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.

Like pile carpets, kilim carpets have been produced since ancient times.

Handmade wool Kelim carpet available in different sizes.

Weaving technique

Diagram of the kelim slit weaving technique, showing how the weft threads of each color are rewound from the color boundary, creating a slit

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.

Please note: the carpets are handmade and are therefore never exactly the same size (for example, a carpet is 242×177 instead of 240×170).