Doris Leslie Blau Antique Oushak Handmade Wool Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Oushak Handmade Wool Carpet Size: 11'5" × 18'9" (347 × 571 cm) This exquisite Turkish Oushak rug, exemplifies the delicate artistry and refined craftsmanship typical of early...
Wool
Zabihi Collection Oversize Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century colorful palace size full pile condition antique Turkish Oushak rug. The texture and full pile condition on this rug is un-parallel.
Wool
Turkish Beaulieu Oushak Rug Antique, c. 1890s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Turkish Beaulieu Oushak rug made in the 19th century. Oushak rugs originate from the city of Usak, Turkey and use a particular family of designs that consist of dyes that l...
Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty late 19th century Turkish Anatolian Smyrne rug with beautiful geometrical design with mihrab design and nice natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool fou...
Wool
Antique Oushak Rug, Royal Blue Accents
Located in New York, NY
The sandy-straw ground displays a three motif Yaprak (Leaf) design in cobalt and sky blue. Usually this very old pattern appears on long runners or large carpets. This small format i...
Wool
Early 20th Century Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period.
Wool, Cotton
Zabihi Collection Ivory Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century room size antique Turkish oushak rug Measures: 10'3'' x 13'.
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Decorative Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Decorative Turkish Oushak rug Size: 14'8" × 17'1" (447 × 520 cm) Effortless beauty and soft distinguishes this hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak area rug dating back t...
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Beautiful Blue Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
Located in New York, NY
In a general Persian Heriz semi-geometric style, the Turkey red field of this western Anatolian workshop carpet displays a serrated, pendanted and lobed light blue medallion with an ...
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
This western Turkish workshop carpet displays a soft red field centered by a celadon piecrust edged medallion with pendanted en suite corners, all within an elegant ivory split arabe...
Wool
Prized Antique Oushak Medallion Deep Medium Sand
Located in New York, NY
Large diamond shape makes up the field of this gorgeous, rare Oushak rug (1920) with an intricate, floral medallion at the center.
Wool
Oushak Square Rug, Antique, circa 1910s
Located in New York, NY
The Turkey red field displays a simple central Yaprak (leaf) column with half side rugged palmettes columns. The pale green border shows rosettes and hyacinth sprays. The red is rich...
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Doris Leslie Blau Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Size: 13'7" × 22'4" (414 × 680 cm) A majestic example of Anatolian weaving artistry, this oversized antique Turkish Oushak rug embodies the enduring charm...
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Zabihi Collection Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Runner
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th-century blue turkish oushak runner Details rug no. j3751 size 3' x 10' 10" (91 x 330 cm)
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey ca. 1890 9'0" x 6'7" (274 x 201 cm) Handwoven
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Measures: 12'3" x 8'3" (373 x 251 cm) Handwoven.
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1890 Handwoven Measures: 12'3" x 10'1" (373 x 307 cm).
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1920 Handwoven Measures: 16'8" x 11'3" (508 x 343 cm) Provenance: Estate of Pauline L. Harrison.
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1890 Handwoven Measures: 14'6" x 11'1" (442 x 338 cm).
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Handwoven Measures: 9'7" x 6'9" (292 x 206 cm).
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1890 Handwoven Measures: 22'11" x 13'8" (699 x 417 cm).
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Handwoven Size: 12'2" x 8'11" (371 x 272 cm).
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Handwoven Measures: 15'10" x 12'8" (483 x 386 cm).
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1920 Handwoven Measures: 9'9" x 6'9" (297 x 206 cm).
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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1890 Handwoven Measures: 20'3" x 9'5" (617 x 287 cm).
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1920 Handwoven Size: 14'6" x 10'3" (442 x 312 cm).
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1910 Handwoven Measures: 16'4" x 15'0" (498 x 457 cm).
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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1880 Handwoven Measures: 17'10" x 14'3" (544 x 434 cm).
Wool
Ivory and Beige Oushak Rug, Early 20th Century
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
A highly versatile neutral toned Oushak rug from the early 20th century with beautiful warm cream and ivory color palette.
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey ca. 1910 Handwoven 17'8" x 13'9" (538 x 419 cm)
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1890 Handwoven.
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Handwoven.
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1900 Handwoven.
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey, circa 1920 Handwoven.
Wool
Zabihi Collection Red Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite early 20th century Turkish Oushak rug with a red background and ivory and gold central medallion and border. 9'6'' x 11'11'' From the beginning of the Ottoman Empire, Ous...
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Oversize Neutral Large Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century worn oversize antique Turkish Oushak rug in soft colors. Ivory field accents in pink, brick red, rust, gold.
Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet, Soft Palette, Neutrals
Located in New York, NY
This softly colored western Turkish carpet shows a grey teal arabesque-filled medallion with en suite brown quarter corners on a straw field with a shadow small allover botteh patter...
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Doris Leslie Blau Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Size: 11'8" × 15'3" (355 × 464 cm) This antique Oushak rug from early 20th-century Turkey is an exquisite example of Anatolian craftsmanship, prized for bo...
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Early 20th Century Red Oushak Runner
Located in New York, NY
The blood red field of this western Anatolian workshop runner displays a comfortably situated Yaprak (Leaf) pattern accented in powder blue, pale green, light rust and ivory. The blo...
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey ca. 1890 Handwoven 14'11" x 13'5" (455 x 409 cm)
Wool
Antique Turkish Yastik Oushak Rug Mat
Located in New York, NY
Rich colored Antique Turkish Yastik Rug.
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Size: 9'6" × 15'10" (289 × 482 cm) This exquisite antique Turkish Oushak rug, dating to the 1920s, is a quintessential example of Anatolian craftsmanship—w...
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Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, 04'04 x 08'09
Located in Dallas, TX
50634 Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 04'04 x 08'09. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug runner captivates with its rich history and masterful craftsmanship.
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Turkey ca. 1880 17'6" x 13'10" (533 x 422 cm) Handwoven
Wool
Antique Early 20th Century Ivory Turkish Oushak Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven.
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
74047 Antique Turkish Oushak rug with Traditional style. Sophisticated and refined with a French Victorian style, this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Oushak rug charms with ease.
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Ivory Stylized Floral Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Ivory Stylized Floral Oushak Rug An elegant rug featuring an ivory field adorned with an overarching boteh pattern, each motif filled with delicate floweri...
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Size: 13'10" × 23'0" (421 × 701 cm) This striking Antique Turkish Oushak rug, woven circa 1900, is a remarkable representation of Anatolia’s enduring artis...
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Antique Oushak Rug with Red Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
ref c62331
Wool
1910s Vintage Oushak with Royal Blue Themes
Located in New York, NY
ref c69638
Wool
Pretty antique Turkish Ghyordes oushak style rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice antique Turkish Ghyordes rug with beautiful oushak style and design with a pink field on the center white field at the peripheral and a green field in the borders, entirely han...
Wool, Cotton
Mid Twentieth Century Oushak in Bold Red
Located in New York, NY
ref c06517
Wool
Nice antique distressed European rug oushak design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful early 20th century large European rug with a design of the antique Turkish oushak rugs and nice colours with a red background and green, purple, brown, yellow and white, en...
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug with Red Pink Tones
Located in New York, NY
ref 8979
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, 09'05 x 12'11
Located in Dallas, TX
53563 Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, 09'05 x 12'11. In a mesmerizing display of intricate artistry, this antique Turkish Oushak rug beckons with its rich palette and tribal-inspired des...
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Square Room Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Oushak room size rug in square format handmade during the early 20th century with a vertical cane design (pole design).
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, 10' x 14'
Located in Evanston, IL
Condition: Very good-minor restorations. Oushak rugs have been in production since the 15th century with superb wools and natural dyes.
Wool
Antique and vintage Turkish rugs, with their ruby reds and misted blues, their entwined botanical designs and rhythmic geometries, are as beloved today as they were in the 13th century, when the Turks of the Seljuk Empire began weaving these vibrant carpets in Anatolia.
A Turkish rug is simply one made in Turkey or the former Ottoman empire, employing the region’s unique traditional methods and weaves. Varieties range from flat-woven kilims to lush knotted rugs, known as hali, many of which are created with Ghiordes, or Turkish, knots. Whereas in other knots, the weft (crosswise) yarn is wrapped around one warp (lengthwise) yarn, in Ghiordes knots, it is wrapped around two, imparting lushness and durability. In addition to knotting techniques, Turkish rugs differ in their motifs — naturalistic or stylized, geometric or figurative — which often reflect the region where they were made.
The main types of Turkish rugs, as Milan-based carpet dealer Alfredo Levi explains it, are kilim, typified by a plain slit-tapestry weave, which leaves a gap, or slit, between sections woven with different yarns in different colors; sumak, made with weft wrapping, for a sturdier flat-woven carpet; and cicim, which he describes as “a type of sumak with extra brocade techniques typical of the tribes and villages of central Anatolia.
Within each type, there are various regional styles. Among these are Bergama carpets, characterized by bright reds and strong medallions; thick-piled Tulu rugs; and Konya rugs, which Marco Polo is said to have called “the most beautiful in the world.” With their strong tribal motifs and hot-red wefts of especially luxurious wool, Konya carpets are especially prized by collectors.
Also treasured are Oushak (or Ushak) rugs, with their complex, intricate designs and warm earth tones of saffron, cinnamon, blue, ivory and gold; and Hereke carpets, originally created exclusively for Ottoman sultans, using the finest silk. For Jason Nazmiyal, of New York carpet dealer Nazmiyal Antique Rugs, “a good Turkish rug is when the colors are harmonious.” This is true of both modern and antique Turkish rugs, but the hues have changed over the centuries, thanks to both technology and changes in culture and taste.
Patterns, too, have evolved. Although many weavers continue to produce traditional designs, others reinterpret their cultural heritage in contemporary terms, with bolder ornamentation and more geometric motifs. Contemporary Turkish rugs also are seldom made by hand and often incorporate synthetics into the weave, for cost-effectiveness and a durability suited to 21st-century life.
Find antique and vintage Turkish rugs for your home on 1stDibs. At The Study, read about how to take care of your antique or vintage rug as well as how to choose the right rug for your space.
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