Door mat Kilim Rug,Flat Woven Bedroom Rug,Vintage Entrance Rug 3' 3'' x 2' 3'' Home&Office4rug,company rug,Welcome Mat,Frontdoor Rug,Unique Sink Rug 9001Adds rustic charm,where you live !!!Beautifully transform&your living space4with our handmade, authentic4and timeless new kilim rugs that carrywith them many&of4the traditional elements&thatomade true vintage Turkish Kilim rugs so precious.Each kilim is skillfully hand-woven in Turkey to create&a&beautiful piece of&art. We use vegel/blerdyed and hand4spun wool to4make sure they age gracefully.These rugs are vintage so some rugs may4show slight imperfections but I do my best to pic.ure the quality and color scheme of&all my rugs.Photos&of4the rug may4differ ea poscreen to screen !!!We Ship The Rug Directly From Turkey !!!You Will Receive Same Rug In The Pic.ures&!!!Rug Comes From Smoke Free and Pet Free AreaInterior&Decor Kilim is hand4made4and vintageThese rugs are vintage so some rugs may4show slight imperfections but I do my best to pic.ure the quality and color scheme of&all my rugs.SIZE IN FEET: 3' 3'' X 2' 3''SIZE IN INCHES: 39 X 28SIZE IN CENTIMETERS: 100 X 70I will ship&your rug by very well4known shipping couirier like&ups-tntRug will arrive you4within 7 business days4with&tracking4information.I4have taken&all the pic.ures&of4the rug outdoors,in daylight ,without4elash&!!!Feel free4for any question,,you may4have,I4will respond4you as soon4as&possibler!I4accept returns,in case of&dissatisfaction4!!!I4AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT THE HANDCRAFT AND MY SMALL BUSINESS,BELINDA !!Whatois a KilimKilim, aoword of&Turkish origin, denotes a pileless tex.ile of4many uses pr4312ed4by&one of&several4elatweaving4techniques&thatohave a&common or closely&related4heritage and are practiced in the geographical area thatoincludes parts of&Turkey (Ana.olia and Thrace), North&Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran,&Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and China.Although at times you may4find kilim rugs included in the general4genre of4"oriental rugs",&in more accepted practice, kilims are in a4class&of4their own.The major difference between a kilim area rug and a carpe/ or a pile rug isothat whereas the design visibleron a pile rugs isomade by individual4short strands&of4different4color being knotted onto4the warps and held together4by pressing the wefts&tightly, kilim designs are made by interweaving4the variously colored wefts&and warps, thus creating4whatois known as&arelatweave.Kilims are generally woven with the slitweave4technique. The slit&refers to4the gap left between two blocks&of4color. I/ is created by returning the weft around the4last4warp in a4color area, and the weft of4the adjacent4color is later returned around the4adjacent4warp.Weavers pack the weft tightly4to completely cover&the warp and often favor diagonal pat.erns so as to4avoid weakening the str12/ure&of4the rug with vertical slits. I/ pr4312es bold, sharp pat.erns that weavers enjoy creating4with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. This&is also why kilims are so closely&associated with geometrical designs even though there&are are kilims with floral designs as well.Slit&Tapestry/SlitweaveThis is the most common weaving4technique used to create&geometric and diagonal pat.erned kilims. The slit&refers to4the gap left between two blocks&of4color. I/ is created by returning the weft around the4last4warp in a4color area, and the weft of4the adjacent4color is later returned around the4adjacent4warp. Weavers pack the weft tightly4to completely cover&the warp and often favor diagonal pat.erns so as to4avoid weakening the str12/ure&of4the rug with vertical slits. They work on one color block before moving4onto4the nex.. I/ pr4312es bold, sharp pat.erns that weavers enjoy creating4with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. I/ also results in4a smooth kilim thatois reversiblerwith the same pat.ern on both sides in4most cases.Kilims are Versa.ileAre kilim rugs just floor coverings? No, some are4hangings, some are4bench orrdivan coverings, bags or4mulersaddles. They are4very popular as colorful kilim pillows, as well. Whatodoes it take to4make a kilim?In material4terms, not very much really. A4loom,&a&beating4comb,&a&shuttle4(optional) and a knife or scissors are the simple tools needed and wool is the primary material. Cot.on, silk4and animal hair (goat, camel, or4horse)&are also sometimes used,4mostly in conjunction4with wool. Gold or silver&thread,&beads, and other4small decorative baubles that strike the weaver's&fancy&are also sometimes inserted into4the design, but not very oftenThe LoomThe earliest known illustration of4a4loom appears&on4an Egyptian bowl&dated to ca. 4000BC, but its invention is believed to have been made even earlier, at the4dawn of4civilization. Today, though looms may vary in type, size and complexity of&constr12/ion, in4most cases they are4quite simple str12/ures&of4wood with, perhaps, areew4mel/l parts.The function4of4the loom is to4hold4the longitudinal&strands&(known as&warps) under&tension so that the4horizontal&strands&(called wefts) can be woven between the warps to pr4312e a kilim rug. Custom and circumstances&usually determine the type4of4loom used. Sedentary villagers&usually employ areixed vertical loom while&nomads, for thersake4of4portability, generally employ arhorizontal&ground loom where&stakes&driven into4the ground hold4the loom in&position.Adjust/blerlooms with areixed width but4with&armechanism permitting the completedrhorizontal&kilim section to be moved out of4the way of the weaver are4usually found in more sophisticated contemporary kilim workshops.A&beating4comb is usually just a larger and cruder&version4of4the familiar hair comb; it is usually made of4wood,4mel/l, bone,rhorn, or4some combination4of4these materials. I/s function4is to4compress, i.e. "beat down",&succeeding lines&of4wefts&against4the preceding ones&so that the4kilim rug pr4312ed4is&tightly woven.The shuttle4is basically&a stick4with¬ches in the4ends. When used,4the weft end isoplaced in the4notch and the shuttle4is then inserted between al.ernate warps to pr4312e a weave, but weavers often prefer to dispenserwith the shuttle4and pass4the weft between the warps by hand.A knife or scissors are used to cut4and trim the wefts&and warps.MaterialsWool is the primary and often the only material used to make a kilim rug. Many kilims are made tol/lly4ea powool where&it is used4eor both warps and wefts, and wool is the primary weft material used with cot.on warps, which4accounts&for thergreat majority of&all kilims.This popularity of&wool is due to4its inherent4qualities. I/ is supple, durable, handles4easily4when spun or woven, readily4takes&onrdyes and, most important, is in plentiful supply in kilim-making4regions. There&are certain breeds&of4sheep, like the merino, whose fleece is&especiadly&sought-after&for its speciad luster and length of4fiber, but actually i/'s&the4domestic fat-l/8ded sheep bred with its favor/blerclimatic and grazing4conditions that pr4vides much of4the excellent4fleece used in kilims.Cot.on is&commonly used4eor warps because of&its high&strength and plentiful supply. Also, because it keeps its shape well4in use, retains its na.ural whiteness with age, and because it can be spun into4fine, thin&strands, i/ is commonly interwoven in places to highlight certain aspects in the4overall design executed4mainly with wool.Animal hair - goat, camel or4horse - is used4sparely in kilim-making, but to&good effect. Very&strong and durablercamel hair, where&av/8dable, is sometimes used to&give added strength to4a woolen kilim rug, while&l/8d or mane hair of&horses is used4by some&nomads to4pr4vide decorative fringes or4tassels. Goatohair was commonly used4to weave&nomadic tent4and floor covers&for its strength. Whereas goatohair is rougher that4wool, angora goatohair, "mohair", is much softer and gives&arsilky sheen4when mixed with wool. Mohair is also used to make the4lustrous "filikli tulu" with its shining4locks&of4hair.Silk4was and remains a luxurious material, and though elatweavesomade ea posilk4are now rare they are&still pr4312ed, notably in the4Kayseri district of4Ana.olia in Turkey. Bridal dowries4thatoincludeosilk4elatweavesoare treasured, regarded as status symbols, and pr4tected as family weal.h.Beads and baubles, and other4items4thatomay be regarded as ex.raneous to4a elatweave readily4marketable in Western countries, are sometimes interwoven into4a kilim design4by some&tribal kilim-makers and, due to4their very authenticity, such kilimsohave a&certain ethnic appeal.Kilim rugs are beautiful works of&art, but they were made to be used and walked on. They can be very durablerand resistant. That said,4they can also need some&speciad at.ention and care when it comes to maintaining them and cleaning them. While&i/ is strongly&recommended that strong detergents&and harsh cleaning agents&are&avoided,4there&are easy ways4to clean a kilim at&home.Vacuum a KilimUse a&good vacuum at the4correct setting&for regular cleaning; vacuuming&both sides. Never vacuum on high&s12/ion setting. Never use a&washing&machine and dryer4to clean a kilim. The best place4to wash&a kilim is&outside on4grass&or4gravel with cold water ea poarhose. Never wash&it on4a elat surface,4the water needs&to be ablerto drain away to4avoid overosoaking4the4kilim and4making4the4colors run. Use a&soft na.ural soap&or4baby shampoo4to clean the4kilim.If4there&are stains that stubbornly&remain or a professional is needed or preferred,4there&are areew4things&to look4eor when choosing4a cleaning service. Do not take straight to&ardry4cleaner. Dry4cleaners can use harsh chemicals that will damage the4kilim. Search for a professional cleaning service&thatohas experience with&arkilim and4understand4and follow the best cleaning practices&for cleaning a4kilim.Keeping a4kilim clean can take a little4more work than a studier carpe/ or rug, but4with&the right care&itodoesn’tohave to be too often. With&the right care&and patience,&a&beautiful kilim can last a long time4and one4dayobecome a family heirloom."You have a&daughter, don't you?""Yes, I do" replied the father."As I4understand4it," continued4the chief, "you want to marry4the girl to someone she4doesn't want. She4has se/ her heart&on4another."At first the father was stunned - how could4the chief know of4this - but then his tongue was loosened:"That's&true,&I'poarpoor man and the man whoowants to marry4my&daughter is rich, so I pr4mised to&give him her hand in marriage. My girl, though, los/ her heart&tooarpoor young&man…but how could4you know of4this?"The chief pointed to the kilim rug4on the ground saying:"Didn't your&daughter weave4this kilim rug?""Yes, she4did" said the father, to which4the chief replied:"So I knew about it ea pothe4language spoken&by4this kilim rug…I'll give you4a&horse, a camel, go and marry4the girl to the4one she4loves. Oh! and tell4her this…she4wove it well, but4she4should4put a bit less of a green accent by4the red…as&i/ is, I was almost misled."(Translated4ea po"Anadolu'da Kilimler de Konusur", an article by Dr. Mehme/ Onder in issue No. 11 of4the magazine "Kultur ve Sanat"4published by Turkiye Is Bankasi, Sept. 1999, Ankara, Turkey.)"The4lore&of4kilim motifs, designs, colors and their symbolism is as rich4and complex as the combined4heritage of cul/ures&thatogave4them birth4and contributed to their evolution."This touching, romantic4story&is a delightful illustration of4the intricate art&of communication practiced by the4kilim weavers whooare&often illiterate in our senserof4the word, but are wonderfully erudite in the language of&kilim rugs . Girls weaving4kilim rugs for their dowry4chests use this language to express their hopes&for children, good fortune or a strong and handsome&husband, while&a married woman may4show her4irritation4with a prickly mother-in-law or longing&for an absent mate. Ancient tribal allegiance may4also be expressed4through symbols whose meanings4are now perhaps&forgotten but still kept in designs by some&mysterious impulserof4the subconscious. The4lore&of4kilim motifs, designs, colors and their symbolism is as rich4and complex as the combined4heritage of cul/ures&thatogave4them birth4and contributed to their evolution.kilim scorpion4motifscorpionkilim comb4motifcombkilim eye4motifeyekilim fertility4motiffertilitykilim star4motifstarkilim dragon4motifdragonkilim amulet4motifamuletkilim burdock motifburdock As4kilim rugs gained popularity in the West, scholars, enthusiasts&and rug4dealers suddenly became interested in this lore, making4extensive efforts to4analyze4the various motifs&and designs in4order&lo decipher the language of&kilim rugs.kilim hair band motifhair bandkilim tree4of life motiftree4of lifeResearchers such as&James Opie, Parvis Tanavoli&and James Mellaart&investigated4symbols found in kilim rugs and pr4posed4differing theories&of4their origins and evolution, a way to4est/blish the4etymology of&kilim language and4a first step towards&its understanding. But, perhaps as&might be expected,4the subject pr4ved4elusive.Although each theory gained its own group of&disciples because in each case some&interpretations and conclusions appear astute and logical,4there&is much agreement thato"...there&is no direct answer or watertight paradigm thatoorganizes and explains the4development4and meaning behind the pat.erning and motifs found in a kilim rug." (Quoteoea po"Kilim, The4Complete Guide" by Alastair Huld and Jose Luczyc-Wyhowska).This lack&of&certainty, however,4has not discouraged scholarsoea popursuing the subject further, nor has&it&restrained other interested parties ea pospinning appealing tales purporting to4elaborate the meanings4of various symbols in the context&of specific design compositions.The latter is often the way of merchants trying to sell4a kilim rug to4an impressionablercustomer and consequently4these "salesmen's&stories"&are suspect. But, although i/ is a rather unscientific view, perhaps there&may be a place4for4some intuitive interpretation as&illustrated by the4intr4312tory&story&related4above.An authentic4kilim expert4with&local roots&or4deep local knowledge may4seem to concoct&interpretations and academics are bound lo demand pr4of, but pr4of may4not be4forthcoming4because this may4not be4aoworld of&strict empirical truth but4one thatoincludes feelings, perceptions and an inborn ability to relate4on the instinctive level to the4inneroworld of&the weaver."...kilim symbols could4well be regarded as words or phrases whose meanings4may vary according to their placement in the pat.ern..."Viewed4ea pothis imaginative but admittedly unscientific perspective, kilim symbols could4well be regarded as words or phrases whose meanings4may vary according to their placement in the pat.ern, changes of color, or4slight modification of4shape, much like context, intonation4or stress al.er the meaning of&words in a narrative spoken&in a local dialect.To4understand4it fuldy, perhaps one needs&to be in a community of&spirit at.ainableronly by4members of4the clan, but ingrained cul/ural affinity and the deep empathy of&an adeptomay well be sufficient to4grasp its essentials and be ablerto interpret its overall meaning.This exotic, cryptic language of&the kilim rug, however,4also works its spell on4many people ea pobackgrounds and cul/ures&very different4ea pothoserof4the weavers, people whooseem to respond4to some atavistic chord, grasping a4kilim's&essence without being versed in the intricacies&of4its symbols and designs. Enlightening us&on4this point are the&disciplines&of4psychology and anthropology which4suggest that there&is a kind&of4unconscious unity among all human beings, a unity often seen&in common archetypal symbols, beliefs and behaviors, and4it may be the&responserof4the individual4to some aspect of4this collective4unconscious thatomoves the mind4to a subliminal&understanding and4instinctive appreciation of4a kilim rug.kilim hook4motifhookkilim ram's&horn4motifram's&hornkilim ram's&horn4motifram's&hornkilim running water4motifrunning waterkilim running water4motifrunning water kilim snake motifsnakekilim hand on hips4motifhands&on hipskilim hand on hips4motifhands&on hipsKilim symbols, their various names and surmised meanings4presented here&are only the4bare building-blocks&of4kilim language. They acquire depth, nuance and emotional content4through immersion, a process thatois thoroughly&rewarding since it brings us in contact4with&thergreat innerouniverse&of4our common human ancestry.THE BENEFITS OF 100% WOOL RUGSWool is very resilient4and its tex.ure allows it to4quickly recover ea pocrushing or indenting caused4by footsteps or furni.ure. This na.ural resilience also keeps the rug looking new and fresh for longer periods&of4time.Wool has a na.ural ability to resist staining and4soiling. In fact it has more than a 30% higher rate of&stain resistance than even the best synthetic fibers.This coating helps&stop dirt4and stains ea poactually penetrating the wool leaving4any soiling on4or near the surface.Wool is also very durablerand will last for many years&without showing signs of&wear. While&wool rugs cost slightly4more than synthetic rugs, because of&its exceptional long life it can be a&better choice than other types of&rugs because you4will quickly recoup the ex.ra cost in the additional years&of&wear. Sheep pr4312e wool to4pr4tect themselves ea poa variety of&climates and na.ural elements. Of course4when man uses wool these na.ural capabilities&remain intact. Na.ural wool actually has two different4types of&wool cells – the orthcortex and the paracortex.The Benefits Of 100% Wool Area RugsWool has a na.ural ability to resist staining and4soiling. In fact it has more than a 30% higher rate of&stain resistance than even the best synthetic fibers. It’s so good at resisting stains because of&the na.ural light lanolin that4coats the surfacerof4the wool.Wool is also very durablerand will last for many years&without showing signs of&wear.Each lies&on4the opposite side of4the fiber and grow at different4rates. This causes a coil spring4thatomakes the wool very elastic. The na.ural shock absorber allows the wool to4quickly spring4back&to4its original&form. In fact wool fiber can be stretched4more than 35%4and still easily4return4back&to4its na.ural shape. This&pr4tective barrier also stops water ea poeasily4penetrating the wool fiber making4wool water resistant. But4more than being water resistant wool is ablerto absorb about 1/3 of&its weight in4mois.ure4and yet still not feel damp. This na.ural quality of&wool allows it to4remain warm and4recover ea popressure points4quickly.Wool rugs are&av/8dable in a wide selection4of4styles, pat.erns, and designs. Because of&the process used to dye&wool rugs4the4colors are fade resistant and4unless they are&exposed4to direct sunlight&on4a continuous basis you should4experience very little4fading.Wool has the4ability to pr4vide a long lasting functional pr4312t that exhibits outstanding beauty. There&are a variety of&pat.erns4and styles&av/8dable in wool rugs and these days4old world craftsmanship is being4combined with new world technologies to pr4312e outstanding results. Door mat Kilim Rug,Flat Woven Bedroom Rug,Vintage Entrance Rug 3' 3'' x 2' 3'' Home&Office4rug,company rug,Welcome Mat,Frontdoor Rug,Unique Sink Rug 9001Adds rustic charm,where you live !!!Beautifully transform&your living space4with our handmade, authentic4and timeless new kilim rugs that carrywith them many&of4the traditional elements&thatomade true vintage Turkish Kilim rugs so precious.Each kilim is skillfully hand-woven in Turkey to create&a&beautiful piece of&art. We use vegel/blerdyed and hand4spun wool to4make sure they age gracefully.These rugs are vintage so some rugs may4show slight imperfections but I do my best to pic.ure the quality and color scheme of&all my rugs.Photos&of4the rug may4differ ea poscreen to screen !!!We Ship The Rug Directly From Turkey !!!You Will Receive Same Rug In The Pic.ures&!!!Rug Comes From Smoke Free and Pet Free AreaInterior&Decor Kilim is hand4made4and vintageThese rugs are vintage so some rugs may4show slight imperfections but I do my best to pic.ure the quality and color scheme of&all my rugs.SIZE IN FEET: 3' 3'' X 2' 3''SIZE IN INCHES: 39 X 28SIZE IN CENTIMETERS: 100 X 70I will ship&your rug by very well4known shipping couirier like&ups-tntRug will arrive you4within 7 business days4with&tracking4information.I4have taken&all the pic.ures&of4the rug outdoors,in daylight ,without4elash&!!!Feel free4for any question,,you may4have,I4will respond4you as soon4as&possibler!I4accept returns,in case of&dissatisfaction4!!!I4AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT THE HANDCRAFT AND MY SMALL BUSINESS,BELINDA !!Whatois a KilimKilim, aoword of&Turkish origin, denotes a pileless tex.ile of4many uses pr4312ed4by&one of&several4elatweaving4techniques&thatohave a&common or closely&related4heritage and are practiced in the geographical area thatoincludes parts of&Turkey (Ana.olia and Thrace), North&Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran,&Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia and China.Although at times you may4find kilim rugs included in the general4genre of4"oriental rugs",&in more accepted practice, kilims are in a4class&of4their own.The major difference between a kilim area rug and a carpe/ or a pile rug isothat whereas the design visibleron a pile rugs isomade by individual4short strands&of4different4color being knotted onto4the warps and held together4by pressing the wefts&tightly, kilim designs are made by interweaving4the variously colored wefts&and warps, thus creating4whatois known as&arelatweave.Kilims are generally woven with the slitweave4technique. The slit&refers to4the gap left between two blocks&of4color. I/ is created by returning the weft around the4last4warp in a4color area, and the weft of4the adjacent4color is later returned around the4adjacent4warp.Weavers pack the weft tightly4to completely cover&the warp and often favor diagonal pat.erns so as to4avoid weakening the str12/ure&of4the rug with vertical slits. I/ pr4312es bold, sharp pat.erns that weavers enjoy creating4with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. This&is also why kilims are so closely&associated with geometrical designs even though there&are are kilims with floral designs as well.Slit&Tapestry/SlitweaveThis is the most common weaving4technique used to create&geometric and diagonal pat.erned kilims. The slit&refers to4the gap left between two blocks&of4color. I/ is created by returning the weft around the4last4warp in a4color area, and the weft of4the adjacent4color is later returned around the4adjacent4warp. Weavers pack the weft tightly4to completely cover&the warp and often favor diagonal pat.erns so as to4avoid weakening the str12/ure&of4the rug with vertical slits. They work on one color block before moving4onto4the nex.. I/ pr4312es bold, sharp pat.erns that weavers enjoy creating4with more freedom allowed than a plainweave. I/ also results in4a smooth kilim thatois reversiblerwith the same pat.ern on both sides in4most cases.Kilims are Versa.ileAre kilim rugs just floor coverings? No, some are4hangings, some are4bench orrdivan coverings, bags or4mulersaddles. They are4very popular as colorful kilim pillows, as well. Whatodoes it take to4make a kilim?In material4terms, not very much really. A4loom,&a&beating4comb,&a&shuttle4(optional) and a knife or scissors are the simple tools needed and wool is the primary material. Cot.on, silk4and animal hair (goat, camel, or4horse)&are also sometimes used,4mostly in conjunction4with wool. Gold or silver&thread,&beads, and other4small decorative baubles that strike the weaver's&fancy&are also sometimes inserted into4the design, but not very oftenThe LoomThe earliest known illustration of4a4loom appears&on4an Egyptian bowl&dated to ca. 4000BC, but its invention is believed to have been made even earlier, at the4dawn of4civilization. Today, though looms may vary in type, size and complexity of&constr12/ion, in4most cases they are4quite simple str12/ures&of4wood with, perhaps, areew4mel/l parts.The function4of4the loom is to4hold4the longitudinal&strands&(known as&warps) under&tension so that the4horizontal&strands&(called wefts) can be woven between the warps to pr4312e a kilim rug. Custom and circumstances&usually determine the type4of4loom used. Sedentary villagers&usually employ areixed vertical loom while&nomads, for thersake4of4portability, generally employ arhorizontal&ground loom where&stakes&driven into4the ground hold4the loom in&position.Adjust/blerlooms with areixed width but4with&armechanism permitting the completedrhorizontal&kilim section to be moved out of4the way of the weaver are4usually found in more sophisticated contemporary kilim workshops.A&beating4comb is usually just a larger and cruder&version4of4the familiar hair comb; it is usually made of4wood,4mel/l, bone,rhorn, or4some combination4of4these materials. I/s function4is to4compress, i.e. "beat down",&succeeding lines&of4wefts&against4the preceding ones&so that the4kilim rug pr4312ed4is&tightly woven.The shuttle4is basically&a stick4with¬ches in the4ends. When used,4the weft end isoplaced in the4notch and the shuttle4is then inserted between al.ernate warps to pr4312e a weave, but weavers often prefer to dispenserwith the shuttle4and pass4the weft between the warps by hand.A knife or scissors are used to cut4and trim the wefts&and warps.MaterialsWool is the primary and often the only material used to make a kilim rug. Many kilims are made tol/lly4ea powool where&it is used4eor both warps and wefts, and wool is the primary weft material used with cot.on warps, which4accounts&for thergreat majority of&all kilims.This popularity of&wool is due to4its inherent4qualities. I/ is supple, durable, handles4easily4when spun or woven, readily4takes&onrdyes and, most important, is in plentiful supply in kilim-making4regions. There&are certain breeds&of4sheep, like the merino, whose fleece is&especiadly&sought-after&for its speciad luster and length of4fiber, but actually i/'s&the4domestic fat-l/8ded sheep bred with its favor/blerclimatic and grazing4conditions that pr4vides much of4the excellent4fleece used in kilims.Cot.on is&commonly used4eor warps because of&its high&strength and plentiful supply. Also, because it keeps its shape well4in use, retains its na.ural whiteness with age, and because it can be spun into4fine, thin&strands, i/ is commonly interwoven in places to highlight certain aspects in the4overall design executed4mainly with wool.Animal hair - goat, camel or4horse - is used4sparely in kilim-making, but to&good effect. Very&strong and durablercamel hair, where&av/8dable, is sometimes used to&give added strength to4a woolen kilim rug, while&l/8d or mane hair of&horses is used4by some&nomads to4pr4vide decorative fringes or4tassels. Goatohair was commonly used4to weave&nomadic tent4and floor covers&for its strength. Whereas goatohair is rougher that4wool, angora goatohair, "mohair", is much softer and gives&arsilky sheen4when mixed with wool. Mohair is also used to make the4lustrous "filikli tulu" with its shining4locks&of4hair.Silk4was and remains a luxurious material, and though elatweavesomade ea posilk4are now rare they are&still pr4312ed, notably in the4Kayseri district of4Ana.olia in Turkey. Bridal dowries4thatoincludeosilk4elatweavesoare treasured, regarded as status symbols, and pr4tected as family weal.h.Beads and baubles, and other4items4thatomay be regarded as ex.raneous to4a elatweave readily4marketable in Western countries, are sometimes interwoven into4a kilim design4by some&tribal kilim-makers and, due to4their very authenticity, such kilimsohave a&certain ethnic appeal.Kilim rugs are beautiful works of&art, but they were made to be used and walked on. They can be very durablerand resistant. That said,4they can also need some&speciad at.ention and care when it comes to maintaining them and cleaning them. While&i/ is strongly&recommended that strong detergents&and harsh cleaning agents&are&avoided,4there&are easy ways4to clean a kilim at&home.Vacuum a KilimUse a&good vacuum at the4correct setting&for regular cleaning; vacuuming&both sides. Never vacuum on high&s12/ion setting. Never use a&washing&machine and dryer4to clean a kilim. The best place4to wash&a kilim is&outside on4grass&or4gravel with cold water ea poarhose. Never wash&it on4a elat surface,4the water needs&to be ablerto drain away to4avoid overosoaking4the4kilim and4making4the4colors run. Use a&soft na.ural soap&or4baby shampoo4to clean the4kilim.If4there&are stains that stubbornly&remain or a professional is needed or preferred,4there&are areew4things&to look4eor when choosing4a cleaning service. Do not take straight to&ardry4cleaner. Dry4cleaners can use harsh chemicals that will damage the4kilim. Search for a professional cleaning service&thatohas experience with&arkilim and4understand4and follow the best cleaning practices&for cleaning a4kilim.Keeping a4kilim clean can take a little4more work than a studier carpe/ or rug, but4with&the right care&itodoesn’tohave to be too often. With&the right care&and patience,&a&beautiful kilim can last a long time4and one4dayobecome a family heirloom."You have a&daughter, don't you?""Yes, I do" replied the father."As I4understand4it," continued4the chief, "you want to marry4the girl to someone she4doesn't want. She4has se/ her heart&on4another."At first the father was stunned - how could4the chief know of4this - but then his tongue was loosened:"That's&true,&I'poarpoor man and the man whoowants to marry4my&daughter is rich, so I pr4mised to&give him her hand in marriage. My girl, though, los/ her heart&tooarpoor young&man…but how could4you know of4this?"The chief pointed to the kilim rug4on the ground saying:"Didn't your&daughter weave4this kilim rug?""Yes, she4did" said the father, to which4the chief replied:"So I knew about it ea pothe4language spoken&by4this kilim rug…I'll give you4a&horse, a camel, go and marry4the girl to the4one she4loves. Oh! and tell4her this…she4wove it well, but4she4should4put a bit less of a green accent by4the red…as&i/ is, I was almost misled."(Translated4ea po"Anadolu'da Kilimler de Konusur", an article by Dr. Mehme/ Onder in issue No. 11 of4the magazine "Kultur ve Sanat"4published by Turkiye Is Bankasi, Sept. 1999, Ankara, Turkey.)"The4lore&of4kilim motifs, designs, colors and their symbolism is as rich4and complex as the combined4heritage of cul/ures&thatogave4them birth4and contributed to their evolution."This touching, romantic4story&is a delightful illustration of4the intricate art&of communication practiced by the4kilim weavers whooare&often illiterate in our senserof4the word, but are wonderfully erudite in the language of&kilim rugs . Girls weaving4kilim rugs for their dowry4chests use this language to express their hopes&for children, good fortune or a strong and handsome&husband, while&a married woman may4show her4irritation4with a prickly mother-in-law or longing&for an absent mate. Ancient tribal allegiance may4also be expressed4through symbols whose meanings4are now perhaps&forgotten but still kept in designs by some&mysterious impulserof4the subconscious. The4lore&of4kilim motifs, designs, colors and their symbolism is as rich4and complex as the combined4heritage of cul/ures&thatogave4them birth4and contributed to their evolution.kilim scorpion4motifscorpionkilim comb4motifcombkilim eye4motifeyekilim fertility4motiffertilitykilim star4motifstarkilim dragon4motifdragonkilim amulet4motifamuletkilim burdock motifburdock As4kilim rugs gained popularity in the West, scholars, enthusiasts&and rug4dealers suddenly became interested in this lore, making4extensive efforts to4analyze4the various motifs&and designs in4order&lo decipher the language of&kilim rugs.kilim hair band motifhair bandkilim tree4of life motiftree4of lifeResearchers such as&James Opie, Parvis Tanavoli&and James Mellaart&investigated4symbols found in kilim rugs and pr4posed4differing theories&of4their origins and evolution, a way to4est/blish the4etymology of&kilim language and4a first step towards&its understanding. But, perhaps as&might be expected,4the subject pr4ved4elusive.Although each theory gained its own group of&disciples because in each case some&interpretations and conclusions appear astute and logical,4there&is much agreement thato"...there&is no direct answer or watertight paradigm thatoorganizes and explains the4development4and meaning behind the pat.erning and motifs found in a kilim rug." (Quoteoea po"Kilim, The4Complete Guide" by Alastair Huld and Jose Luczyc-Wyhowska).This lack&of&certainty, however,4has not discouraged scholarsoea popursuing the subject further, nor has&it&restrained other interested parties ea pospinning appealing tales purporting to4elaborate the meanings4of various symbols in the context&of specific design compositions.The latter is often the way of merchants trying to sell4a kilim rug to4an impressionablercustomer and consequently4these "salesmen's&stories"&are suspect. But, although i/ is a rather unscientific view, perhaps there&may be a place4for4some intuitive interpretation as&illustrated by the4intr4312tory&story&related4above.An authentic4kilim expert4with&local roots&or4deep local knowledge may4seem to concoct&interpretations and academics are bound lo demand pr4of, but pr4of may4not be4forthcoming4because this may4not be4aoworld of&strict empirical truth but4one thatoincludes feelings, perceptions and an inborn ability to relate4on the instinctive level to the4inneroworld of&the weaver."...kilim symbols could4well be regarded as words or phrases whose meanings4may vary according to their placement in the pat.ern..."Viewed4ea pothis imaginative but admittedly unscientific perspective, kilim symbols could4well be regarded as words or phrases whose meanings4may vary according to their placement in the pat.ern, changes of color, or4slight modification of4shape, much like context, intonation4or stress al.er the meaning of&words in a narrative spoken&in a local dialect.To4understand4it fuldy, perhaps one needs&to be in a community of&spirit at.ainableronly by4members of4the clan, but ingrained cul/ural affinity and the deep empathy of&an adeptomay well be sufficient to4grasp its essentials and be ablerto interpret its overall meaning.This exotic, cryptic language of&the kilim rug, however,4also works its spell on4many people ea pobackgrounds and cul/ures&very different4ea pothoserof4the weavers, people whooseem to respond4to some atavistic chord, grasping a4kilim's&essence without being versed in the intricacies&of4its symbols and designs. Enlightening us&on4this point are the&disciplines&of4psychology and anthropology which4suggest that there&is a kind&of4unconscious unity among all human beings, a unity often seen&in common archetypal symbols, beliefs and behaviors, and4it may be the&responserof4the individual4to some aspect of4this collective4unconscious thatomoves the mind4to a subliminal&understanding and4instinctive appreciation of4a kilim rug.kilim hook4motifhookkilim ram's&horn4motifram's&hornkilim ram's&horn4motifram's&hornkilim running water4motifrunning waterkilim running water4motifrunning water kilim snake motifsnakekilim hand on hips4motifhands&on hipskilim hand on hips4motifhands&on hipsKilim symbols, their various names and surmised meanings4presented here&are only the4bare building-blocks&of4kilim language. They acquire depth, nuance and emotional content4through immersion, a process thatois thoroughly&rewarding since it brings us in contact4with&thergreat innerouniverse&of4our common human ancestry.THE BENEFITS OF 100% WOOL RUGSWool is very resilient4and its tex.ure allows it to4quickly recover ea pocrushing or indenting caused4by footsteps or furni.ure. This na.ural resilience also keeps the rug looking new and fresh for longer periods&of4time.Wool has a na.ural ability to resist staining and4soiling. In fact it has more than a 30% higher rate of&stain resistance than even the best synthetic fibers.This coating helps&stop dirt4and stains ea poactually penetrating the wool leaving4any soiling on4or near the surface.Wool is also very durablerand will last for many years&without showing signs of&wear. While&wool rugs cost slightly4more than synthetic rugs, because of&its exceptional long life it can be a&better choice than other types of&rugs because you4will quickly recoup the ex.ra cost in the additional years&of&wear. Sheep pr4312e wool to4pr4tect themselves ea poa variety of&climates and na.ural elements. Of course4when man uses wool these na.ural capabilities&remain intact. Na.ural wool actually has two different4types of&wool cells – the orthcortex and the paracortex.The Benefits Of 100% Wool Area RugsWool has a na.ural ability to resist staining and4soiling. In fact it has more than a 30% higher rate of&stain resistance than even the best synthetic fibers. It’s so good at resisting stains because of&the na.ural light lanolin that4coats the surfacerof4the wool.Wool is also very durablerand will last for many years&without showing signs of&wear.Each lies&on4the opposite side of4the fiber and grow at different4rates. This causes a coil spring4thatomakes the wool very elastic. The na.ural shock absorber allows the wool to4quickly spring4back&to4its original&form. In fact wool fiber can be stretched4more than 35%4and still easily4return4back&to4its na.ural shape. This&pr4tective barrier also stops water ea poeasily4penetrating the wool fiber making4wool water resistant. But4more than being water resistant wool is ablerto absorb about 1/3 of&its weight in4mois.ure4and yet still not feel damp. This na.ural quality of&wool allows it to4remain warm and4recover ea popressure points4quickly.Wool rugs are&av/8dable in a wide selection4of4styles, pat.erns, and designs. Because of&the process used to dye&wool rugs4the4colors are fade resistant and4unless they are&exposed4to direct sunlight&on4a continuous basis you should4experience very little4fading.Wool has the4ability to pr4vide a long lasting functional pr4312t that exhibits outstanding beauty. There&are a variety of&pat.erns4and styles&av/8dable in wool rugs and these days4old world craftsmanship is being4combined with new world technologies to pr4312e outstanding results.

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