Handmade Kilim Rug by Egypt Antiques - Gray and Blue - 70x140 cm, handcrafted
- Completely handmade Egyptian industry
- 100% Egyptian wool, high quality
- Heavy duty, easy to clean material
Product Description
History of kilim making
A craft that was passed down through generations from our great ancient Egyptian ancestors, and it still continues to this day. With continuous great development, our heritage craft has developed into everything that is modern and sophisticated, including carpets and kilims.
Carpet and kilim arts
One of the oldest arts known to Egypt is the textile arts, and there are still many villages famous for these arts, such as Dasia in Fayoum, Fuwa in the Delta, Saqiyat Abu Shaara in Menoufia, Damanhour in Beheira, and it was also known in Saqqara, Harraniya, Sinai, the Eastern Desert, the oases, and Upper Egypt. For the environment
Kilim heritage
In the past, city and rural people used to recycle their old fabrics by making distinctive kilims for flooring and upholstery on sofas and chairs. ....Currently, around Egypt, there are many girls and young men who are creating distinctive kilims made of 100% natural cotton.
Wool kilim
Also, carpets made of completely 100% natural wool in many ways express the Egyptian heritage. Carpets for walls or floors. Kilims are made from some natural threads manually on a loom. They are a very large frame with designated places for tying the ends of a large number of thin threads along the length. Kilim makers do Spinning natural threads with longitudinal loom threads and creating creativity in shaping them with different and distinctive aesthetic touches
Modern kilim
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