Kilim Cushion | 70 x 50 cm | Nr. K_7603

Kilim Cushions

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Turkey
Dimensions	70 cm x 50 cm
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes)
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Every one of our kilim cushions is a one-of-a-kind piece. Some of our cushions do have a brother or sister, though, because we made several cushions from a single Kelim.

The front of the cushion covers is made from fragments of hand-woven Turkish vintage Kelims from the 50s to the 70s.

The Kelims were hand-woven from pure new wool and some were decorated with simple embroidery once the weaving was done. The new wool was dyed with plant dyes before weaving. The luminous, natural shades and simple, geometric patterns of vintage Kelims are loved all over the world. You can see why for yourself.

We select the Kelims with care and clean them – and gently restore them where needed – before they are made into cushions.

The back is 100 % cotton and has a zip. The fabric and the colour of the back vary. The colour of the back may differ from the photo and is only an example.

The insert is not included. Our kilim cushions are pack animals, so there is no way we can send them out on their own ;-) You'll need to take in at least two.

Material

The technique used to produce the materials for the pile of this kilim cushion is more than 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural dyes and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant dyes is more complicated, more expensive and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical colours. For a luminous red, for example, you need around one kilo of ground madder root as dyestuff per kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that is not too pale, you even need two kilograms of dyer's weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is also time-consuming and labour-intensive. On top of that, fewer and fewer people still know how to spin wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: dyeing with natural colours allows the high-quality wool to keep its natural oil content. Wool that has been dyed with natural colours and spun by hand creates fascinating, shimmering patterns. The charm of hand-spun wool, with its slight irregularities and natural shades, comes into its own as a contrast in modern interiors, but equally in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country style.