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A vintage Moroccan rug in gallery format handmade during the late 20th century with tribal design elements over a deep red field. Measures: 5' 9" x 12' 6".

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal gallery rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 3" x 10' 3".

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a goldenrod field and silver-grey border. The Cintamni pattern of 3 stones is in dark brown a...

Antique-Inspired Camelhair Kurdish Rug NASIRI Custom Rugs This exquisite rug is a masterful reproduction of the rare and collectible antique Camelhair Kurdish rugs crafted in the 19...

Early 20th Century N.W. Persian Carpet ( 4' x 6'4" - 122 x 193 ) Navy background with four multicolored diamond medallions. Multiple borders of red and ivory.

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 8" x 3' 9" 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...

A vintage Persian Hamadan throw rug in the Art Deco style handmade during the mid-20th Century. Measures: 1' 9" x 2' 11".

A vintage Persian Hamadan carpet from the late 20th century. Measures: 2' 4" x 3' 5"

A Persian Kashan featuring a rare black field with mint and rose flower sprays, reminiscent of Karabagh rugs of the Caucus.

A modern Turkish Patchwork style flatweave throw rug handmade during the 21st century using remnants of vintage Turkish flatweaves from the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 4' 2".

A vintage Persian Mashad with an Art Deco design inspired by Edward McKnight Kauffer from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Indian Art Deco style modernist accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a bold design of large scale diamonds within a checkered box...

A vintage Persian Tabriz throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib and his symbolic lion. Measures: 3' 2" x 4' 6".

A vintage Persian Shiraz rug in small runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 1" x 6' 3".

Small Tribal Antique Caucasian Chi Chi Rug, Country of Origin: Caucasus, Circa date: 1900. Size: 4 ft x 6 ft 1 in (1.22 m x 1.85 m)

Striking Antique Persian Isfahan Rug, Country Of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Rug, Circa date: 1920. Size: 4 ft 9 in x 7 ft 2 in (1.44 m x 2.18 m).

An antique Turkish Oushak room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 3" x 12' 10" Turkish Rugs Carpets: Until the Great Persian Carpet Revival in the later 19th century, the “Oriental rug” was Turkish. For nearly six centuries, Turkish rugs, both scatter, room size, and even larger, thoroughly dominated the European import market. Whereas the Persian carpet can be divided into urban, village, and tribal types, in Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire, rugs almost exclusively came from village weavers and from a small number of urban workshops. Ninety percent village, nine percent city, one percent tribal. Turkish weavers have, with very few exceptions, always worked with the symmetric (Turkish) knot. Wool foundations are standard practice among both town and village weavers. The exceptions, very finely woven 20th century and recent Herekeh silks from near Istanbul, and early 17th century Ottoman Court rugs from Bursa, constitute only a tiny part of the total. Always pricey, they appealed and still appeal to the clients who want lots of knots and perfect execution instead of individual personality. The urban workshops have been centered around the western Turkish city of Oushak and its attendant port town of Smyrna. Oushak weaves with the trends in fashion. When color saturated medallion carpets were needed, Oushak was ready in the 17th and 18th centuries. When coarse red and blue carpets...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 9" x 5' 10".

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim patchwork style room size carpet handmade during the 21st century incorporating remnants of vintage Kilim rugs from the mid-20th century period. M...

An antique Persian Malayer accent rug in gallery format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 5'5" x 9'8".

An early 20th century Persian Tabriz, 9' x 12' room size rug. Since the 19th century, Iran started exporting artisan carpets around the world, especially to Europe. Artists used one ...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 1" x 15' 3".

Our African rug is handknotted from the finest, hand-spun, naturally dyed wool. The black and beige modern design is both contemporary and traditional making it extremely versatile. ...

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a colorful geometric pattern resembling interconnected serrated edged vases in an abstr...

19th Century N.W. Persian Carpet ( 3'9" x 14'4" - 115 x 437 ) Handmade antique NW Persian carpet. Woven circa 1870 (late 19th century). Persian informal rug, runner size 3'9" x 14'4"...

Made in Iran with the highest quality Persian wool, Tabriz rugs are crafted in the big city of the same name. This rug resembles high style tradition that goes back for centuries, wh...

A vintage Persian Tabriz accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a tribal design in maroon. Measures: 6'7" x 9'9".

Made in Iran with finest hand-spun wool, our Mazandaran collection highlights the Minimalist sophistication that existed long before the modern era. The collection was inspired by th...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 6".

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 3" x 12' 10".

A vintage Persian flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 5" x 12' 0" Flat-weave Rugs Carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just on...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 5" x 11' 11".

An antique Persian Kurd pictorial accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 2" x 6' 8" Persian rugs carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large co...

Mid 19th Century N.W. Persian Carpet ( 6' x 13' - 183 x 396 ) Handmade antique NW Persian carpet. Woven circa 1860s Abrashed background varies from green, to blue, to brown. All-ove...

A vintage Persian tribal Bakhtiari accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design. Measures: 4' 0" x 5' 9".

A vintage Persian Afshar pictorial rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 6' 9"

Beautiful geometric Folk Art vintage Moroccan rug, country of origin: Morocco, date: circa 1980. Size: 5 ft 7 in x 8 ft 8 in (1.7 m x 2.64 m).

A vintage Persian Mahal small throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 2' 10".

A vintage American folk Hook rug in a small room size format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 10" x 9' 10".

From Orley Shabahang’s Art Deco Collection, String of Pearls is a luxurious hand-knotted rug meticulously crafted from the finest organic wool and sil...

A vintage Persian Malayer large room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in shades of rust red and grey. Measures: 11' 3" x 16' 4".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

Antique Perisan Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1920, small sized An antique Persian Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1920. Size: 6'0" x 4'2". This small sized antique decorative rug...

A vintage Persian Mahal accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with an Art Deco design inspired by Edward McKnight Kauffer.

A Rare Long And Narrow Antique Geek Embroidered Textile, Circa: 19th Century, Origin: Anafi, Cyclades- Greece

An antique Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. The inscription cartouche indicates the subject is King Solomon and the date is circa 1911. in a frogged...

A modern Persian Gabbeh throw rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 3' 5" x 4' 7".

A vintage American flatweave throw rug handmade by the Navajo tribe during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 4' 9".

Gorgeous 17th Century Antique Italian Silk Embroidery Textile, Country of Origin: Italy, Circa Date: 17th Century

2nd Quarter of 20th Century Chinese Horse Cover ( 2' 6" x 4' 6" - 76 x 137 cm)

Our contemporary Bidjar rugs are inspired from 16th century Islamic textiles. We adapted those centuries-old designs into more modern, decorative motif...

An antique French Aubusson 'Louis Philippe' carpet, circa 1880, size 19'2 x 15'0. This classic flat-woven carpet features an elegant central medallion in a softly hued primary field,...

Vintage Persian Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1940, room sized. A Vintage Persian Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1940. Size: 12'9" x 9'9". This large sized vintage decorative rug was...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian long room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 3" x 14' 10".

A Beautiful Open Field Antique Continental Rug, Origin Of The Area Rug: England, Circa Date: Late 19th Century

A vintage Persian Tabriz square throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 2" x 2' 2".

A vintage American flatweave throw rug handmade by the Navajo tribe during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 5' 9".

Thumbprint is a handwoven carpet with highland wool and high grade silk. Our 'thumbprint' design is a Joseph Carini original design and can be custom-made to match any fingerprint fo...

This rug will ship in December. A wildly chic hand-knotted design made of wool and cotton, Zebre features a large-scale abstract animal pattern. Inspired by our popular Ze’bre Epingl...

Beautiful Garden Design Tribal Antique Persian Bakhtiari Rug, Country of Origin: Persia, Circa Date: Late 19th Century. Size: 11 ft x 16 ft (3.35 m x 4.88 m) This antique Persian ...