USAK Vintage Kilim 330x152cm
Expanse, Rhythm and Female Symbolism
This hand-woven vintage kilim originates from the Uşak region in Western Anatolia – an area known for its fine carpets for centuries. Made in the 1960s, this piece tells a story of inner order, creative power, and the beauty of balance.
At its center are large, rhythmically arranged diamonds – powerful carriers of protection and clarity. Framed by a pulsating zigzag pattern, the kilim evokes movement, permeability, and the constant flow of life.
Kilim Symbols & Their Meaning
A rich symbolic language is revealed in the details:
- Küpe (Earring): A sign of love, femininity, and harmonious relationships
- Yıldız (Star): A good luck charm, guidance, and light in dark times
- Göz (Eye): A protective symbol against negative influences – clarity and perception
- Elibelinde: Symbol of female creative power – upright, strong, giving
- Tarak (Comb): Expression of creativity and inner order
- Su Yolu (Waterway): A symbol of transformation, vitality, and the bigger picture
These motifs merge into a carpet like a prayer – powerful, loving, wise.
Vibrant Colors
The color composition appears painted from nature: sage green, indigo blue, lavender, terracotta, apricot, and delicate vanilla white blend into a soft, harmonious mosaic. Particularly striking are the gentle abrash gradients, which give the kilim a lively depth and calm dynamism.
For Rooms with Expanse & Connection
With its generous length, this kilim is excellently suited for hallways, open living areas, or along a long table. It connects spaces – visually and atmospherically – and brings warmth, structure, and symbolism into your home.
Gently Restored & Sun-Cleaned
Like all our pieces, this kilim has been carefully restored and cleaned with olive soap and sunlight. Its history remains palpable – and opens itself to new spaces.
A kilim from Wild Heart Free Soul is like a prayer underfoot.
It carries the essence within – the gentle, the enduring,
and the memory of beauty, origin, and the return to yourself.
USAK Vintage Kilim 330x152cm
Wild Heart Free Soul
Kastanienallee 55
10119 Berlin
Germany
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- Unique Vintage Rug - only one available!
- Material: 100% high-quality, hand-spun sheep wool
- Workmanship: Hand flat-woven on a traditional wooden loom
- Age: Vintage / Semi-antique. Circa 1960s
- Condition: Vintage in like-new quality due to extensive cleaning and restoration process
- Origin: Usak, Anatolia
- Dimensions: 330cm x 152cm, Height: 3mm
Anatolian kilims are far more than 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 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 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 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 studio.
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 quiet retransformation 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 above all, 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 for this, 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. 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 dry clean or steam clean your Kilim – 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 soaking. For stubborn dirt, please consult a specialist directly. Liquid that spreads along the fibers can be permanently trapped, especially in flat weaves.
Dried food residues can usually be carefully scraped off or brushed out – preferably with a steady hand and without haste.