My Suzanis and Kilims

Persian hand woven Kilim

I just realized that I forgot to do a post on the two Suzani's and two Kilim's that my friend gave me for my birthday back in March.... As mentioned in my previous posts Suzani and Ikat Week and Pakobel, Inc.: Handmade Rugs and Tapestries from the East my good friend's family owns a carpet and tapestry business and he has a great online store called Pakobel Rugs on eBay that sells oodles of beautiful new and used eastern goods. Anyway, I bid on a bunch of'em and let me tell you, his store is really popular because the bidding wars on some of his Kilim rugs and Uzbek Suzani tapestries were insane! In the end I won four items, two Suzanis and two Kilims. I wanted to pay for them so bad, but he wouldn't let me! :) He is too sweet!

I have yet to hang the Suzanis, I'm still brainstorming on how to apply those two to my apartment design. The Kilim shown up top is currently under my coffee table and the one at the bottom is shown sprawled across my dining area (sans dining table - which was in the craft room, but over the weekend I rolled up this Kilim for use somewhere else and moved the dining table back to the dining area)... haha! Yes, my apartment is a constant (never-ending) work in progress, as is my life! It's more exciting that way!

Anyway, here they are.... (The two Kilims can be seen in photos of my apartment decor in my previous post Good Day! I'm back!

Uzbek hand embroidered Suzani

Uzbek hand embroidered Suzani

Persian hand woven Kilim rug (runner)