Handmade Kilim carpet is one kind of flooring with a strong history still far older than carpets. Kilim weavers are nomads who weave patterns and designs that come from their imagination and their environment. These patterns are beautiful and extraordinary.
Kilim fabric is wool of domestic animals. The fiber usually has a natural color or natural dyes. Therefore, handmade kilims are lint-free. The weavers wave them bypassing the wefts over the warps. Handmade Kilims have geometric and broken design patterns, rhombus, squares, and triangles. Also, Based on their design, handmade kilims divide into three categories which we briefly introduce here.
- Simple kilim carpet: which has a simple design, its texture is on one side and, the motifs produce tightly interweaving warp and weft.
- Embossed kilim carpet: As its name suggests, this kilim rug has simple but prominent designs and is one of the indigenous products of Ilam weavers.
- Varnish kilim carpet: This handmade kilim waves like a simple one-sided kilim with simple patterns and, its motifs are frequently in red and, black, and beige.
Using handmade kilim in-house decoration is a perfect wise choice and keeping it to look the same has a secret. As a result, washing handmade kilim is an essential element that should be done with lukewarm, cool water. Our piece of advice to you is to give your carpet to a reputable carpet washing company to clean the kilim for you.