; VERY SLIGHTLY WORN. The Museum of Applied Art in Serbia has a valuable collection of approximately 120 carpets by Pirot, dating from the late 18th to the mid-20th century. Reference bibliography: Alastair Hull & José Luczyc,Wyhowska, 1993: Kilim, the complete guide: History, pattern, technique, identification Thames and Hundson, London Marina Cvetkovic, The Play of Varicoloured filaments, collection of the Pirot Kilims in the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade) Ethnografski muzej u Beogradu, Belgrad Vitkovic,'ikic, Milena 2001 Les Kilims de Pirot (in French) Belgrade: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Narodna biblioteka Srbije Peter Bausback, 1983: Kelim antike orientalische Flachgewebe Klinkhardt & Biermann, München