20th Century More Carpets

51692, distressed vintage Turkish Oushak Accent rug with all-over repeating boteh design. This vintage Turkish Oushak rug features the perfect amount of wear and displays a repetitiv...

72989, antique Persian Sarab runner, long hallway runner. Emanating elegance and grace, this Antique Persian Sarab Runner is a breathtaking example...

53996 Vintage Pink Turkish Oushak Rug, 04'10 x 07'07. In this exquisite hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug, the spirit of nature dances across a dreamlike canvas. At its he...

61055 Vintage Persian Qashqai Gabbeh Rug with Zoomorphic Design 03'03 x 09'03. Reminiscences of an exotic journey and worldly sophistication, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Q...

An authentic mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco with an spacious open field floral design in goldenrod Measures: 2'7'' x 4'5''.

77451 antique Chinese Peking Oval rug with Romantic chinoiserie style. Recalling the surface designs of Fine China with light and airy colors, the simple, but...

20th century decorative rug from Pakistan with a beautiful design and a pink field colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

78832 Gitt Grannsjo-Carlsson Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'07 x 07'06. Gitt Grannsjo-Carlsson, a notable Swedish textile artist from the mid-20th century, particularly the 1960s, ...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

77407, distressed antique Chinese Peking rug with Traditional chinoiserie style 08'10 x 11'06. This hand knotted wool distressed antique Chinese Peking area rug...

60950 Antique Persian Azerbaijan runner with Modern Tribal Style 03'10 x 13'10. Warm and inviting with a bold tribal design, yet subtle and conservative, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Azerbaijan runner is poised to impress. The abrashed brown field features a variety of large medallions running along the center decorated with an all-over geometric pattern composed of Elibelinde, eye, Goz, cross motifs, rosettes, pinwheels, protection amulets...

74981 Vintage Chinese Tabriz Round Area Rug, 08'02 X 08'02. In the grand lineage of Persian design, the Chinese Tabriz round rug stands as a modern homage to the artistry once reserv...

A vintage American rag rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 5' 8" North American rugs carpets: North American has never developed a unified handmade rug tradition, but rather it is the unassimilated confluence of several. From Mexico comes the Saltillo serape wearing blanket, and this stimulates the Navajo and Rio Grande (Colorado) weavers, first as blankets, then as rugs. The thrifty habits of rural America gave rise to the New England (and Western Canadian) hooked rug types, while the farmers of the Midwest recycled their disused garments into braided and rag rugs. The closest to a real ongoing tradition are the Southwestern (New Mexican) Navajo rugs. By the 1860s the native tribes were weaving wearing blankets with wool from the Spanish churro sheep. These were in stripe design, with combinations of undyed wool with cochineal reds and indigo blues. The multi-phase “Chief’s Blankets” from the 1870s-80s are a natural outgrowth of these. Machine spun red wool from Germantown in Pennsylvania appeared in the 1870s with a bright red hitherto unobtainable. The weavers loved it and blankets appeared with bright reds, generally aniline, in “eye dazzler” patterns. Anglo traders established posts beginning in the 1890s. Navajo weavings were perfect accompaniments not only for Western-themed decors, but for East Coast apartments, only they needed to be thicker and more rug like to be truly accepted. The traders brought Caucasian and Turkish village rugs to copy, borders were introduced and central medallions devised. The weavers continued to create on vertical looms, with a shared warp (dovetailing) weft structure to avoid slits. The warps were cotton string. Sizes were generally scatters, but occasionally a special order came in, hence antique room size Navajos are very rare and very pricey. Distinct village/pueblo styles developed. Among the best are: Two Grey Hills (considered the tightest, closest of all Navajo weaving), Crystal Springs, and Ganado. Certain new patterns such as the “Storm pattern” with jagged lightning bolts emanating from a dark cloud developed. The Yei rug with dancing Kachina doll figures became popular. The palette has been expanded beyond the classic grey, tan, dark brown, and cream natural wool combination to again include reds, blues, and greens. Navajo pictorials include American flags, trains, and automobiles, domestic and local scenes and scenery. Individual artist weavers now command gallery shows and correspondingly elevated prices. There are several levels of Navajo work, and antique and vintage scatters with simple flat designs, medium weaves, and tritonal palettes, and in good floor worthy condition are still available reasonably. The Native American weaving tradition extends into Colorado with two-piece scatters with sharp sawtooth medallions and striped end borders, with wool tapestry weave on cotton warps. These descend from the Saltillo blankets...

Early 20th-century authentic Anatolian square scatter rug Measures: 3'7'' x 4'5''

77043, vintage Swedish Rya Shag rug with Scandinavian modern style and Danish design. This vintage Swedish Rya Shag rug with Scandinavian modern style is rich in texture and will add...

A colorful Turkish Kilim flat-weave rug. Large-scale lime green medallion with accents in orange, pink, gray on a burnt red field with a striped motif on both ends.

20675 Vintage Talsint Moroccan Rug, 05'05 x 11'08. From the remote highlands of Northeastern Morocco comes a creation of rare spirit and unbridled artistry—this hand-knotted wool vin...

Stunning antique French Aubusson rug, country of origin: France, date circa 1900 - Size: 10 ft x 13 ft 6 in (3.05 m x 4.11 m). This delicate French Aubusson rug has a dreamy, romantic feel. It was created around the turn of the 20th century. Even though it is over 100 years old, it is the perfect piece for several contemporary design trends. This piece is recognizably an Aubusson that uses softer pinks and pastels, which is a hallmark of Aubusson works. This carpet is a finely woven tapestry. It has a backing to protect it from wear. The design has a Rococo feel with its sweeping curves, scrollwork, and trompe l’oeil floral patterns. Curvy, natural forms are a characteristic of late Baroque and Victorian design. This carpet would be perfectly at home in a formal room with gilding, elegant antique furniture, and brocades throughout. It has a classic feel that is refined and elegant. It also has an aged look that gives it a shabby chic feel, too. Romance pink and millennial pink are among the most popular color trends...

21558 Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug, 02'04 x 06'03. This hand-knotted wool and cotton vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal rug unveils an entrancing vision of abstract linear beauty, ...

Beautiful example of an Aubusson rug. A fantastic display of floral and scroll designs, handwoven from France. Tons of earth tone colors: browns, greens, beiges, rust/reds, mauve/pin...

53076 Distressed Vintage Turkish Oushak Prayer Rug, 02'09 x 04'02. This hand-knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Oushak prayer rug embodies the enduring spirit of Anatolian weavi...

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...

A vintage Persian pictorial Shiraz throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 9" x 5 ' 4".

An early 20th-century Persian Heriz room size rug Measures: 7'8'' x 11'2''.

21733 Vintage Red Boujad Moroccan Rug, 03'09 x 04'04. Originating from Morocco's Boujad region, Boujad rugs are far more than simple floor coverings; they are intricate masterpieces ...

61191 vintage Persian Heriz rug, 10'02 x 13'04. With its timeless style, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Persian Heriz rug is a captivating vision of w...

21527 Vintage Red Boujad Moroccan Rug, 06'05 x 10'05. Step into a world of artisanal beauty with this hand-knotted wool vintage Boujad Moroccan rug, a captivating testament to the ri...

An early 20th Century Persian Doroksh Rug. A true show stopper of a rug, this antique Persian Doroksh contains an intricately woven bouquet of flowers that...

20455 Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug, 03'09 x 06'00. Enter a realm where heritage, art, and rarefied elegance converge—this hand-knotted wool Azilal rug is not merely a vintage t...

A One of a Kind Antique early 20th century Persian Mahal rug with beautiful Variations in color and design which is often phrased as lazy lines. Lazy lines are a slanted break in a c...

78109 vintage Swedish Rya rug with stripes 04'07 x 06'09. This hand-knotted wool vintage Swedish rya rug features a variety of stripes composed of both wide and narrow bands spread a...

A vintage American Braided oval room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 5" x 12' 3" North American has never developed a unified handmade rug tradition, but rather it is the unassimilated confluence of several. From Mexico comes the Saltillo serape wearing blanket, and this stimulates the Navajo and Rio Grande (Colorado) weavers, first as blankets, then as rugs. The thrifty habits of rural America gave rise to the New England (and Western Canadian) hooked rug types, while the farmers of the Midwest recycled their disused garments into braided and rag rugs. The closest to a real ongoing tradition are the Southwestern (New Mexican) Navajo rugs. By the 1860’s the native tribes were weaving wearing blankets with wool from the Spanish churro sheep. These were in stripe design, with combinations of undyed wool with cochineal reds and indigo blues. The multi-phase “Chief’s Blankets” from the 1870’s-80’s are a natural outgrowth of these. Machine spun red wool from Germantown in Pennsylvania appeared in the 1870’s with a bright red hitherto unobtainable. The weavers loved it and blankets appeared with bright reds, generally aniline, in “eye dazzler” patterns. Anglo traders established posts beginning in the 1890’s. Navajo weavings were perfect accompaniments not only for Western-themed decors, but for East Coast apartments, only they needed to be thicker and more rug like to be truly accepted. The traders brought Caucasian and Turkish village rugs to copy, borders were introduced and central medallions devised. The weavers continued to create on vertical looms, with a shared warp (dovetailing) weft structure to avoid slits. The warps were cotton string. Sizes were generally scatters, but occasionally a special order came in, hence antique room size Navajos are very rare and very pricey. Distinct village/pueblo styles developed. Among the best are: Two Grey Hills (considered the tightest, closest of all Navajo weaving), Crystal Springs and Ganado. Certain new patterns such as the “Storm pattern” with jagged lightning bolts emanating from a dark cloud developed. The Yei rug with dancing Kachina doll figures became popular. The palette has been expanded beyond the classic grey, tan, dark brown and cream natural wool combination to again include reds, blue and greens. Navajo pictorials include: American flags, trains and automobiles, domestic and local scenes and scenery. Individual artist weavers now command gallery shows and correspondingly elevated prices. There are several levels of Navajo work, and antique and vintage scatters with simple flat designs, medium weaves and tritonal palettes, and in good floor worthy condition are still available reasonably. The Native American weaving tradition extends into Colorado with two piece scatters with sharp sawtooth medallions and striped end borders, with wool tapestry weave on cotton warps. These descend from the Saltillo blankets...

78384 Vintage Moroccan Beni Ourain rug, 06'05 x 09'09. With its simplicity, plush pile, incredible detail and texture, this hand knott...

Mid-20th century Persian Kurd rug with powder blue field with a silver striation on 1 end, accents in brown. Measures: 8'7" x 17'1".    

early 20th-century Persian Heriz Serapi Rug Details rug no. j3273 size 9' 4" x 13' 2" (284 x 401 cm) Heriz carpets are beloved for their versatility. Their geometry complements mod...

Turkish Anatolian rug with yellow field, accents in pink and green.

An antique Persian Malayer rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th Century 4'7'' x 6'7''.

large room size Ersari Afghan Rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century rug no. j3341 size 10'7" x 14'11" (246 x 351 cm)

76022, vintage Persian Hamadan rug with American Sarouk style. This hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Hamadan rug with American Sarouk style features an elaborate cusped lozenge meda...

77502, distressed antique American Hooked rug with Midcentury Folk Art style. With its bold expressive design and lovingly time-worn composition, this distressed antique hooked rug i...

An antique Persian Bidjar throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 8" x 6' 4".

20187 Vintage Taznakht Moroccan Rug, 04'06 x 07'08. Taznakht rugs are a distinctive style of handwoven rug hailing from the Taznakht region nestled in the High Atlas Mountains of Mor...

50760 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'06 x 07'00. Step into a world where heritage and artistry converge in a rare and majestic expression of Turkish weaving mastery. This hand-knotte...

an early 20th Century Persian Mahal small room-size rug in neutral colors Details rug no. r5514 size 7'5" x 10'10"

20009 Vintage Moroccan Azilal Rug 04'07 x 07'00. Behold the exquisite allure of this hand-knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal rug, a ra...

An early 20th century narrow and long bright green field Antique turkish oushak runner. Size 2'6'' x 15'1''.

A vintage Persian Tabriz square throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 1' 11" Persian rugs carpets: Persia (I...

73285 Antique Persian Kermanshah Rug, 03'02 x 06'02. Steeped in the refined artistry of Persia’s most celebrated weaving ateliers, this ...

79026 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'04 x 07'08. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, bearing the initials "IS" in the lower corn...

20227 Vintage Orange Boujad Moroccan Rug, 06'02 x 06'06. Immerse yourself in the vibrant soul of Boujad rugs, originating from the bustling streets of Boujad in the Khouribga region....

Rare Vintage Silk Chinese Rug Temple of Heaven Tapestry 6'2" x 8'9" (6' x 9') 188cm X 267cm Circa 1965 "This is a magnificent vintage...

Mid-20th century room-size Turkish Kilim Flat-weave rug no. 30096 size 8'5'' x 11'6''

Interesting Persian kurd bidjar runner, accents in different shades of blue, green, orange on a camel abrashed ground. Measures: 3'6'' x 14'7''.

51330, vintage Turkish striped Kilim Area rug with Bohemian Tribal style, flat-weave Kilim rug. This handwoven wool vintage Turkish Kilim rug features double colored bands in alterna...

Decorative Persian Heriz one-of-a-kind antique narrow runner from the early 20th century. in brown and green. Measures: 1'10” x 9'6”.

A rare size vintage Khotan rug with Classic large pomegranate design on a teal field from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 9' x 11'9".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field. Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6" The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

78473 Vintage Swedish Rya Rug by Viola Grasten, 04'03 x 05'03. Radiant and rare, this hand-knotted wool vintage Scandinavian Swedish Rya rug, titled “Midsommar” by the acclaimed desi...

78666 Vintage Two Grey Hills-Inspired Pillow Timeless Artisan Luxury in Earth-Toned Geometry, 01'03 x 01'05. A jewel of Southwestern textile design, this handwoven wool accent pillow...

A handmade early 20th century tribal Kilim with beautiful array of colors. Measures: 5'10" x 10'1".