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Gift Rugs

Can a rug be a gift? The pieces here have high cultural value and small sizes, so they can find a place in any space and offer a visual delight. We assure you it will be an unforgettable gift.

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  11. Bahtiyari deseni bir eşarba geçmiş, tek lifi ipek

    İpek Şal Eşarp Bahtiyari Motif, 90×90 cm Halıcızade 90×90 cm

    İpek Şal Eşarp Bahtiyari Motif

    İpek ·Kırmızı

    from 15.000 TL ≈ 18.500 TL/m²

    • Pure silk

  12. Mihrabı tek yöne bakıyor: elde dokunmuş saf ipek

    Kum İpeği Mihrap Desenli Onlu Seccade, 104×155 cm Halıcızade 104×155 cm

    One of a kind

    Kum İpeği Mihrap Desenli Onlu Seccade

    El Dokuması Halı · İpek ·Krem

    from 150.000 TL ≈ 95.000 TL/m²

    • Pure silk
    • All-natural fibers

  14. Sixty-one by ninety-three centimeters, wool and nothing else

    Multicolor Geometric Hand-Knotted Wool Kids' Rug, 61×93 cm Halıcızade 61×93 cm

    One of a kind

    Multicolor Geometric Hand-Knotted Wool Kids' Rug

    Hand-Knotted Rug · Wool ·Colorful

    from 21.000 TL ≈ 37.000 TL/m²

    • All-natural fibers
    • Woven in wool

  18. Ranks of Turkmen medallions, hand-knotted in Afghan wool

    Turkmen Bukhara Hand-Knotted Wool Village Rug, 85×140 cm Halıcızade 85×140 cm

    One of a kind

    Turkmen Bukhara Hand-Knotted Wool Village Rug

    Hand-Knotted Rug · Wool ·Yellow

    from 22.000 TL ≈ 18.500 TL/m²

    • All-natural fibers
    • Woven in wool

  20. Eighty by ninety-seven centimeters, geometric, and meant for a wall

    Multicolor Geometric Handwoven Rug Wall Panel, 80×97 cm Halıcızade 80×97 cm

    One of a kind

    Multicolor Geometric Handwoven Rug Wall Panel

    Hand-Knotted Rug · Viscose · Cotton · Acrylic/Synthetic ·Colorful

    from 30.000 TL ≈ 39.000 TL/m²

    • Six colors in stacked bands, half a meter of Afghan wool

      Multicolor Ethnic Handwoven Wool Kilim Cushion, 50×50 cm Halıcızade 50×50 cm

      One of a kind

      Multicolor Ethnic Handwoven Wool Kilim Cushion

      Handwoven Kilim · Wool · Cotton ·Colorful

      from 2.800 TL ≈ 11.000 TL/m²

      • All-natural fibers
      • Woven in wool

    A rug given as a gift is normally a small one: a prayer rug, a cushion face, a woven panel or a mat of about a square meter, chosen because it can be carried, unrolled anywhere and kept for decades. This collection gathers twenty-three such pieces, handwoven and machine-woven.

    The difficulty with giving a rug is that the recipient's floor is already spoken for. The pieces here get around it by being small enough to go on a wall, a bed, a chest or a bench, or by being cheap enough to replace a doormat without ceremony. What follows is what is in the collection, what the age descriptions mean, and how to choose between the groups.

    What makes a rug a good gift

    Portability, a size that does not commit anyone to a room layout, and a pattern that means something.

    A 2 × 3 m rug is a decision about a house. A 50 × 50 cm (1'8" × 1'8") kilim cushion face is a piece of weaving, and it can sit on a chair in a flat the giver has never seen. That is the whole logic of this collection: everything in it is under about 2 m² and most of it is well under, so it travels in a suitcase and lands anywhere.

    The second thing is that Anatolian weaving carries a motif vocabulary that is worth explaining when you hand it over — the hands-on-hips elibelinde, the ram's horn, the eye, the tree of life. A gift that comes with a story attached outlives one that does not. The motifs and the arguments about what they actually meant are set out in kilim motifs and their meanings.

    What is in the collection

    Four groups, at four quite different levels of expense and formality.

    • Machine-woven cotton kilims. The Kehribar Series, woven in Türkiye in Anatolian, geometric and striped drawing, in 80 × 150 cm (2'7" × 4'11"), 120 × 180 cm (3'11" × 5'11") and 160 × 230 cm (5'3" × 7'7"), with 80 × 300 cm (2'7" × 9'10") runners. They are wool-free, reversible and can go into a domestic washing machine, which makes them the practical gift for a first flat, a kitchen or a student. See the wider machine-woven kilim range.
    • Cushions and covers. Handwoven wool kilim cushion faces at 50 × 50 cm (1'8" × 1'8"), an Anatolian-pattern cover at 30 × 50 cm (1'0" × 1'8"), and two pieces cut from old village weaving — a Konya İnlice rug pillow at 56 × 108 cm (1'10" × 3'7"). These are the smallest real handwork in the store, and they are in the rug and kilim accessories range.
    • Prayer rugs. A prayer rug is woven with a directional niche at one end and is meant to be used by one person, which makes it the most personal thing on this list. There is a loom-woven black Tencel Baş Başa prayer rug at 80 × 130 cm (2'7" × 4'3"), and two old village pieces described below. More of them at handwoven prayer rugs.
    • Small village weavings and panels. A Turkmen-pattern Bukhara rug at 85 × 140 cm (2'9" × 4'7"), a Konya İnlice kilim at 140 × 176 cm (4'7" × 5'9"), a handwoven geometric panel at 80 × 97 cm (2'7" × 3'2") made to hang rather than to walk on, and a small children's rug at 61 × 93 cm (2'0" × 3'1").

    The old pieces, and what the age words mean

    Two of the prayer rugs here are genuinely old, and the terms used for them are trade usage rather than certification.

    One is a Yahyalı village prayer rug of eighty years or more, dyed with madder and other natural dyes, at 78 × 122 cm (2'7" × 4'0"). The other is a Denizli Çal prayer rug of a hundred years or more, also naturally dyed, at 95 × 132 cm (3'1" × 4'4"). Both are described in the Turkish trade as sandık eskisi — chest-aged: woven for a household, folded into a dowry chest, used a handful of times and folded away, so the colors were never bleached and the wear is at the folds rather than in the middle.

    The house uses a single set of age bands: antique is 100 years or more, semi-antique 50 to 100, vintage 20 to 80, and everything else is new. These are ordinary commercial terms with no issuing authority behind them and no certificate attached, and the bands overlap because the trade's usage overlaps. How the distinction is actually made is discussed in antique versus vintage handwoven rugs.

    Choosing between them

    PieceSizeMade howSuits
    Kilim cushion face50 × 50 cm (1'8" × 1'8")Handwoven woolAny household; the smallest piece of real weaving
    Woven panel80 × 97 cm (2'7" × 3'2")Handwoven woolA wall rather than a floor; an office or a study
    Prayer rug, new80 × 130 cm (2'7" × 4'3")Loom-woven TencelA personal gift, given new
    Prayer rug, old78 × 122 to 95 × 132 cm (2'7" × 4'0" to 3'1" × 4'4")Handwoven wool, naturally dyedA significant occasion; a single unrepeatable piece
    Small village rug85 × 140 cm (2'9" × 4'7")Handwoven woolA bedside, a hall, a landing
    Cotton kilim80 × 150 to 160 × 230 cm (2'7" × 4'11" to 5'3" × 7'7")Machine-woven, washableA first flat, a kitchen, a student

    Practical notes before you give one

    Three things worth knowing.

    Every handwoven piece here is a single item rather than a size that can be reordered, so a second one in the same pattern does not exist. Sizes are given as woven, and a handwoven rug is never exactly rectangular — a centimeter or two of difference between the two ends is a property of the object and not a fault. And the old pieces come as they are: the wear and the abrash, the band of slightly different color where the weaver moved from one dye lot to the next, are the evidence that the thing was made by hand and dyed in small batches.

    For care, a wool cushion face or a small village weaving is vacuumed gently with the beater bar off and spot-blotted rather than rubbed; the cotton kilims go in a machine on a cool, gentle cycle and dry flat out of the sun.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What size rug makes a good gift?

    Something under about two square meters, which is small enough to travel and small enough that the recipient is not committed to a room layout. Cushion faces at 50 × 50 cm, prayer rugs around 80 × 130 cm and small village weavings up to about 140 × 180 cm are the usual choices.

    Is a prayer rug an appropriate gift?

    It is the most personal weaving in the Anatolian repertoire, woven with a directional niche at one end for the use of one person, and it is given as a gift in Türkiye for exactly that reason. It suits a significant occasion rather than a casual one.

    What does chest-aged mean?

    Chest-aged translates the Turkish sandık eskisi. It describes a piece woven for a household, folded into a dowry chest, used only occasionally and stored, so its colors were never bleached by daylight and its wear shows at the folds rather than across the middle.

    What is the difference between antique, semi-antique and vintage?

    The house uses antique for 100 years and older, semi-antique for 50 to 100 years, and vintage for 20 to 80. These are ordinary trade terms with no issuing authority behind them, no certificate attached, and overlapping bands, because commercial usage itself overlaps.

    Can a gift rug be washed at home?

    The machine-woven cotton kilims can, on a cool gentle cycle, dried flat out of direct sun. The handwoven wool pieces cannot: they are vacuumed with the beater bar off, blotted rather than rubbed when something is spilled, and sent to a professional rug washer for anything more.

    Are the old pieces one of a kind?

    Yes. Every handwoven item in this collection is a single object with its own measurements, and there is no second one in the same drawing. The machine-woven kilims are the opposite case, available in several sizes and reorderable.

    What can a small rug be used for besides the floor?

    A woven panel is made to hang, and an old prayer rug is often given to be hung rather than walked on. Small weavings also work over the end of a bed, over the back or arm of a chair, on a chest, or on a table under something heavy.

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