5 x 7 Turkish Angora Wool Kilim Rug 53840

53840 Vintage Turkish Angora Wool Kilim Blanket Rug, 04'08 x 06'07.

Woven in silence beneath the sky-wide stillness of Eastern Anatolia, this handwoven Turkish Angora kilim rug is the very essence of elemental beauty. Cloaked entirely in a single, rich tone of umber brown, the rug carries the warmth and softness of the mohair from which it was made—fleece shorn from the prized Angora goats of the Siirt highlands. Its surface glows with an organic sheen, capturing light like the glint of sun on weathered stone, or the shimmer of fur moving with the breeze.

Though devoid of pattern or ornament, the rug speaks volumes through its texture. Every fiber whispers of care and continuity, of ancient pastoral rhythms and lives lived close to the earth. This is a kilim that doesn’t rely on color for its poetry, but rather on the tactile nuance of its weave—the way the hair lies in gentle waves, the way the surface shifts like fields brushed by the wind. It is minimalism not as modernism, but as reverence for material and place.

The absence of decoration allows the eye to rest and the senses to sharpen. It evokes the unadorned clarity of a shepherd’s solitude, the quiet dignity of rural life where function and beauty are never separate. This simplicity, far from stark, feels deeply grounded—as though the rug were not crafted, but grown from the land itself. It is a meditation in mohair, a landscape reduced to essence.

In this Turkish angora kilim, we find no narrative save for the story of the goat, the weaver, and the mountain—three forces joined in quiet harmony. It is a rug of inward turning, of peace and warmth, a companion to contemplative living. To bring it into the home is to invite a piece of Anatolia’s soul, woven not in words, but in earth, breath, and time. 

• Abrash.
• Siirt Blanket Rug
• Hand-woven angora wool.
• Made in Turkey.
• Measures: 04'08 x 06'07.
• Date: 1950's. Mid-20th Century.