Discover this beautiful handwoven natural wool kilim rug. Its size of 206 x 152 cm will allow you to place it in any room of your house. Available in a variety of colors and patterns, it will add a touch of sophistication to your home decor.
The kilim, also spelled klim or kelim, is a rug woven instead of knotted. Its name of Indo-European origin also gave rise to the Persian guilim or gelim and the Greek kalymma (which refers to the Calymmian era).
Kilims are mainly found in the Middle East, notably in Iran (particularly in certain provinces: Kurdistan, Kerman, Lorestan, Fars, Sistan and Baluchistan and Golestan), in Turkey, in the Caucasus as well as in Central Asia and emerged almost 10,000 years ago as evidenced by numerous remains. The warp of the kilim is often made of cotton, wool, silk or goat hair while the weft is made of wool, silk or goat hair.
They represent both the memory and the identity of the sedentary, nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples who weave them. Each tribe and each village has its own style: shimmering or sober colors, complex or refined decorations depending on the region. Their motifs constitute a form of symbolic writing inherited from ancient shamanist beliefs.
The patterns of the carpet are geometric, the tones are ethnic and the texture is fine. Their rendering is more flexible and lighter.
Originally, the kilim was used as a covering and to protect the floor of mosques and yurts. Nowadays, it can be used on the floor, on the walls, as a sofa throw, as a headboard or as curtains.
