MUT Vintage Kilim 321x128cm
Hand-woven vintage kilim from Anatolia featuring the symbol Elibelinde – a depiction of a woman with her hands on her waist: rooted, upright, powerful.
Elibelinde symbolizes feminine dignity, creative power, and quiet confidence in one's center. A woven sign of uprightness and inner strength.
Made from 100% hand-spun sheep's wool, dyed with natural pigments – each piece is a unique item with a soul.
Note: The individual story of this kilim will follow soon. We are happy to share it with you personally upon request.
MUT Vintage Kilim 321x128cm
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 thanks to professional cleaning and restoration processes.
- Origin: Mut, Anatolia
- Dimensions: 321 cm length x 128 cm width, 5 mm thickness.
This rug is not just 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 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 symbolism.
This kilim, too, was woven in an Anatolian home – from the wool of their own sheep, shorn, washed, carded, 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 vegetable-dyed. Many pieces from the 1960s and 1970s bear in their tones the traces of a cultural transition: 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 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 long 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 atelier.
Some pieces are with us for only a few months, others accompany us for years – because we rush nothing. Every kilim is restored with time, care, and respect. Some await the right restorer, the summer months to bathe in the sunlight – their silent transformation back 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 attentively, it can last for many more generations. It doesn't require elaborate care, but rather the right kind of care.
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; instead, 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. Turning the rug slightly once a year ensures even wear and maintains the balance in the weave.
For a thorough cleaning, we recommend professional hand washing every 3 to 5 years – using pH-neutral shampoo or olive soap, gently worked in by hand and thoroughly rinsed out. 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, you can carefully dab with a little olive soap and a slightly damp cloth – without rubbing, without saturating. 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.