USAK Vintage Kilim 242x165cm
Hand-woven vintage Kilim rug from Anatolia, combining traditional artistry with timeless design. A unique piece, crafted from high-quality materials, that enriches any room with its history and beauty.
USAK Vintage Kilim 242x165cm
Wild Heart Free Soul
Kastanienallee 55
10119 Berlin
Germany
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Unique Vintage Kilim Rug: Limited availability, only one 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. Circa 1960s
- Condition: Carefully restored vintage rug, in like-new condition through professional cleaning and restoration processes.
- Origin: UĹźak, Anatolia
- Dimensions: 242 cm length x 165 cm width, 5 mm thickness.
This rug is not only a piece of history, but also a work of art that adds 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 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 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 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 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 bearers of profound messages.
They were used, loved, passed down – and some of them slept long in chests until one day they 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 workshop.
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 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 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 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 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 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 bearers of profound messages.
They were used, loved, passed down – and some of them slept long in chests until one day they 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 workshop.
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 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 treatment and careful maintenance, our kilims and carpets can last for many more generations. Our carpets do not require a lot of care, but they do require the right kind. We recommend that you regularly and gently vacuum or beat your carpet to remove dirt and dust. It is sufficient to vacuum your carpet once or twice a month. Excessive vacuuming can wear out the knots and fibers faster. If your vacuum cleaner has a vacuum attachment, use it instead of a rotary brush.
Every few months, you should turn your carpet over and vacuum the back to remove dirt from the underside of the carpet. It is also helpful to rotate your carpet once a year to ensure even wear.
We recommend having your carpet professionally hand-washed every 3 to 5 years. Please do not take it for steam or dry cleaning – that will certainly damage the carpet! Choose a carpet cleaner who uses a pH-neutral shampoo or olive soap for hand washing. The soap is worked into the carpet by hand with a soft-bristle brush and then thoroughly rinsed. If you have any questions or need assistance in choosing a carpet cleaning service, please do not hesitate to contact us. We work with trusted oriental carpet cleaners and restorers and can pass on discounted rates to our customers.
A stain, what now?
Dab the stain with a dry cloth until it is dry. If necessary, you can dab it with a slightly damp cloth and a little olive soap. Please do not wash your carpet yourself. If the stain does not come out, immediately contact an oriental carpet specialist 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 carpets with horizontal fibers (like flat weaves).
Dried food residues can be easily scraped off or brushed out.