12838 Village Turkish Malatya Carpet Floor Cushion 55x104cm (1.9½ x 3.5ft)

Wonderful large size vintage Turkish Floor Cushion from Malatya - originally a family village storage sack but they make great large strong floor cushions. These can also be used as thick rugs! This floor cushion from Turkey has hand-knotted wool carpet weave on the front and hand-woven flat weave kilim on the reverse and measures approximately 55x104cm (1.9½ x 3.5ft) - we love the superior soft wool quality together with the motifs and emblems and stunning striped reverse of this practical decorative floor cushion. See more about Rug Motifs, Symbols & Meaning here.

Malatya is one of the largest cities of central-eastern Anatolia, between the steppes of Central Anatolia and the rugged terrain of Eastern Anatolia. This region is renowned for its amazing apricot orchards, some of the best organic apricots come out of this region. Rugs have been produced in this area for 100's of years although much less so in recent times. Weavings from Malatya tend to have excellent, soft and superior wool quality.

If you purchase this item unstuffed you will need to sew it up to close it as it is an original piece and the weavers generally don't use zips! If you would like your cushion stuffed, please purchase the recommended sized filler by ticking the box next to the cushion to add the filler to your basket, we will then sew it up ready for you.

(If the recommend filler has a large Hollow Fibre size ie code no. HF1 or HF2, then it means we use hollow fibre duvets in whatever size fills the cushion, you can also use your own and sew the cushion up yourself after). Note: we do not ship some of the larger fillers outside the UK Mainland, this is to keep postage costs to a minimum.