DENIZLI Vintage Kilim 297x61cm
Handwoven vintage Kilim rug from Anatolia, combining traditional artistry with a timeless design. A unique piece, crafted from high-quality materials, enriching any room with its history and beauty.
DENIZLI Vintage Kilim 297x61cm
Wild Heart Free Soul
Kastanienallee 55
10119 Berlin
Germany
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One-of-a-Kind Vintage Kilim Rug: Limited Availability, only one piece available!
- Material: 100% high-quality sheep's wool, carefully hand-spun.
- Manufacture: Artfully flat-woven on traditional wooden looms, a testament to true craftsmanship.
- Age: Vintage. Semi-antique. Approx. 1960s
- Condition: Carefully restored vintage rug, in like-new condition due to professional cleaning and restoration processes.
- Origin: Denizli, Anatolia
- Dimensions: 297 cm length x 61 cm width, 5 mm thickness.
This rug is not only a piece of history but also a work of art that will add a unique and culturally rich atmosphere to any room.
Anatolian kilims are far more than mere textile objects – they are woven memories, personal messages, and expressions of lived culture. For generations, women from nomadic tribes and villages wove their wishes, hopes, and stories into the fabric – freely, intuitively, and full of symbolism.
This kilim too was woven in an Anatolian home – from the wool of their own sheep, shorn, washed, combed, and hand-spun. The yarns were often dyed with natural pigments from madder, weld, walnut, or indigo – but from the 1950s onwards, synthetic dyes increasingly found their way into the villages. The world became faster, more colorful – not every kilim remained purely plant-dyed. Many pieces from the 1960s and 1970s bear in their tones the traces of a cultural transition: between old and new, craft and modernity.
Weaving was a ritual act – accompanied by songs, stories, silence. Often several women sat together at the loom: mother, grandmother, sister, neighbor. Every knot, every line, every symbol carried meaning – protection, fertility, connection, strength. Symbols such as the eye (Göz), the cosmic mother (Elibelinde) or the scorpion became carriers of deep messages.
They were used, loved, passed down – and some of them slept for a long time in chests until they one day came back to light.
Today, we clean and restore these pieces with the utmost respect: washed with olive soap, dried in the sun of Antalya, repaired in our Istanbul atelier.
Some pieces are with us for only a few months, others accompany us for years – because we don't rush anything. Every kilim is restored with time, care, and respect. Some wait for the right restorer, for the summer months to bathe in the sunlight – for their silent transformation back into a living work of art.
A kilim from Wild Heart Free Soul is not a product.
It is a legacy. A woven wish.
And perhaps a companion for your home of tomorrow.
Anatolian kilims are far more than mere textile objects – they are woven memories, personal messages, and expressions of lived culture. For generations, women from nomadic tribes and villages wove their wishes, hopes, and stories into the fabric – freely, intuitively, and full of symbolism.
This kilim too was woven in an Anatolian home – from the wool of their own sheep, shorn, washed, combed, and hand-spun. The yarns were often dyed with natural pigments from madder, weld, walnut, or indigo – but from the 1950s onwards, synthetic dyes increasingly found their way into the villages. The world became faster, more colorful – not every kilim remained purely plant-dyed. Many pieces from the 1960s and 1970s bear in their tones the traces of a cultural transition: between old and new, craft and modernity.
Weaving was a ritual act – accompanied by songs, stories, silence. Often several women sat together at the loom: mother, grandmother, sister, neighbor. Every knot, every line, every symbol carried meaning – protection, fertility, connection, strength. Symbols such as the eye (Göz), the cosmic mother (Elibelinde) or the scorpion became carriers of deep messages.
They were used, loved, passed down – and some of them slept for a long time in chests until they one day came back to light.
Today, we clean and restore these pieces with the utmost respect: washed with olive soap, dried in the sun of Antalya, repaired in our Istanbul atelier.
Some pieces are with us for only a few months, others accompany us for years – because we don't rush anything. Every kilim is restored with time, care, and respect. Some wait for the right restorer, for the summer months to bathe in the sunlight – for their silent transformation back into a living work of art.
A kilim from Wild Heart Free Soul is not a product.
It is a legacy. A woven wish.
And perhaps a companion for your home of tomorrow.
With loving and careful treatment, our kilims and rugs can last for many more generations. Our rugs don't require a lot of maintenance, but they do need the right kind. We recommend that you regularly and carefully vacuum or beat your rug to remove dirt and dust. It is sufficient to vacuum your rug once or twice a month. Too frequent vacuuming can wear out the knots and fibers more quickly. If your vacuum cleaner has an attachment, use it instead of a rotating brush.
Every few months, you should flip your rug over and vacuum the back to remove dirt from the underside of the rug. It is also helpful to rotate your rug once a year to ensure even wear.
We recommend having your rug professionally hand-washed every 3 to 5 years. Please do not have it steam or dry cleaned – this will certainly damage the rug! Choose a rug cleaner who uses a pH-neutral shampoo or olive soap for hand washing. The soap is worked into the rug by hand with a soft-bristled brush and then thoroughly rinsed out. If you have any questions or need assistance in choosing a rug cleaning service, please feel free to contact us. We work with trusted oriental rug cleaners and restorers and can pass on discounted rates to our customers.
A stain, now what?
Dab the stain with a dry cloth until it is dry. If necessary, you can dab with a very slightly damp cloth and a little olive soap. Please do not wash your rug yourself. If the stain does not come out, contact an oriental rug specialist immediately for cleaning. Adding a lot of liquid can make stain removal more difficult and even worsen them. This is because moisture spreads along the fibers and can get trapped in rugs with horizontal fibers (like flat weaves).
Dried food residues can be easily scraped off or brushed out.