Kilims Woven with rich, jewel-like colors and intricate symbols, tribal rugs have a timeless quality that. Handmade rug adds comfort and pulls a room together. "kilim is a word of Turkish origin which denotes a pileless textile of multiple uses produced by one of several flat weaving techniques that have a common or closely related heritage and are taken into practice in the geographical areas of Turkey (Anatolia and Thrace), Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, North Africa, the Balkans and the Caucasus.