New York - Turkish Rugs

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 3".

This moderately mellow piece presents a rust ground, with palmettes and other amusingly distorted flora, floating around a central, octogramme medallion. A half-cartouche emerges at...

:: Allover covered field in geometric repeating shield medallion design motif arranged in three columns atop a covered field of floral top views and serpent inner and outer minor bor...

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 8' 5" x 11' 11".

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with some tribal design elements in geometric form. Measures: 10' 3" x 14' 2".

A modern Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. This contemporary borderless Turkish rug features 7 leafy vines over an aubergine (eggplant) purple colo...

The ecru beige field of this tapestry woven pileless runner shows a pattern akin to that of Turkmen tent bands, also on light grounds. There is a tripartite layout with central poles...

A rare 30-foot Turkish Runner from the middle of the 20th century Details rug no. j2129 size 2' 11" x 30' 1" (89 x 917 cm)

This vintage 6x7 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...

Hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960 – 1970, this 4×7 vintage Müren Art Deco rug is Mid-century curation from Rug & Kilim. It features a postmodern take on design, but with a Japanese se...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

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...

:: Allover covered field in geometric repeating shield medallion design motif arranged in three columns atop a covered field of floral top views and serpent inner and outer minor bor...

Made with hand-knotted wool, this 11x12 rug is from a new line of Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Collection, inspired by vintage and antique Agra rug designs....

An antique Turkish Oushak oriental carpet, size 13'2 x 10'3, circa 1910. This lovely decorative carpet features a diffuse central medallion on a subtly hued central field, which is e...

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim accent carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 7' 1" x 8' 5"

A contemporary Turkish large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century inspired by Moroccan carpets from the mid-20th century period. Measures: 14' 5" x 17' 10".

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a geometric large scale diamond-shaped pattern in earth tones with an overall khaki gre...

A vintage 3x6 mid-century runner from the Mid-Century Pasha Collection by Rug & Kilim — celebrating the rare curations believed to hail from multi-disciplinary Turkish icon, Zeki Mür...

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...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

This vintage Tabriz rug exudes refined elegance with its softly blushed field and delicately layered floral medallion in ivory and sand. Intricate rosettes, palmettes, and lattice vi...

:: Oversized center medallion with floral top views and minor delicate vines interconnecting. Adorned at either opposing end by floral cross-section finials atop an abrashed field wi...

The Turkey red field of this Smyrna-style carpet displays three alternating columns of ragged palmettes and diamond-shaped Yaprak (leaf) medallions accented with botehs. The matching...

5'11 X 8'3. This vintage Turkish flat weave Kilim is hand-woven. The simplicity and boldness of this piece can also give a contemporary feel and is able to look at home in both a mod...

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...

Hand-knotted in wool, a 2x6 vintage runner from a bold Turkish designer, commemorated in Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Pasha Collection. Featuring a repetitive geometric pattern in p...

A very elegant large Oushak decorative carpet suitable for embellishing both classic and modern environments. The classic medallion design is barely hinted at in the ivory-colored pr...

:: Single column floral pinwheel blossoms in geometric relief atop an open field with stepped corner spandrel overlays wrapped by a wide banded main border of floral top views. Great...

Four oval medallions in French floral style decorate the red field of this western Turkish runner. Small rose bunches fill in along the sdies of the field. A semi-realistic acanthus ...

Hand knotted in wool from a notable sheen yarn originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this midcentury rug remarks a distinctive vintage Oushak rug design with a notably inviting pe...

Antique Turkish Oushak rug, size: 15'4" x 18'8".

A vintage 7x10 mid-century rug from the Mid-Century Pasha Collection by Rug & Kilim—commemorating the works of a unique multi-disciplinary Turkish artist. Hand knotted in wool, the rug enjoys softness & elegance of white, dainty pink & red tones complementing the geometric floral elements for a French County...

Antique Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug 4'4'' x 6'9''. A Tabriz rug/carpet is a type in the general category of Persian carpets.[from the city of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan P...

2'11 x 11'7. This lovely Rug hand knotted in Turkey in the 1940's has a natural abrash (color change) common in old pieces and giving a uniqueness to the rug. All the elements one lo...

The distressed red field shows escutcheon pendants and sharp spikes, encloses an ivory three cartouche "medallion". The red border shows octagons and botehs in a Konya style.

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

:: Scalloped center medallion with trefoil finials atop an open abrashed field with corner spandrel overlays loosely reciprocating the contour of the main medallion in partial quarte...

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 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...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian small room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 4" x 10' 11".

Triple oversize center medallion with stepped contour wrapped by a floral top view and serrated leaf design motif main border in geometric relief. Colors and shades include: Pale dus...

An antique Turkish Sivas accent rug handmade during the early 20th century with a pictorial design of the 'Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.' Measures: 5' 4" x 8' 6".

A colorful early 20th-century antique Anatolian Turkish yastik rug 1'7'' x 2'4''

19th Century Turkish Anatolian Bergama Prayer Rug ( 3'10" x 4'3 - 117 x 130 )

Hand-knotted wool and originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 8x11 vintage Ersari rug is from the same provenance, a sub-tribe of the Turkmen people often known for their more ...

The four layered spearhead cypresses of the ivory border frame the palest powder blue ground set within rich goldenrod corners. A central vertical stem of palmettes is supported by s...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century with a checkerboard pattern in maroon and chocolate.

Oushak rugs, also known as Ushak rugs, are woven in Western Turkey and have distinct designs, such as angular large-scale floral patterns. They usually evoke a calmness and peacefuln...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim square room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 5" x 10' 7"

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a field in several shades of light and dark brown and white dots. The ivory medallion consists of a yellow a...

A modern Turkish oversize flat-weave Kilim carpet in square rug format handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 15' 0" x 18' 0".

A breathtaking survival of early 20th-century artistry, this 13x16 antique Oushak rug originates from Turkey circa 1920-1940. Hand-knotted in a fine wool pile, it represents a period...

This large antique Ouskak rug measures 13'6" (W) x 18' (L). In very good condition with silky lustrous wool and a beautiful color palette. The field features a light seafoam backgrou...

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).

A Mid-20th-century Turkish deco square Anatolian rug depicting a lion and pigeon and what looks to be the name of a turkish weaver? Details rug no. r4806 size 2'10" x 3'

This vintage Heriz rug features a grand, radiating central medallion in layered tones of indigo, slate, and glacier blue set atop a softly muted cream field. Delicate accents in sand...

A vintage Turkish flat-woven Kilim carpet from the mid-20th century.

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 5x9 vintage Zeki Müren rug is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its floral patterns across ...

Made with hand-knotted wool in Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 5x9 vintage rug is an exciting new mid-century curation from Rug & Kilim’s collection of rare classics—full of unexpected ...