Braided Oval 1930's 8 1/2 X12 Room Size Rug

Amazing wool chenille oval braided rug in fantastic fall colors with a great sky blue trail border. The condition is pristine and vivid colors.

Monumental braided rug from the 1930s. Sunrise colors, but yet muted. Beautiful accent rug in a living room.

This colorful, room-size, oval, hand-braided rug was found here in Maine where braiding rugs with wool scraps was a traditional home craft, as it was in many rural areas across the c...

1930's Room size round braided rug in fine condition.Very country and vibrant colors.

Early wool rag rug with a small fringe at each end of the rug. This rug is in great as found condition and recently prof. cleaned. It is 99" x 118" or a 8 x 9. It is so rare to find ...

This fine room size log cabin hand hooked American rug is in fine condition with a couple tiny small fabric losses that are not noticeable. The backing has a new linen or muslin backing. It has been professionally clean. These extra large room size American hand hooked rugs...

A vintage American Braided oval room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 5" x 12' 3" North American has never developed a unified handmade rug tradition, but rather it is the unassimilated confluence of several. From Mexico comes the Saltillo serape wearing blanket, and this stimulates the Navajo and Rio Grande (Colorado) weavers, first as blankets, then as rugs. The thrifty habits of rural America gave rise to the New England (and Western Canadian) hooked rug types, while the farmers of the Midwest recycled their disused garments into braided and rag rugs. The closest to a real ongoing tradition are the Southwestern (New Mexican) Navajo rugs. By the 1860’s the native tribes were weaving wearing blankets with wool from the Spanish churro sheep. These were in stripe design, with combinations of undyed wool with cochineal reds and indigo blues. The multi-phase “Chief’s Blankets” from the 1870’s-80’s are a natural outgrowth of these. Machine spun red wool from Germantown in Pennsylvania appeared in the 1870’s with a bright red hitherto unobtainable. The weavers loved it and blankets appeared with bright reds, generally aniline, in “eye dazzler” patterns. Anglo traders established posts beginning in the 1890’s. Navajo weavings were perfect accompaniments not only for Western-themed decors, but for East Coast apartments, only they needed to be thicker and more rug like to be truly accepted. The traders brought Caucasian and Turkish village rugs to copy, borders were introduced and central medallions devised. The weavers continued to create on vertical looms, with a shared warp (dovetailing) weft structure to avoid slits. The warps were cotton string. Sizes were generally scatters, but occasionally a special order came in, hence antique room size Navajos are very rare and very pricey. Distinct village/pueblo styles developed. Among the best are: Two Grey Hills (considered the tightest, closest of all Navajo weaving), Crystal Springs and Ganado. Certain new patterns such as the “Storm pattern” with jagged lightning bolts emanating from a dark cloud developed. The Yei rug with dancing Kachina doll figures became popular. The palette has been expanded beyond the classic grey, tan, dark brown and cream natural wool combination to again include reds, blue and greens. Navajo pictorials include: American flags, trains and automobiles, domestic and local scenes and scenery. Individual artist weavers now command gallery shows and correspondingly elevated prices. There are several levels of Navajo work, and antique and vintage scatters with simple flat designs, medium weaves and tritonal palettes, and in good floor worthy condition are still available reasonably. The Native American weaving tradition extends into Colorado with two piece scatters with sharp sawtooth medallions and striped end borders, with wool tapestry weave on cotton warps. These descend from the Saltillo blankets...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco rug handmade during the mid-20th century predominantly in red, green, and antique white, and with accent colors in silver, beige, pink, blue, and orange , ...

1940s Persian rug in warm brown, ivory and light blue tones Measures: 8'5'' x 11'6''.

A magnificently decorative antique all-over tribal design room size Persian Malayer rug, country of origin / rug type: antique Persian rugs, date: circa early 20th century. Size: 8 f...

78226 vintage Indian room size rug 12'00 x 17'10. Rendered in variegated shades of black, tan, wine, taupe, sage, burgundy, sand, camel, light green, bra...

Colorful mid-century Intermediate Room size Traditional Turkish Sivas rug. Measures: 6'10'' x 10'.