Kelim Cushion Isa 60x40cm
Kelim Cushion Isa 60x40cm
Wild Heart Free Soul
Kastanienallee 55
10119 Berlin
Germany
A unique piece made from a vintage Kilim - Anatolian craftsmanship for your home
With this unique Kilim pillow, you bring a piece of history and individuality into your home. The front was made from an original Anatolian vintage Kilim, hand-woven in the mid-20th century.
- Dimensions: 60 x 40 cm
- Front material: 100% sheep's wool - soft, warm and durable
- Back material: 100% cotton - high quality and pleasant
The vibrant colors and geometric patterns of Anatolian Kilims create a unique atmosphere and bring cultural heritage to any place. Each pattern tells its own story and brings the tradition and symbolism of Anatolia into your home.
Note: The pillow is delivered without filling. A suitable pillow insert can be ordered separately here.
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The traditional and timeless patterns of Anatolia make our vintage cushions very special. These are the meaningful symbols of a millennia-old nomadic tradition, intended to bless the home and its inhabitants with love, good fortune, and protection.
High-quality materials such as hand-spun sheep's wool, goat hair, or cotton ensure a durable product of lasting value. This cushion cover was lovingly sewn in our Wild Heart Free Soul studio in Istanbul from a fragment of a hand-woven vintage Kilim. Before further processing, the Kilim was professionally cleaned; however, age-related signs of wear and natural irregularities are inevitable in unique, handmade vintage carpets. The back is made of recycled cotton and features a zipper.
Anatolian kilims are far more than mere textile utility items – 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 symbolic power.
This kilim, too, was 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, 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 the traces of a cultural transition in their hues: between old and new, craft and modernity.
Weaving was a ritualistic 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 down – and some of them slumbered in chests for a long time until they eventually saw the light of day again.
Today, we clean and restore these pieces with the utmost respect: washed with olive soap, dried in the Antalya sun, repaired in our Istanbul studio.
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 await the right restorer, the summer months to bask in the sunlight – for their quiet 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 diligently, it can outlast many generations. It doesn't require elaborate care, but rather the right kind.
We recommend gently vacuuming or shaking out your Kilim once or twice a month to remove dust and dirt. Please do not use a rotary vacuum cleaner, but ideally a brush attachment or a gentle handheld device. Too frequent, intensive vacuuming can wear out the fibers over time.
Every few months, it's worth turning the Kilim over and vacuuming the back as well. Turning the rug slightly once a year ensures even wear and maintains the balance in the weave.
For deep cleaning, we recommend professional hand washing 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 fibers. If you need assistance in choosing a suitable cleaner, we are happy to advise you. We work with experienced Oriental rug specialists and are happy to pass on our special conditions.
And if an accident does happen: dab fresh stains immediately with a clean, dry cloth. If necessary, gently dab with a little olive soap and a slightly damp cloth – without rubbing, without soaking. For stubborn stains, please consult a specialist directly. Liquid that spreads along the fibers can become 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.