YAYLA Textile & Leather & Rug Ltd. Co. UŞAK / TURKEY

Rug is not just a cover on the floor. Eşme Nomad Rugs are the expressions of the feelings of the weaver through their motifs and Nomads express their sadness or excitement by the help of the motifs and colors. Rug is the saddle of the nomad's horse, it's the sack in which nomad carries his goods.

Nomad childreen are born on rugs, rugs are the cradles for the babies. Rug is the cover of the nomad on his last way. Nomads are born with rugs, live with rugs, and die with rugs.Rugs are the indispensable parts of the nomad' lives.

Young girls weave quickly, they use 'kirkit' (carpet weaving comb) and they enjoy doing it. Not the girls but the motifs compete with each other at the workbench. The weaver of the rug gives messages to her love through the motifs and colors.

Red means excitement, blue means hope for a happy and cheerful home, purple means sadness, white means purity and cleannes like a bridge and also means sadness in Eşme Nomad Rugs. When black is the dominant color, it means again sadness. Yellow means sadness and green means abundance.

In some old rugs you can see 'çilkak', mirror, flake, or a motif woven with a very bright color or tie knots made with the hair of the weaver which mean prevention from evil-eye or getting together with her love. Young girls who are on the edge of marriage show their abilities by weaving 'kiz faridan' motif which is famous for its making brides cry. And they pray for abundance with the motif called 'elibelinde' on Altınbaş Kilim. They weave the motifs 'pitrak' and 'goz' to prevent their families from evil-eye. Eşme Noöad Rugs are elite examples of Anatolian Rugs which convey messages with their motifs and colors.

SEE OUR RUGS ON WHICH THE FEELINGS -happiness, sadness, hope, purity, and cleanness- ARE EXPRESSED THROUGH THE MOTİFS. SEE THEM AND GET READY FOR A JOURNEY TO THE PAST AND FIND SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF...