Kelim Cushion Kerim 50x50cm
Kelim Cushion Kerim 50x50cm
Wild Heart Free Soul
Kastanienallee 55
10119 Berlin
Germany
A Unique Vintage Kilim – Anatolian Craftsmanship for Your Home
With this unique kilim cushion, you bring a piece of history and individuality into your home. The front is crafted from an original Anatolian vintage kilim, handwoven in the mid-20th century.
- Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm
- Front Material: 100% sheep's wool – soft, warm, and durable
- Back Material: 100% cotton – high-quality and comfortable
The vibrant colors and geometric patterns of Anatolian kilims create a unique atmosphere and bring cultural heritage to any space. Each pattern tells its own story, bringing the tradition and symbolism of Anatolia into your home.
Note: The cushion is delivered without filling. You can order a suitable cushion insert separately here.
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The traditional and timeless patterns of Anatolia make our vintage cushions truly special. These meaningful symbols of a millennia-old nomadic tradition are believed to bestow love, blessings, and protection upon the home and its inhabitants.
High-quality materials such as hand-spun sheep's wool, goat hair, or cotton ensure a durable, long-lasting product. This cushion cover was lovingly sewn in our Wild Heart Free Soul studio in Istanbul from a fragment of a hand-woven vintage kilim. The kilim was professionally cleaned before processing, but age-related wear and natural irregularities are inevitable in unique, handmade vintage rugs. 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 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 yarns were often dyed with natural pigments from madder, weld, walnut, or indigo – but from the 1950s onwards, synthetic dyes increasingly made 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 marks of a cultural transition in their tones: between old and new, craftsmanship 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 on – and some of them slept for a long time in chests until they reappeared one day.
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 never rush. Each kilim is restored with time, care, and respect. Some await the right restorer, the summer months to bathe in the sunlight – for their quiet 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.
A kilim is a long-lasting companion – if treated with love and cared for mindfully, it can endure for many more generations. It doesn't require elaborate care, but rather the right kind of care.
We recommend gently vacuuming or shaking out the kilim once or twice a month to remove dust and dirt. Please do not use a rotary vacuum cleaner for this; ideally, use a brush attachment or a gentle handheld device. Too frequent, intensive vacuuming can eventually fatigue the fibers.
Every few months, it's worth turning the kilim over and vacuuming the back as well. If you slightly rotate the rug once a year, it 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: blot fresh stains immediately with a clean, dry cloth. If necessary, carefully dab with a little olive soap and a slightly damp cloth – without rubbing, without saturating. For stubborn dirt, please consult a specialist directly. Liquid that spreads along the fibers can become permanently trapped, especially in flatweaves.
Dried food residues can usually be carefully scraped off or brushed out – best done with a steady hand and without haste.