About Alberto Levi Gallery
The Alberto Levi Gallery opens in 1997, following a family tradition that dates back to the nineteenth century. Focusing at the beginning in antique carpets and textiles, it specialized in 20th Century Art Deco and Modernist rugs as well as in tribal rugs from Morocco, Turkey and Persia distinguished by a Mid-Century Modern sensibility. The gallery has an extensive selection of rugs by Modern Masters such as, among others, Ivan Da Silva Bruhns, Michel Dufet, Otto Preutscher, Frank Stella, Andre Arbus, Jules Leleu, and Verner Panton. Working quite closely with the interio...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Antique Northeastern Anatolian Kilim Rug with Niche Design
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Anatolian kilim originating from the Erzurum area in northeastern Anatolia, distinguished by a directional niche pattern, which is sometimes referred to as the prayer ...
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Vintage 1920s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Tibetan Rug with Tiger Pelt Pattern 8 x 10
Located in Milan, IT
Tigers are not native animals of the Tibetan plateau; however their presence in neighbouring countries such as China and India partly explain its depiction, both in a realistic as we...
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1990s Nepalese Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Camel Ground Bakshaish Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs originating from the areas of Sarab and Bakshaish, situated in northwest Azerbaijan, are distinguished by their earth tonalities, which often result from the exclusive use o...
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Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Modern Ursula Textured Silk Rug in Silver by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Ursula is part of our contemporary Scandinavian collection. Scandinavian interior design emerged in the 20th century and became one of today’s most popular styles. Its focuses on sim...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Silk
Contemporary Open Field Meadow Rug in Aqua Green by Alberto Levi Gallery 8 x 10
Located in Milan, IT
Meadow represents our latest collection of minimalist rugs, hand-knotted by employing hand-spun Ghazni wool from Afghanistan. Ghazni wool has a soft and silky texture and is distingu...
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2010s Indian Minimalist Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Anatolian Minimalist Striped Perdeh Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were employed as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of eastern Anatolia, creating partitions inside their dwellings. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed with...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Green Background Khorassan Carpet with Dancing Animals
Located in Milan, IT
A fine and rare antique Khorassan pictorial carpet depicting a panoply of animals arranged in horizontal rows on a pistachio green background, appearing as caught in a ritual dance. ...
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Antique 1880s Afghan Khorassan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Bakhtiari Tacheh Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tacheh are saddle bags employed by the people of the Bakhtiari tribe. These are woven in wool by means of different techniques, which include interlock tapestry, dovetailing, weft fl...
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Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mocha Brown Tibetan Rug with Brocade Pattern 6 x 9
Located in Milan, IT
This vintage example was woven in the 1980s, which marks the beginning of the revivalist period of Tibetan weaving, which took place in Nepal through small co-operatives of Tibetan r...
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Vintage 1980s Nepalese Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Mohtashem Kashan Rug Depicting the Annunciation
Located in Milan, IT
Finely knotted with lustrous kurk wool, this Mohtashem workshop Kashan rug depicts the Archangel Gabriel with the Madonna and Child with an attendant, dressed in the style of the Qaj...
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Antique 1880s Armenian Kashan Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Central Anatolian Kilim Rug with Hooked Hexagons
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven central Anatolian kilim distinguished by a repeat pattern of large hexagons enclosing a hooked lozenge, flanked by parallel and offset rows of smaller hexagons from wh...
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Vintage 1920s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Modern Rug with Abstract Geometric Design
Located in Milan, IT
This rug is part of a rare group of central Asian weavings which were commissioned by the local patronage, at the height of the fashion for European Modernism. Here the pattern bypas...
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Mid-20th Century Afghan Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
