Multicolor Handwoven Wool Oushak Village Kilim

A single column runs through the red field, built from three green hooked diamonds whose arms touch; each holds a small navy diamond at its center. Oushak is one of the old weaving centers of western Anatolia, and here it names the pattern family of this kilim.

01The origin of the pattern

The hook motif in kilims is associated with warding off the evil eye, and the arms reaching out from the diamonds are of that kind. This is a sandık yenisi kilim, new from the chest: it has never been laid on a floor. Small olive-green figures shaped like S and 2 are scattered between the diamonds.

02Color that shifts through the day

A row of navy comb teeth frames the field; outside it, a pale gray-blue band carries small diamonds in red, green and pink. The outer border is coral with a heavy navy zigzag, and the short ends close with an olive band and dusty-rose triangles. 117 × 167 cm (3'10" × 5'6"), about 2 square meters (roughly 21 square feet), with the cream fringe cut short.

03Coming off the loom

Handwoven in Türkiye, wool only. Red and green are opposites, which is why the green diamonds read from across the room. The size suits the floor in front of an armchair or the space under a desk.

04Up close to the pattern

A navy armchair completes the zigzag of the outer border, and the coral and dusty-rose tones stay on the warm side with a light walnut side table and a linen curtain. The S and 2 figures always come in pairs, each the mirror of the other; one such pair flanks the lowest diamond as well.