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A modern Turkish room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 8' 10" x 11' 3".

Vintage Scandinavian Swedish Rug, Country of Origin / Rugs Type: Scandinavian Rugs, Circa date: Mid 20th Century . Size: 8 ft x 10 ft 10 in (2.44 m x 3.3 m)

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim large carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 13' 4" x 16' 4".

Khotan rugs were originally produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name...

An antique Persian Tabriz room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 7' 11" x 10' 8".

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

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room Size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 10' 0" x 13' 0".

Mid 19th Century NW Persian Galley Carpet ( 7'8" x 22'10" - 234 x 696 ) Handmade antique NW Persian carpet. Woven circa 1820 (early 19th century). Persian i...

An antique Persian Senneh Malayer long runner handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 8" x 18' 9".

A rustic vintage Persian Malayer small accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 10" x 7' 3".

A vintage Persian Malayer large room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in neutral tones to include slate grey, slate green, brown, and cream. Measures: 11'0" x 16'7".

Beautiful and impressive geometric antique Turkish Oushak angora rug, country of origin: Turkey, date circa 1900. Size: 9 ft. 9 in x 10 ft. 10 in (2....

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug from the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 11" x 6' 1"

A vintage Persian Tabriz throw rug in square format handmade during the mid-20th century with a colorful pictorial design. Measures: 3' 1" x 3' 6".

A vintage Persian Kashan Art Deco style modernist accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 5" x 6' 11".

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 2" x 8' 11".

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 7" x 13' 0".

A vintage Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 3" x 6' 9".

Antique Persian Sarouk Farahan Rug, Country of origin: Persian rug, Circa date: 1900. Size: 1 ft 8 in x 2 ft 4 in (0.51 m x 0.71 m)

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 1" x 14' 0" 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...

A vintage Turkish Sivas carpet from the mid-20th century. Thin vines and swirls of tiny leaves are the main ornamentations of the ivory g...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 3" x 9' 7".

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 0" x 9' 6".

Our Persian Tabriz hand-knotted rug is made with the finest hand-spun naturally dyed wool. This reproduction resembles the high style tradition that goes back for centuries in one of...

A vintage Persian Art Deco style Mahal throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 9" x 6' 4".

A vintage Turkish Anatolian gallery carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 1" x 13' 1".

A vintage Persian Joshegan room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in cream and red.

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim gallery rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 4" x 10' 10".

Made in Afghanistan with Persian hand-carded wool, this rug resembles our Mazandaran collection which highlights the Minimalist sophistication that existed long before the modern era...

This Persian tribal hand knotted rug is hand-carded with the finest wool, and made with all natural dyes by the local Kurdish artisan weavers in Iran. Custom sizes and colors availab...

This beautiful grey with multicolor accented striped flatweave rug is made with handspun wool and cotton and natural dyes. It is inspired by the antique kilims that are native to the...

Antique Khorasan rug, woven in: Persia, date circa 1900 - Size: 12 ft 2 in x 15 ft 9 in (3.71 m x 4.8 m).

A vintage Turkish Oushak accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 5" x 9' 2".

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 5' 5" x 7' 6".

A modern Turkish patchwork-style flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century using remnants of Turkish flatweaves from the mid-20th century period. Measures:...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan 2' x 3' scatter/throw rug handmade during the early 20th century in shades of coral and grey.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 0" x 8' 6"

A vintage Persian pictorial Bakhtiari gallery rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 11" x 8' 4".

A vintage English Art Deco style throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century in shades of brown. Measures: 1' 3" x 2' 3".

A vintage Persian Art Deco style Hamadan accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 4" x 9' 6".

Our Agra "Mansfield" hand-knotted low pile rug is part of Nasiri's Decorative Patina collection and is made with the finest hand-spun wool. It is a r...

Our modern Terrain Shiraz rug is made with 100% handspun, non-dyed Persian wool. It is inspired by the vintage rugs that are native to the Shiraz region in Iran. Nasiri continues the...

Our Milan rug is handknotted with undyed wool. It has a mid-century style minimalism to it where the texture does all the speaking. It has variations of gr...

A vintage Persian flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 7" x 8' 0".

This Persian tribal hand-knotted rug is crafted with the finest hand-carded, hand-spun wool, and is made with all natural dyes. It resembles the antique original pieces designed by t...

A vintage Persian Kashan pictorial accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 3" x 6' 9".

A vintage Persian Kashan pictorial throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 7" x 5' 2" Persian rugs carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large coun...

Khotan rugs were originally produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 11" x 12' 0".

This Persian tribal hand-knotted runner rug is crafted with the finest hand-carded, hand-spun wool, and is made with all natural dyes. It resembles the antique original pieces design...

This Persian Serab hand knotted rug is made from the finest hand-carded wool and is reminiscent of the Antique 19th century pieces. The local tribal weavers of Serab in northwestern ...

An antique Persian Serab rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 11" x 13' 0" Persian rugs carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large...

A vintage Persian flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 10" x 6' 5".

Khotan rugs were originally produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 11" x 12' 1"

An antique Persian Tabriz small room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century in jewel tones. Measures: 7' 10" x 10' 8" Persia (Iran) is a...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, Country of Origin: Persia Circa Date: Early 20th Century. Size: 7 ft 10 in x 10 ft 2 in (2.39 m x 3.1 m)

A vintage Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 3" x 6' 5".

This Persian tribal hand-knotted rug is crafted with the finest hand-carded, hand-spun wool, and is made with all natural dyes. It resembles the antique original pieces designed by t...

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim oversize carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 14' 7" x 19' 9".