Vocab Lesson: Kilim
When Sarah at Estate of Things described this photo by saying “the bookshelves are a little scant for my taste but I love the kilim, chesterfield sofas and the brass coffee table,” all I could think is “what the heck is a kilim?”
Turns out, it’s the rug she’s loving. Kilims are flat tapestry-woven carpets or rugs produced from the Balkans to Pakistan. Kilims are produced by tightly interweaving the warp and weft strands of the weave to produce a flat surface with no pile. Most kilim weaves are “weft-facing”, i.e., the horizontal weft strands are pulled tightly downward so that they hide the vertical warp strands. Kilims are often cheaper than pile rugs.
Some other examples from House Beautiful…
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