12119 Vintage Turkish Afyon Kilim Rug 92x182cm (3 x 5.11½ft)

Colourful vintage Turkish Kilim from Afyon - hand-woven in wool in the flat-weave technique with cicim detail. This original wool Kilim measures approximately 92x182cm (3 x 5.11½ft) excluding any fringes - we love the very vibrant colours in this stripe patterned rug, it has a really unique, interesting look and an abundance of symbols and motifs, one of our favourite kilims! The bright colours are woven mostly in cotton which gives a completely different look to that of a rug woven in all wool - cotton fades less over time so that's why the bright detail is still so bright! Find out more about Rug Motifs, Symbols & Meaning here.

These flat woven rugs are made by the Turkmen Yoruk tribes - the descendants of the Turkic tribes that settled in Central Anatolia hundreds of years ago, in the mountainous countryside inland from the Aegean coast. The name Afyon (Kara Hisar) means, literally “opium black castle” in Turkish, since opium was widely grown here and there is a castle on a black rock.  For information on our underlays look here.