Tribal Turkish Rugs

Originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a vintage Chaput style kilim rug connoting elaborate tribal sensibilities. Handwoven in wool, the piece exhibits an unusual play of vibrant embroidery in beige-brown and blue atop a pink undertone, seldom seen in such refined repetition. A keen eye would note mild textural sensibilities, slightly thick for this notably textural family of kilims. Prevailing in great condition, a 6x11 rug...

Unique Boldly Artistic Antique Turkey Karapinar Rug, Country of origin: Turkish Rugs, Circa date: 1900

An 8 x 12 Kilim rug in the latest vintage selections from Rug & Kilim—handwoven in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960. Enjoying an all over geometric pattern with an except...

Discover the elegance of a 19th-century Afshar rug, featuring a captivating Botteh design and enchanting natural colors. Meticulously hand-knotted with wool velvet on a wool foundati...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim small room size carpet in square format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 8" x 8' 5"

A vintage 2x3 Persian Gabbeh rug in the latest additions to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the...

Discover the timeless charm of our late 19th-century Ghashghai rug – a fine masterpiece adorned with the Bayadere design. Despite gentle wear, its beauty...

Pretty vintage Moroccan rug with beautiful tribal and geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of l...

Very beautiful mid century Tunisian rug with geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation

This contemporary 3x4 Persian Kilim is an exciting new addition to the collection by Rug & Kilim. Handwoven in wool, its design is inspired by antique Persian Tacheh—a tribal “bag” ...

This vintage 3x5 Gabbeh Persian rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s rare tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This tribal provenan...

A vintage 2x4 Persian Gabbeh rug in the latest entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This piece emanates a...

Hand-knotted in wool, originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 10x15 vintage Ersari rug is from the same provenance, a sub-tribe of the Turkmen people, often known for their mor...

This vintage 4x5 Persian Gabbeh rug makes a splendid entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: The piece featu...

Handwoven in a wool flatweave, originating circa 1950-1960, this 9x10 vintage Turkish kilim is an excellent example of the slit weave and is dense with colors that have aged beautifu...

This vintage 3x4 Gabbeh Persian rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s rare tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This tribal provenan...

ntique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish ...

This handmade Turkish Konya rug captures the bold spirit of Anatolian tribal design in a compact, artful format. Its deep navy field anchors a diamond medallion in warm rust and crea...

Handwoven in Turkey circa 1950-1960, an expressive vintage flatweave rug enjoying nomadic sensibilities entering our Kilim & Flatweave collection. The field features a tribal geometr...

Hand-knotted in wool, originating from Turkey circa 1970-1980, this 10x16 rug is from a special new collection of overdyed, antique-washed young vintage p...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 10" x 9' 7" Flat-weave rugs carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian weavers used it for ornaments on garments and larger wall hangings. Slits can be avoided by dovetailing of colors (warp sharing) or by interlocking the wefts. The Navajo weavers of the Southwest practice the first while the Fine shawl weavers of Kashmir and Kerman employed the second. Interlocking produces a one-faced fabric, with smooth and rough, ridged faces. The typical Turkish, Caucasian, or Persian rustic Kilim shows slits, but never long ones. Aubusson French carpets are also slit tapestries and the long color transitions are sewn up as part of the regular maintenance. Some kilims are very Fine. The best antique urban Sehna (Senna) kilims on wool, cotton or silk warps approximate the comparable rugs in refinement and are the most desirable of all Persian kilims. Although the various flatweave techniques are usually expressed in geometric, simple, often repeating, patterns, Sehna kilims demonstrate that even the most intricate designs can be effectively rendered in flat-stich. The term ‘Kilim’ has been extended to cover any pileless, weft-faced heavy textile. Thus, the sectioned and joined northeastern Persian horizontally striped wool rugs are called ‘kilims’. So are the plain-weave end finishes of pile rugs. All these are weft-faced, weft patterned flatweaves. These sectioned pieces are woven not on a frame loom, but one steadied by the weaver at one end and with the warps fastened down at the other. Only relatively recent have these tribal pieces become available. They are used as floorcoverings, hangings, room dividers, furniture covers. They are mostly bitonal in shades of natural dark brown and beige. Some more recent pieces show weaver innovations with ikat and moire effects. Work proceeds quickly and a skilled weaver can complete a thirty foot strip in almost no time. Wefts, the elements added as weaving progresses, play an essential part in what is a flatweave. The best-known example of an extra-weft, wrapping technique is on Caucasian and tribal Persian Soumaks, where a pattern weft wraps around the fixed warp, changing as weaving progresses. Soumaks can be large carpets, Kuba in the Caucasus, small bag faces (Caucasian and Persian Shah Savan saddle bags), or cover scatter rugs (Persian Afshars). The Soumak technique is fast, and a weaver can work much more quickly than tying knots. The left-over wefts are cut off on the back, so the front and back are initially different. As a Soumak on the floor gets used, these weft yarns wear away and the two sides converge although the exact texture remains distinct. There are other ways of pattern by weft. Often on smaller tribal pieces, the pattern weft(s) is (are) part of the weft structure, moving in an out, and holding the whole thing together. These wefts can be complementary or added (supplementary), continuous across the flatweave or cut off as they travel unneeded across the verso. Supplementary weft flatweaves are often very compact and substantial. The nomadic Turkmen and Balouch tribes employ both supplementary and complementary weft techniques on their pieces. Supplementary wefts are often raised on the recto (front) while complementary wefts are flat to the surface. Tribal Kurds employ this extra-wefting technique. The Balouch of Pakistan use complementary wefts almost exclusively on their small woven paraphernalia like salt bags. Flatweave techniques may be combined on a single piece. Afshar rugs employ plain-weave end strips, preceded by Soumak bands, with pile sections between. The large Bakhtiari saddlebags feature Soumak work, pile “islands” an areas of plain-weave. Qashqai rugs and kilims frequently displays checkerboard end strips in continuous, complementary wefting. Another distinct flatweave type is the jajim (jijim, cecim) in which a pattern is added with colored wefts as the weaving of the plain-weave ground progresses. Here the wefts are discontinuous and the pattern stands proud from the voided ground. Often made in two pieces on narrow looms and edge-sewn together, these may have geometric patterns. The term ‘jajim’ also refers to the assembled warp-faced strip and stripe covers from the Shah Savan of northwest Persia, the pattern is defined by warps alone, usually in plain stripes, but sometimes in designs of ladders, snakes, human figures and various animals. Here the color changing warps are continuous. Most are wool, a few are silk. Better to call these something else. Indian ‘Dhurries’ are all cotton kilims and ‘shatrangis’ employ wool wefts on cotton warps. Dhurries are slitless. The cotton texture is more appropriate to the humid and warm climate of the Indian subcontinent. Modern Dhurries...

Rare Turkoman hand-knotted decorative asmalyk which is a camel trapping used in weddings. Measures: 31 inches tall to end of tassels. See other measurem...

51321 vintage Turkish striped Kilim rug with Bohemian Tribal style, flat-weave rug. This hand woven wool vintage Turkish striped Kilim rug features double colored bands in alternatin...

A vintage Turkish tribal flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century in shades of brown and cream. Measures: 6' 0" x 8' 3".

A vintage 3x5 Persian Gabbeh rug in the latest entries to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This pattern enjoys...

This is a beautiful handwoven Turkish flatweave rug from the 1960s that consists of all wool and is naturally dyed. We offer custom recreations i...

A 6 x 9 vintage Kilim rug in handwoven wool, originating from Turkey, circa 1950-1960. Enjoying warm orange and gold in the wide-spanning tribal colorway pallet throughout the all ov...

51333, vintage Turkish striped Kilim rug with Bohemian Tribal style, flat-weave rug. This handwoven wool vintage Turkish striped Kilim rug features double colored bands with symbolic...

This 7x10 vintage rug is believed to be a rare mid-century Ersari rug, hand-knotted in wool and originating in Turkey circa 1950-1960. On the Design The Ersari are a sub-tribe of t...

A vintage 4x5 Persian Gabbeh rug in the latest entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This piece emanates a...

Antique Turkish Tuduc rug, Country of Origin: Turkey, Circa date: 1900. Size: 6 ft 4 in x 11 ft (1.93 m x 3.35 m).

This 7x9 vintage rug is believed to be a rare mid-century Ersari rug, hand-knotted in wool and originating in Turkey circa 1950-1960. On the Design:...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 3" x 9' 2".

This vintage 6x12 Persian kilim is a tribal rug of Shahsavan provenance. Handwoven in wool, it originates circa 1950-1960. Further on the Design: This tribal Kilim favors strip...

This vintage 4x5 Gabbeh Persian rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s rare tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This tribal provenanc...

These flat-weaves embody the Minimalist sophistication that emerged in the mid-20th century which continues to thrive today. We bridge the elements of the past with the present using...

This 8x14 vintage rug is believed to be a rare mid-century Ersari rug, hand-knotted in wool and originating in Turkey circa 1950-1960. On the Design: The Ersari are a sub-tribe of...

Handwoven in a wool flatweave, originating circa 1950-1960, this 10x10 vintage Turkish square kilim is an excellent example of the slit weave and is dense with colors that have aged ...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 9" x 6' 2"

This vintage 3x4 Persian Gabbeh rug makes a splendid entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the design: The piece featu...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Turkish carpet from 1960s. The rug has even low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition with no i...

Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind, some of the earliest we know were found in the 'kurgans' of Central Asia, decorated by a variety of zoomorphic motifs typ...

This vintage 9x10 Persian Kilim is a new addition of Bidjar provenance in Rug & Kilim's rare tribal curations. Handwoven in wool circa 1940-1950. Further on the Design: Bidjar...

Hand knotted in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a vintage 5x12 Konya rug joining Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique & Vintage Collection. The rug emanates the tribal instinc...

This vintage 5x10 Persian kilim is a unique tribal rug for its period and provenance. Handwoven in wool, it’s believed to be of Shahsavan provenance and originates circa 1950-1960. ...

From R&K Principal Josh Nazmiyal’s latest acquisitions, a distinguished vintage kilim runner originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960. On the Design: The l tribal geometric patter...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Turkish rug from 1960s. The rug is made of medium wool pile on wool foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition with no i...

This vintage 4x5 Tulu rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s mid-century tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool from Turkey circa 1950-1960. Further On the Design: Thi...

A wonderful vintage hand knotted Turkish Oushak runner with a muted woven pattern with stylized floral and vine patterns against a solid cream fi...

This vintage 5x8 Gabbeh Persian rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s rare tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This tribal provenan...

Hand-knotted in wool, a 4x7 vintage Tulu rug originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, now joining Rug & Kilim’s Antique & Vintage collection. The healthy shag pile features a visual ...

Connoting minimalist midcentury aesthetics, a vintage kilim rug from our flatweave selections. Originating from Turkey, the rug relishes midcentury aesthetics with white & black neve...

Hand knotted in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 3 x 12 runner connotes a vintage tribal rug design of notable size, a textural weave, and ...

In a rare Sivas format, this eastern Anatolian town runner shows a strongly stylized, ascending flower repeat pattern. Brown outliners. Triple narrow borders in powder blue and straw...

A stirking vintage Anatolian Turkish rug with a richly colored pattern of stylized flowers, chickens, and trees-of-life, all woven in bright corals, greens, golds, and blues, and sur...

A beautiful and bold mid-20th century Anatolian Turkish Kilimanjaros rug with alternating multicolored stylized floral and geometric patterned embroidered stripes.

Beautiful Turkish handmade wool rug with a black distress look field. This Modern rug has white accents featuring a gorgeous all-over geometric trellis design. This rug measures: ...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian long tribal room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 0" x 15' 2"

Colorful Antique Persian Bakhtiari Runner with All-Over Garden And Tree Design. Measures: 3'0 x 8'9 Keivan Woven Arts Antique Persian Bakhtiari Runner with a Rare Tree Design. Ke...

Vintage Turkish Rug 4348, Country of Origin: Turkish Rugs, Circa Date: 1950 – This stunning Turkish rug is more than just a piece of decor – it is a work of art. It was woven in the ...