About Our Kilim Dhurrie

Kilim dhurrie is a term for a flat woven rug utilized by cultures around the world for thousands of years. The term kilim comes from Persian, and dhurrie is from Hindi. These rugs are often colorful with a patterned, durable usage. They can be used in many ways - as flooring surfacing, as wall hangings, or decorative covering.

Kilim dhurries can be constructed with a textile technique of flat weave. Flat weave refers to the structure of the rug existing in interlocked system of horizontal and vertical threads that creates a pattern in textile form. There are pile rugs that create a loom with loops to create a rug with texture, but flat weave or dhurrie kilim rugs do not exist this way. Pile rugs can add texture to a room and flat weave or kilim dhurries open us up to lightweight, manipulative, and flexibility that is sometimes desired.

Most kilims or what we referred to earlier as kilim dhurries are constructed with natural fibers - to be wool, cotton, and silk or any combination of all three fibers in the weaving process of each kilim dhurrie rug. Wool is the most common fiber type that used for the

The meanings of the symbols depicted on Kilim rugs by region can be widely different, each region will contain its own meanings. In a general sense, the motifs on a Kilim can be broken down to and can be organized into three motifs, those designs being geometric .

Kilim dhurries can serve these purposes not only in utility and decoration but can also be considered as art. Kilim dhurries are hand woven rugs with applied functional patterns utilizing vibrant colors. Kilims have become known for their rustic charm and are described by designers and decorators as their ideal element; kilims are a transitional and new design for contemporary design, creativity and warmth, as well as cultural meaning.

Kilim rugs are both a versatile rug and a timeless rug, they are visual elements of art that bring individual meaning from each region and origins, Kilim dhurries are contemporarily known for both the tradition, woven fabric patterns, designs of vibrant colors, they are functional, while detailing the applied pattern and motifs which can carry meaning for each culture, all are visually beautiful elements.