Question: In my dining room, I have a kilim rug that's about 8 feet by 11 feet. When I had it cleaned, the warp threads shrank, as they often do in handwoven fabrics, and the rug became so rippled ...

Kilim rugs, the colorful Middle Eastern carpets designed with bold, graphic patterns and a distinctive, nonpile flat weave, have existed for thousands of years and are once again having a moment.

In June, Ms. Armstrong, who is based in Boston, opened up her first pop-up shop, in Nantucket, selling one-of-a-kind loafers made from vintage kilim rugs, which she sources from rural Turkey.

Vintage kilim from Rug Store. Personally, I like to shop for kilims at Rug Store, in Richmond, south-west London, which has an enormous selection for sale.

The kilim rug – otherwise known as a flatweave rug – measures 170 centimetres by 240 centimetres and is hand-loomed from 100 per cent Afghan wool. Related story ...

Iran announced Monday that weavers in the southern province of Fars had produced the world's largest kilim rug, measuring an enormous 105 square metres (more than 1,100 square feet).The 7x15-metre ...