We have just uploaded some beautiful Baluch Carpet Cushion/Pillow Covers to the "Latest Arrivals" section of our website. Very nice quality and colours, we are very pleased with this delivery.
These cushion covers can also be found in the usual "Carpet Cushion" section of our website.
Kilim Runners and Rugs now In
Our delivery is now in, priced and uploaded to the website. We have many of the popular Vegetable Dyed Kilims in all sizes including hallway runners. We have also topped up our stock of good value £79 Maimana Kilims. Also in the delivery are more fine Ghalmouri Kilims and Red Aq Chah Runners plus lots more. You can see all the latest arrivals in the Latest Arrivals Section of our website, or alternatively you are able to see them in their usual categories, ie Runners are in the Runner section etc.
New selection of Rag Rugs now in
We have some new additions in, very good quality heavy duty corridor and hallway runners in two sizes and in nice jolly colours. Also a new batch of larger multicoloured rag rugs with beautiful purples and blues. In addition to our medium sizes in pretty pastels and multicolours. See this link to go to the Rag Rug Section of our Website.
Turkish Mosaic Hanging Lamps and Table Lamps Now In!
Our long awaited Turkish Mosaic Glass Hanging Lamps and Table Lamps have finally arrived and are now all uploaded to the website. There is an excellent collection of colours and designs from small to large sizes. Check out the lamp sections of the website.
For Turkish Mosaic Hanging Lamps Click Here
For Turkish Oriental Plain Coloured Glass Hanging Lamps Click Here
For Turkish Mosaic Table and Floor Lamps Click Here
Kilim Runners and Rugs & Kuchi Tribal Choker Necklaces
The new consignment includes Vegetable Dyed Kilims in all sizes including hallway runners, as well as some good value Moshwani, Maimana and Baluch Rugs and Runners. You can see all the latest arrivals in the Latest Arrivals Section of our website, or alternatively you are able to see them in their allocated category, ie Runners are in the Runner section etc.
In addition, there are some lovely Tribal necklaces which have just arrived, they are very glamorous tribal necklaces that certainly makes a statement! More jewellery can be seen in our Tribal Jewellery Section.
Soon we will have our Lamp delivery arriving, so lots to be excited about. You can see the Latest Arrivals here and as soon as we have time we will upload the other new items, or visit our shop to see them straight away!
New delivery now in which consists of some beautiful hand woven vegetable dyed kilims and corridor runners to name a few - see more here in our Latest Arrivals Section.
Plus much more. We will send out a newsletter once all the goods are in our shop, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive a copy.
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The Turkish term “Yastik” means cushion or pillow and is also used to describe small Turkish wool rugs that have a hand knotted front and a flat weave Kilim on the reverse. These small oriental weavings are found across Central and Eastern Turkey including regions such as Konya, Malatya and Sivas.
In the nomadic way of life, Yastiks were used as storage bags for clothing, dried grasses or as cushions by yöruk (nomadic) people and you can often find remnants of straw on the inside, despite them being cleaned and washed! In village houses they would be used on a raised platform as cushions to support the back. These hand knotted pile Yastiks were woven by women in the form of miniature carpets and were produced on narrow looms.
The designs used in these small rugs would be based on the interpretation of the weaver and would include folkloric, superstitious and religious motifs that would have been passed down through the generations. Over the years designs and motifs would alter and would be re-invented due to changes within a tribe or group of people such as members of different tribes mixing and co-existing. Often each tribe or village would have their own unique design that would mostly be used by that group or tribe, hence we can still often recognise where individual pieces originate from.
Over time weavers started using machine made fabric on the reverse instead of flat woven Kilim which meant it was cheaper to produce these items, this explains why there are many of these Yastiks that do not have a reverse (the machine made fabrics having been removed) thus leaving very beautiful, utilitarian small sized hand knotted rugs for the floor.
We have been selling these Yastiks for many years. The “backed” pieces make excellent large floor cushions or thick little rugs for the floor. The single sided pieces are excellent, functional small Turkish rugs that can slot into small spaces and liven up or soften a bare floor. Unfortunately Yastiks are not widely made anymore and it is becoming increasingly hard to source them.
Examples of our Turkish Yastiks (with backs) can be found in our Turkish Floor Cushion section. Examples of the single sided Turkish Yastiks can be found in our Small Pile Rugs section.
We thought it would be interesting to post some information on some of our more unusual rugs and we have started with Turkish Tulu rugs which are certainly different!
"Tulu" meaning "hairy" are the mattresses of Turkish and Kurdish shepherds who spend the summer in the mountains out of doors with their flocks. The shaggy side of the Tulu kilim rug being placed on the ground as insulation. The wool comes from the Angora goat and in Turkish is called ‘tiftig’. The sheen and the pattern structure give these pieces a charm of their own. They are usually long haired and are brightly dyed garish pieces, to discourage evil spirits.
Tulus come from the Afyon region of Central Turkey (Central Anatolia) and have a primitive directness of all nomadic weavings made purely for local domestic use.
We have a great new stock of wonderful vintage, handwoven Tribal Carpet Cushions.
These are becoming so hard to find these days and we are very excited when we find them! They are very popular and we sell these all over the world as well as in our Brighton shop. These are displayed in the "Latest Arrivals" and the "Carpet Cushion" sections of our website.
So, we have been very busy over the last week preparing lots of Turkish Kilim Cushions in readiness for uploading onto our site. We have finally got them online, so for those of you who would be interested in having a browse through you will find them in the Turkish Kilim Cushion section by clicking the picture opposite:
We are eagerly awaiting the delivery of our goods, as we are getting low on our stock of Maimana Kilims and inexpensive Herat Baluch rugs. New stock to include:
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