Vintage Afghan Rug 7 4 x 8 4

Usak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak carpets (Turkish: Usak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Usak, Turkey, one of the larger towns in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th century (although these patterns were woven in other regions also. After the 17th century, Ushaks (Ovshaks), development of Oushak rug weaving is less well known. Late 17th century saw a decline in the Oriental rug market as European consumers tended to purchase rugs of European origin – primarily Aubusson, Savonnerie and Axminster. The wane in the European market meant that Ovshak production declined. Those that were still made throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries were manufactured for upper-class people in the Turkish territories on Eastern Europe. Towards the end of the 19th century, when the European market began to be interested in Persian carpets once again, the Ushak (Ovshak) population did not have enough weavers still skilled in the traditional Ovshak craft. Manufactories had to turn to neighboring villages and their craftsmen who still maintained traditional techniques. Ushak carpets, particularly those known as lotto carpets...

Antique Afghan rug 5'0" x 8'2''. The red ground of this nomadic scatter is decorated only by four octagonal Turkmen guls quartered in black and red...

Bokhara rug 7'9'' x 9'7''. This goat-hair warp, nomadic wool carpet features a limited palmette of red, navy and rust-red, in three columns each of seven guls with Sagdak minors betw...

Vintage Afghan Rug 6'6'' x 9'1''. The scarlet field displays three columns of six, octagonal, quartered Turkmen gulli guls with secondary sagdak star lattice guls. Numerous border S ...

Origin: Turkmenistan Style: Tribal Age: Middle of 20th century Materials: Wool velvet on cotton foundations Fabrication: Hand knotted Conditions: little fading and wears  

Little jem created by the artisan of Turkman weavers presenting bold color and design with great charm.The pale orange field is decorated with rows of guls in brown and blue and some...

:: Triple column repeating Bokhara gul medallions atop a deeply saturated red ground. Colors and shades include: Cherry red, charcoal navy and more. Cond...

Nice Turkmen Afghan rug with beautiful geometrical design and red, brown and blue colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of l...