Kilim patterns are created by winding the weft threads, which are coloured, backwards and forwards around pairs of warp threads, leaving the resulting weave completely flat. Kilim are therefore called flatweave or flatware rugs.

Here is a comprehensive list of commonly used motifs in kilim rugs. Please click on the links for variations of each motif and their meanings. Although the basic design is a stylized female, this pattern is known by various names in Anatolia.

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Kilim, a word of Turkish origin, denotes a pileless rug of many uses produced by one of several flatweaving techniques that have a common or closely related heritage and are practiced in the geographical area that includes parts of Turkey (Anatolia and Thrace), North Africa, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia an...

2019年5月28日 · A Kilim is a type of hand-made rug which does not have any knots and therefore no pile. It is flat-woven and typically looks identical from the back and the front. Before the introduction of knots, Kilims were part of the early fabrics woven. Note: steps in building a foundation are essentially the same for both a flat-woven and a piled rug.

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A kilim ( Persian: گلیم gilīm Azerbaijani: kilim کیلیم; Turkish: kilim; Turkmen: kilim ) is a flat tapestry - woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including Iran, but also in the Balkans and the Turkic countries. Kilims can be purely decorative or can function as prayer rugs.