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Kilim, a word of Turkish origin, denotes a pileless textile of many uses produced by one of several flatweaving 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..

The difference between a kilim rug and a carpet or pile rug is that whereas the design visible on the kilim is made by interweaving the variously colored wefts and warps, thus creating what is known as a flatweave, in a pile rug individual short strands of different color, usually of wool, are knotted onto the warps and held together by pressing the wefts tightly against each other.

Browse Kilims from oriental world
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Online galleries are in different sections to make your visit more enjoyable in complex world of oriental carpets, kilims, textiles and other antiques..

Our main categories are Anatolian, Caucasian, Persian , Bahtiaris , Cicims & Zilis , Shaddah & Vernehs , Soumaks kilims galleries but we added also some more specific galleries like Konya Cirpi kilims from Central Anatolia , Shahsavan Small , Sofreh and Prayer Kilims.

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TOTALLY 195 KILIMS AVAILABLE ONLINE

Totally Available pieces online : 58 Anatolian Kilims , 9 Bahtiaris , 29 Caucasian Kilims , 29 Cicims & Zilis , 7 Konya Cirpi Kilims , 8 Prayer Kilims , 22 Shaddah & Vernehs , 12 Shahsavans , 6 Sofrehs , 5 Soumaks ...