Kilim

Kilim: Kilim rugs are woven across southern Asia from the Balkans to Pakistan and are often used for prayer rugs, but can also be decorative wall hangings, or just plane rugs. The weaving style uses a tight weft (woof) with the warp all but unseen. The rug have no pile and the designs are generally geometric.

In the homey waiting room, there were framed prints of massive Native American women with their arms full of corn, fat kilim-covered pillows on the floor, and long. deep sofas.

A Book for Today: Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz ***