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Antique Chinese Aubusson Floral Hooked Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
using a hooking technique that pulls loops of yarn through a durable base fabric, they boast a thick
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Aubusson Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique Navajo Chief Blanket
Located in Atlanta, GA
is well preserved and can be dated to 1890-1910. Woven with hand-spun natural yarns in white and
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1890s American Navajo Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Exceptional Art Deco Arm Chair in Blue Velvet and Maple, Northern France, 1920s
Located in The Hague, NL
by Gisbert Rentmeister. The subtle gold yarns in the weave of this fabric are repeated in the mustard
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Yarn

Materials

Fabric, Chenille, Cotton, Linen, Upholstery, Velvet, Maple

Antique Soft Teal Ziegler Sultanabad Rug with All-Over Pattern
By Ziegler Co.
Located in Milan, IT
colours, where the wool yarns are masterfully dyed so to create an almost translucent effect. In this
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Late 19th Century Azerbaijani Sultanabad Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Concentric Rectangles
Located in Milan, IT
-dyed with the colour of choice; this rudimental method results in a non-uniform dyeing of the yarn
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Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Antique Yarn

Materials

Angora

1920s Vintage Flat Weave Decorative Soumak Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
-clipped yarns are left on the back. However, they are also stronger than kilims. Antique Soumak carpets
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1920s Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique Sumak Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
-clipped yarns are left on the back. However, they are also stronger than kilims. Antique Soumak carpets
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Early 1900s Other Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Stacked Niches
Located in Milan, IT
-dyed with the colour of choice; this rudimental method results in a non-uniform dyeing of the yarn
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Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Antique Yarn

Materials

Angora

Colonial Elegance and Exotic Charm: A Visual Poetic Journey through 1910 Burma
Located in Langweer, NL
: Stitched with brown yarn as issued Condition Notes: A degree of offsetting from the plates is present. The
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1910s Antique Yarn

Materials

Paper

Rare Silk Antique Suzani from and For Private Collection
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Silk Road. Many shades of green were used (sacred color), even the blue. The yarns are dyed with
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Late 19th Century Turkmen Other Antique Yarn

Materials

Canvas

Contemplation
By Sir Hubert Von Herkomer R.A. RWS.
Located in Middletown, NY
has brought her yarn swift to take in the sun and fresh air while she works. Watercolor on buff
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1870s English School Antique Yarn

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

19th Century Biedermeier End Table or Wine Table, in Mahogany on Pedestal Base
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
accoutrements with interior access to a pleated silk basket intended to hold yarns. Top rests on turned, tripod
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Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Yarn

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Aux Lainnes Ecossaises
Located in New York, NY
than that he was commissioned to design this poster for a well known knitting and yarn shop in Paris
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1920s Art Deco Antique Yarn

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Rug Serbian, Handmade Carpet Vintage Kilim Rug, Geometric Oriental Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
produced in Pirot, a town in southeastern Serbia. The yarns are all handspun and had been dyed by organic
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1920s Serbian Kilim Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Organic Material

Late 19th Century Antique Southwestern-Style Germantown Optical Kilim Rug
By Navajo
Located in Dallas, TX
the loom. Created during the height of the Germantown yarn era (circa 1875–1900), this handwoven wool
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Late 19th Century American Spanish Colonial Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Andrianna Shamaris Minimalist Antique Hand Woven Cotton Textile
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
is used to add patterns to textiles. The designs are created in the yarns rather than on the finished
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

Antique Geometric Red and Beige Wool Kilim Rug by Rug Kilim
By Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
-quality wool with naturally dyed yarn in pristine condition, the tasteful juxtaposition of dignified and
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1920s Turkish Kilim Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Wright Ditson Antique Tennis Racket and Embroidered Yellow Cover "Susie"
By Wright Ditson
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
one side of the cover is yellow, with "Susie" embroidered in green yarn. A fabulous addition to any
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Yarn

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Wood

A Sarcophagal Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box with Isometric Cube Design, c1835
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
shaped thimble-holder; includes two small yarn cards; original rouched satin lining to the inside of the
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19th Century English William IV Antique Yarn

Materials

Rosewood

Early 20th Century N. Indian Cotton Dhurrie Carpet ( 5 9" x 8 10" - 175 x 270 )
Located in New York, NY
lozenge lattice pattern of weft-float beige yarns on a blue plainweave ground. Banded blue end panels
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1920s Indian Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

Antique Persian Qashqai Rug, Very Fine
Located in Evanston, IL
four corners of the carpet. Technical specifications: Pile: Wool yarn. Weft: Wool or goat hair yarn
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1880s Persian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Late 19th Century Antique Germantown Southwestern-Style Kilim Rug
By Navajo
Located in Dallas, TX
, and earthy browns of mill-spun Germantown yarn, we witness the convergence of time-honored design with
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Vintage American Hand Hooked Rug in a Geometric Block Pattern in Pastel Colors
Located in Barrington, IL
recently yarn using the hooking technique. Because of the delicacy in the material and construction of
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Late 19th Century American Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Burlap, Cotton

Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments Inca Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two pre-Columbian textile fragments presented in wood frames. Handwoven in colored yarn, possibly
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Yarn

Materials

Textile, Wood

1900s Antique European Rug 13′ × 16′3″
Located in Los Angeles, US
structure achieved by passing a single weft yarn over two warp yarns, pulling through between before
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Early 1900s Unknown Empire Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Ca.1880 Antique Collectible Savonnerie Rug 6 1 X 3 4
Located in Los Angeles, US
structure achieved by passing a single weft yarn over two warp yarns, pulling through between before
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1880s Spanish Empire Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Mid-19th Century American Spinning Wheel
Located in Incline Village, NV
legs and spindles connect the solid plank, which supports the flywheel; the yarn bobbin has the
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Yarn

Materials

Iron

1920 s Chinese Art Deco Rug - 8 x 9 9" Red Blue
By Walter Nichols
Located in Hanover, MA
former Manchu prince's palace in Peking. Machine-Spun Yarn The business was called "Nichols Super Yarn
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

19th Century Skein Swift
Located in Greenwich, CT
finial, brass centre rod and wooden collapsible ribs with original silk ties. Used to wind skeins of yarn.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Yarn

Materials

Brass

Super Rare Long Ikat From Sumba
Located in New York, NY
add patterns to textiles. The designs are created in the yarns rather than on the finished cloth
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

Antique Amritsar Transitional Beige and Burgundy Wool Rug by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
similarity may denote mixing English and Indian wool with higher quality yarn to produce this rich burgundy
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Early 1900s Indian Art Deco Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Early 19th Primitive Naive Interior Scene Folk Art Military Wooden Leg Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
painting, with his wee dog, a chap playing the flute, a lady spinning yarn surrounded by kitchenalia. food
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Early 19th Century English Antique Yarn

Materials

Canvas, Birdseye Maple

Vintage American Hand Hooked Rug in a Stripe Pattern in Blue, Green, Red, Taupe
Located in Barrington, IL
recycled strips (and later, yarn) using the distinctive hooking technique. This rug's special design and
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Early 20th Century American Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool, Burlap, Cotton

Dutch small 19th Century wooden lidded wool basket
Located in Delft, NL
open containers were not very useful in practice: if you pulled a bit hard on your yarn, the tangle
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19th Century Dutch Antique Yarn

Materials

Nutwood

Rare Antique Hooked Rug in Orange Beige-Brown Floral Pattern by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
point a full refund may be honored. Yarn samples can be made available during the process on loom as
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1920s German Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique French Art Deco Rug in Green with Pink and Gold Floral by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
refund may be honored. Yarn samples can be made available during the process on loom as well, subject to
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1920s Indian Art Deco Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Japanese Ao-Oribe Glazed Stoneware Dish, Early Edo Period, 17th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
abstracted brown iron oxide glazed image of yarn, dyed fabric, and a spinning tool. A cross hatch pattern and
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Yarn

Materials

Stoneware

Antique Navajo Rug, Dimond Design
Located in Evanston, IL
yarns. This distinctive choice adds an air of elegance and rarity to this already exceptional piece
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Early 20th Century American Navajo Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Mother-Child Boteh Village Antique Malayer Rug
Located in Milwaukee, WI
constantly change yarns from one color to another - it is mindblowing. And for this reason, rug weaving is
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1910s Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Oil Painting by Jack Leigh Wardleworth "Sir Walter Raleigh regaling Queen Elizab
Located in Mere, GB
the New World" 1863 - 1925. Manchester artist from a family of dyers and yarns salesman. Painted
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19th Century Antique Yarn

Materials

Oil

Antique Sumba Hinggi Hip Cloth with a Suede Border
Located in New York, NY
which is used to add patterns to textiles. The designs are created in the yarns rather than on the
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Suede, Cotton

Rare Large Antique White Japanese Cotton Nabesima Dantsu Rug with Ningxia Design
Located in Milan, IT
yarn for the pile, since animal fibre was considered for some reason 'unclean'. At the beginning of the
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

Antique Baluch Rug in Red Beige-Brown Persian Tribal Pattern by Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
antique Baluch rug enjoys a comfortable, luminous series of yarns connoting the handsome yet subtle luster
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1890s Persian Other Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique Oversize Tribal Persian Bakshaish Rug
Located in New York, NY
tribal encampments of the mountainous district of Northwest Persia. Prized camelhair yarn, often spun
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Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Pair of Sculptural Patinated Oak Spinning Chairs, Europe Ca Early 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
craftsmanship, a tall, straight back for good posture and freedom of movement. The art of spinning yarn is
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Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Antique Yarn

Materials

Oak

Zabihi Collection Oversize Antique Persian Yazd Carpet
Located in New York, NY
are very similar to formal Persian Kerman carpets in design but use thicker yarn giving a lower knot
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Early 20th Century Persian Regency Revival Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

XXth Century Blue, Dark Red and Ivory Indian Agra Medallions, ca 1920
Located in Firenze, IT
had a rich experience in the processing of wool yarns, were called to collaborate in the preparation
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Sculptural Patinated Oak Spinning Chair, Europe Ca Early 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
craftsmanship, a tall, straight back for good posture and freedom of movement. The art of spinning yarn is
Category

Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Antique Yarn

Materials

Wood

1930 s Germantown Southwestern-Style Kilim Saddle Blanket
Located in Dallas, TX
fine wool yarns produced in Germantown, Pennsylvania, these saddle blankets utilized high-quality
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Early 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Sailor s Woolie of the American Protected Cruiser "USS Chicago", circa 1885
Located in Nantucket, MA
lies mostly hidden behind the frame, having been made with threads rather than yarn, has disappeared a
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1880s American Folk Art Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Nude Net and Panné Velvet Tiered Flock of Seagulls Ruffle Dress- XXS, Late 1920s
Located in Tucson, AZ
front and back. Peach yarn-embroidered seagull silhouettes all over gown with darker velvet appliqué
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1920s Unknown Antique Yarn

Rare Bold indigo Cotton Sumba Textile
Located in New York, NY
used to add patterns to textiles. The designs are created in the yarns rather than on the finished
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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

Hand-Knotted Antique Agra Rug in Blue and Red Floral Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
rare design, enjoying a beautifully scaled pattern, fantastic yarn, and the most pleasant colors both
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Early 1900s Indian Agra Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Antique Soumak Kilim Caucasian Rug
Located in Evanston, IL
durable. Unlike kilims, Soumak rugs are not reversible because non-clipped yarns are left on the back. The
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1880s Caucasian Sumak Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Late 19th Century Antique Eye Dazzler Southwestern-Style Kilim Sampler Rug
By Navajo
Located in Dallas, TX
evolution, shaped by both longstanding cultural motifs and new access to vibrant commercial yarns and
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Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

Super Rare Cotton Ikat from Sumba Indonesia
Located in New York, NY
technique which is used to add patterns to textiles. The designs are created in the yarns rather than on the
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Antique Yarn

Materials

Cotton

1920s Antique Needlepoint Runner
Located in Los Angeles, US
wool yarn in many bright colors. Many of the historical rugs were created using only natural vegetable
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1920s Other Antique Yarn

Materials

Wool

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Antique Yarn For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique yarn for your home. Frequently made of cord, yarn and fabric, every antique yarn was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique yarn — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique yarn, those designed in Folk Art, Industrial and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. Plateau Indians each produced at least one beautiful antique yarn that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Yarn?

Prices for an antique yarn can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $75 and can go as high as $58,000, while the average can fetch as much as $1,450.