FETHIYE Vintage Filikli Rug 203x123cm

Unique Vintage Kilim Rug: Limited Availability, only one piece left!

• Material: 100% high-quality sheep 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 through professional cleaning and restoration processes.
• Origin: Fethiye, Anatolia
• Dimensions: 203 cm length x 123 cm width, 5 mm thickness.

This rug is not just a piece of history, but also a work of art that lends a unique and culturally rich atmosphere to any room.

Anatolian kilims are far more than textile utility items – they are woven memories, personal messages, and an expression 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 symbolic power.

This kilim was also woven in an Anatolian home – from the wool of their own sheep, shorn, washed, combed, and hand-spun. The dyeing of the yarns often used natural pigments from madder, reseda, 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 vegetable-dyed. Many pieces from the 1960s and 1970s bear the traces of a cultural transition in their hues: 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 like the eye (Göz), the cosmic mother (Elibelinde) or the scorpion became carriers of deep messages.

They were used, loved, passed on – and some of them slept for a long time in chests until they one day came to light again.

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 re-transformation into a living work of art.

A kilim from Wild Heart Free Soul is not a product.
It is a heritage. A woven wish.
And perhaps a companion for your home of tomorrow.

A kilim is a long-lasting companion – if treated with love and cared for mindfully, it can survive many more generations. It doesn't need elaborate care, but above all the right kind.

We recommend gently vacuuming or beating out your kilim once or twice a month to remove dust and dirt. Please do not use a rotating vacuum cleaner, but ideally a brush attachment or a gentle handheld device. Too frequent, intense vacuuming can cause the fibres to wear out over time.

Every few months, it's worth turning the kilim over and vacuuming the back as well. If you rotate the carpet slightly once a year, you ensure even wear and maintain the balance in the weave.

For basic cleaning, we recommend a professional hand wash every 3 to 5 years – with pH-neutral shampoo or olive soap, gently worked in by hand and thoroughly rinsed. Please never put your kilim in dry cleaning or steam cleaning – this would damage the fibres. If you need support in choosing a suitable cleaner, we will be happy to advise you. We work with experienced Oriental rug specialists and are happy to pass on our special conditions.

And if something goes wrong: Dab fresh stains immediately with a clean, dry cloth. If necessary, you can carefully dab with a little olive soap and a slightly damp cloth – without rubbing, without soaking. For stubborn dirt, please consult a specialist directly. Liquid that spreads along the fibres can be permanently trapped, especially in flat weaves.

Dried food residues can usually be carefully scraped off or brushed out – ideally with a steady hand and without haste.