The Kilim carpet woven in culture. The story of the original handmade kilim.

Our kilim carpet is a flat handwoven, of oriental origin, in the current area of Arabia/Persia. It is probably the earliest known form of carpet art. The name kilim is Turkish and comes from the Persian gelim (گلیم).

The main areas of origin are: Shiraz, Senné and Bidzjar in Iran and Anatolia.

The special thing about the kilim weaving technique is that the patterns are usually the same on both sides, so there is no front or back. A kilim can be used as a floor or wall rug. The most commonly used material for the patterns of kilims is wool and for the warp threads cotton is used. The traditionally used colours are red, pink, ivory, blue and green.

History of the kilim carpet.

Net als pooltapijten wordt het kelimtapijt al sinds de oudheid geproduceerd.

Handmade wool Kelim carpet available in different sizes.

Weaving technique

Schema van de kelim slit-weeftechniek, waarop te zien is hoe de inslagdraden van elke kleur worden teruggewikkeld vanaf de kleurgrens, waardoor een spleet ontstaat

Kilim weaves are made by tightly interweaving the warp and weft threads of the fabric to create a flat, pile-free surface. Kilim weaves are tapestry weaves, technically flat-woven with weft faces, meaning that the horizontal weft threads are pulled down tightly to hide the vertical warp threads.

Kelim carpet – four different sizes available 170x240cm, 200x250cm 200x300cm and 250x300cm.

Let op: de tapijten worden met de hand gemaakt en zijn daarom nooit precies even groot (een tapijt is bijvoorbeeld 242×177 in plaats van 240×170).