Afghan Kilim Rug 4x5 · Diamond Lattice Wool FlatweaveAfghan Kilim Rug 4x5 | Rust, Ivory & Navy | Diamond Lattice Wool Flatweave

Woven flat, without knots

How it’s made. A kilim has no pile. The colored wool threads are woven tightly over and under the warp, so the pattern is the structure itself. Many kilims were made by village and tribal families for their own homes, as floor covers, bedding and tent hangings.

What to look for. Crisp geometric patterns, often reversible, in a light, flat rug that is easy to move and perfect for layering.

Your rug. This 4x5 Kilim rug was woven by hand, one knot at a time. No other rug in the world is exactly like it.

Made by hand, in a family home

This rug was woven on a loom inside a family’s own home, most often by women, one knot at a time. We buy directly from weaving families and workshops we know, with no factories and no middlemen.

• Wool: sheared, washed and combed, then spun into yarn, much of it by hand.
• Dye: dyed in small batches, so every rug has gentle color shifts (abrash).
• Weaving: knotted by hand from a pattern or from memory, row after row.
• Finishing: beaten, sheared, singed, washed, stretched and dried by hand.

Read how our rugs are made

Rugistan® was founded in 2021 by Shams Frough. He served five years alongside U.S. forces as an interpreter in his native Afghanistan, then made Chicago home, where he put himself through college and is still studying today.

Shams and his wife run Rugistan® together, with showrooms in Evanston and Chicago. He still travels to the weaving regions himself and buys most of our rugs in person, from the families and workshops who make them. That's how we keep our prices fair. We also clean and repair handmade rugs.