Vintage Square Kilim with Red Open Field and Geometric Border, from Rug & Kilim

Handwoven in a wool flatweave, originating circa 1950-1960, this 9x10 vintage Turkish kilim is an excellent example of the slit weave and is dense with colors that have aged beautifu...

This vintage 5x13 Persian kilim is believed to be a Shahsavan tribal rug—handwoven in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This Shahsavan flatweave hosts a rare open field design ...

A modern Patchwork style accent carpet handmade using vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim rugs from the mid-20th century that have been overdyed red and stitched together. Measures: 5' 2" x 7' 2" Flat-weave rugs & carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian...

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 pra...