Kilim Pile Rugs

Like pile carpets kilim have been produced since ancient times.

Kilim pile rugs.

Make offer vintage southwestern kilim 5x7 tribal aztec corn pattern woven area rug wool vintage turkish slit woven kilim hand knotted wool oriental rug 5 6 x 3 10 blue 225 00. Kilim rugs are beautiful middle eastern masterpieces that denote pile less textiles. The major difference between a kilim area rug and a carpet or a pile rug is that whereas the design visible on a pile rug is made by individual short strands of different color being knotted onto the warps and held together by pressing the. Discover our hand picked selection of kilim rugs to add a functional work of art to your living room dining room or bedroom.

We custom make kilims using vegetable dyed wool. The interweaving is done using traditional techniques which have been passed down from generation to. Each rug is one of a kind and authentic. Although at times you may find kilim rugs included in the general genre of oriental rugs in more accepted practice kilims are in a class of their own.

This process produces a flat surface that does not have a pile. With more than 18 000 hand woven rugs online and offline we offer a highly curated selection of authentic vintage rugs kilim area rugs and new hand woven rugs at the best prices. Kilim rugs from persian or iran have been produced since the ancient times. Because these rugs do not feature that additional backing they are often much thinner and easier to apply to walls as tapestries or on top of bare bones flooring and other sections around the room.

Our collection of vintage hand knotted rugs are composed of turkish anatolian persian and other oriental rugs woven mostly in the 50s 60s and 70s. As kilims are much less durable than rugs that have a pile to protect. Unlike high pile knotted rugs kilim rugs are flat woven made by interweaving various colored wefts and warps. And the art of producing them has been passed down the generations for years.

We have more than 10 000 unique handwoven rugs on sale and we also produce custom rugs. The term kilim originates from the persian gelīm گلیم where it means to spread roughly perhaps of mongolian origin. Each rug we carry is hand woven unique and authentic. Welcome to the colorful world of kilim studio.

Please contact us if you cannot find your desired size or colors.