Antique Turkish Sivas Oriental Carpet, in Small Size w/ Central Medallion

A palace sized antique Turkish Oushak carpet, circa 1900, size 22'7 x 13'9. This grand carpet features a small medallion within a larger medallion shaped primary field, creating a un...

Antique Persian Serapi Oriental rug, in Room size An antique Persian Serapi oriental rug, size 13'3" x 9'8", circa 1900. This handsome hand-knotte...

73983, vintage Turkish Oushak rug with traditional style, gallery rug featuring all medallion and corner pattern. This hand-knotted wool vintage Oushak gallery rug displays a stair-s...

This is a Central Anatolian Antique Double Medallion Carpet from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...