Large Handwoven Kilim from Afghanistan

If you're looking to add a statement piece to your floor, this large handwoven Kilim from Afghanistan is a great option to consider. 

This is a unique, one-of-a-kind flat woven floor rug with breath-taking bright colours and jazzy geometric pattern rooted in history. 

The colours & design in this large handwoven Kilim from Afghanistan

This large size handwoven Kilim rug contains a mind-bending range of colours. It has a turquoise main background colour which shows wild variations of tone. It displays a riot of other colours too. These bright colours include, rust, orange, brown, chartreuse, green, teal, yellow, pink, and cream. 

Whilst it has a modern vibe, the design is traditional with a field of multicolour all over theme of diamond shapes surrounded by a patterned theme of numerous borders. 

Discover what this Afghan Kilim carpet is made from

"Kilim" is the name given to a rug without pile: a flat woven rug. Such is the nature of the flat-weave that people often assume that it is made from cotton. In fact, generally only Indian flat weaves known as dhurries are woven from cotton and most Kilims are woven from wool. 

This colourful large Kilim rug is therefore handwoven from only wool. The jazzy patterns and colours that catch our eye are the woollen weft threads which are woven to create the patterns. The underlying threads of a Kilim are known as warp threads. The warp threads are the long yarns attached to the loom at the start of the weaving process and the colourful wefts are woven between these warps. When the weaving of the Kilim is finished, the warps are cut from the loom and you will see them as the fringes of the rug. 

This Kilim is great value for a large sized handmade rug

Kilim rugs are known to be great value floor rugs; you can cover a large expanse of floor relatively inexpensively when you buy a Kilim. In addition, because they are one-of-a-kind rugs, you're buying something really special: a unique rug.

The main reason that Kilim rugs are such good value is that they can be woven pretty quickly. There is, thus, not the same investment of time that goes into hand-knotted rugs for example. 

A Kilim is handwoven by the weavers passing coloured weft threads back and forth between the warps, weaving in sections of colour. Often, when the weaver changes colour, the next colour will start from the next warp thread and this will leave a small vertical slit or gap in the weave of the Kilim. This is known as "slit-weaving", and is the most widely practiced kilim making method. If you look closely at our images, you'll be able to see the small slits in the weave. You don't need to worry about these small gaps in the weave as the rug will be perfectly durable for normal domestic use.

Before you "Add to Cart", you might be interested to know: 

An extra joy of slit weave Kilim rugs is that they can be used on either side. This is one of the great benefits of this type of weaving is that the patterns are the same on both sides. How handy is that?

Key details: 

• Country of origin: Afghanistan
• Size: 346×263cm / 11’4″x8’8″ 
• Thickness: 4mm
• Weft: Wool, slit weave
• Warp: Wool
• Age: New