Antique Caucasian Brown Tribal Geometric Baluch Rug, circa 1940s

Baluch carpets are handmade carpets originally made by Baluch nomads, living near the border between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The carpets are often small with lively patterns,...

Baluch carpets are handmade carpets originally made by Baluch nomads, living near the border between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The carpets are often small with lively patterns,...

Baluch carpets are handmade carpets originally made by Baluch nomads, living near the border between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The carpets are often small with lively patterns,...

Kilim, a word of Turkish origin, denotes a pileless textile of many uses produced by one of several flat-weaving techniques that have a common or closely related heritage and are practiced in the geographical area that includes parts of Turkey (Anatolia and Thrace), North Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and China. Kilims are generally woven with the slitweave technique. The slit refers to the gap left between two blocks of color. It is created by returning the weft around the last warp in a color area, and the weft of the adjacent color is later returned around the adjacent warp. 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 wefts tightly, kilim designs are made by interweaving the variously colored wefts and warps, thus creating what is known as a flat-weave. Weavers pack the weft tightly to completely cover the warp and often favor diagonal patterns so as to avoid weakening the structure of the rug with vertical slits. It produces bold, sharp patterns that weavers enjoy creating with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. This is also why kilims are so closely associated with geometrical designs even though there are kilims with floral designs as well. This lovely antique Shirvan Caucasian Kilim...

Handwoven in wool circa 1950-1960, this vintage tribal kilim rug from the Baluch tribe is the latest to join Rug & Kilim’s collection of coveted flatweaves. On the Design: Specif...

Paying tribute to the nomadic sensibilities of Baluchistan, a 2x3 antique Baluch rug coming from Persia circa 1920-1930. The hand-knotted wool rug displays a tribal geometric pattern...

Handwoven in wool circa 1950-1960, this 4x6 vintage Baluch Kilim is a new curation from Rug & Kilim’s primitivist flatweaves. On the Design: Specifically believed to hail from t...

A 6 x 12 vintage Moroccan tribal rug, hand knotted in wool from Morocco circa 1950-1950. The rug comes from a strong community of Moroccan Jews who were rarely seen owning looms or m...