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Brown Antique Turkmen Handmade Persian Wool Runner with Tribal Motif
Brown Antique Turkmen Handmade Persian Wool Runner with Tribal Motif

Brown Antique Turkmen Handmade Persian Wool Runner with Tribal Motif

Located in Norwalk, CT

Beautiful antique Turkmen hand-knotted wool rug with a brown color field. This piece has blue accents in an all-over Gul pattern design. This rug measures: 3'3" x 13'10".

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Early 20th Century Afghan Islamic Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Tibetan Dragons and Clouds Tan Khaden Wool Small Runner Rug
Antique Tibetan Dragons and Clouds Tan Khaden Wool Small Runner Rug

Antique Tibetan Dragons and Clouds Tan Khaden Wool Small Runner Rug

Located in New York, NY

century, early 19th century, circa 1890-1910. This antique Khaden smaller runner rug is remarkable for

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Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Vintage American Rag Runner in Stripe Pattern in Autumn Leaf Colors Re, Yellow
Vintage American Rag Runner in Stripe Pattern in Autumn Leaf Colors Re, Yellow

Vintage American Rag Runner in Stripe Pattern in Autumn Leaf Colors Re, Yellow

Located in Barrington, IL

Celebrate the rustic charm of American folk art with this vintage handcrafted Rag Runner. Flat

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Early 20th Century American Antique Runners

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Wool, Cotton

Handmade Carpet Antique Turkish Kilim Rug Traditional Tribal Runner Rug
Handmade Carpet Antique Turkish Kilim Rug Traditional Tribal Runner Rug

Handmade Carpet Antique Turkish Kilim Rug Traditional Tribal Runner Rug

Located in Wembley, GB

This highly decorative antique Turkish Kilim has been constructed using the finest handspun wool dyed in muted red, brown and ivory colours, using organic vegetable dyes. Featuring t...

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1870s Turkish Rustic Antique Runners

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Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Antique Late 19th Century Natural Dyes Hand-knotted Caucasus Tribal Runner
Antique Late 19th Century Natural Dyes Hand-knotted Caucasus Tribal Runner

Antique Late 19th Century Natural Dyes Hand-knotted Caucasus Tribal Runner

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

Beautiful late 19th Century Caucasus Tribal runner hand-knotted in natural dyed wool in pomegranate

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1890s Caucasian Tribal Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Karabagh Wool Runner In Blue and Red Designed with Tribal Pattern
Antique Karabagh Wool Runner In Blue and Red Designed with Tribal Pattern

Antique Karabagh Wool Runner In Blue and Red Designed with Tribal Pattern

Located in Norwalk, CT

This handcrafted Karabagh wool runner adds an antique touch to your decor. The perfect accent piece

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Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Islamic Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Caucasian Gendje Kazak Long Rug or Runner, circa 1880
Antique Caucasian Gendje Kazak Long Rug or Runner, circa 1880

Antique Caucasian Gendje Kazak Long Rug or Runner, circa 1880

Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB

A superb example of a Gendje long rug with multi coloured diagonal stripes in superb natural colours giving the rug a very light feel. The rug is framed by a classic but simple flora...

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19th Century Caucasian Antique Runners

Extremely Long Early 20th Century Kuba Kelleh Corridor Carpet, Runner
Extremely Long Early 20th Century Kuba Kelleh Corridor Carpet, Runner

Extremely Long Early 20th Century Kuba Kelleh Corridor Carpet, Runner

Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire

An early 20th century Kuba Kelleh rug, demonstrating large proportions and rich tones throughout. What a wonderful addition to our rug department! A sense of stateliness conjures up...

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Early 20th Century Caucasian Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Vintage Turkish Pink and Beige Handmade Medallion Floral Wool Runner
Vintage Turkish Pink and Beige Handmade Medallion Floral Wool Runner

Vintage Turkish Pink and Beige Handmade Medallion Floral Wool Runner

Located in Norwalk, CT

Beautiful vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug with a pink and beige field. This rug has accents of ivory and brown in a gorgeous all-over geometric medallion floral shabby chic des...

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Early 20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Rare Antique Caucasian Avar Flat-Weave Gallery Runner in Blue Colors
Rare Antique Caucasian Avar Flat-Weave Gallery Runner in Blue Colors

Rare Antique Caucasian Avar Flat-Weave Gallery Runner in Blue Colors

Located in Atlanta, GA

, orange and green. Avar tribal Caucasian Kilim gallery runner in dark/Light blue border and background

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Late 19th Century Caucasian Kilim Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Hand-Woven Oushak Runner, Wool, Brick-Red & Ice-Blue, 1900
Antique Hand-Woven Oushak Runner, Wool, Brick-Red & Ice-Blue, 1900

Antique Hand-Woven Oushak Runner, Wool, Brick-Red & Ice-Blue, 1900

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This antique, circa 1900, Oushak runner has a brick-red field with diagonal rows of ice-blue

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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Late 19th Century Antique Persian Bidjar Gallery Size Runner Rug
Late 19th Century Antique Persian Bidjar Gallery Size Runner Rug

Late 19th Century Antique Persian Bidjar Gallery Size Runner Rug

Located in Carlstadt, NJ

This is a genuine hand knotted oriental rug. It is not hand tufted or machine made rug. Our entire inventory is made of either hand-knotted or hand-woven rugs. Decorate your home ...

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1880s Pakistani Tribal Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Kazak Blue and Beige Geometric Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim
Antique Kazak Blue and Beige Geometric Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim

Antique Kazak Blue and Beige Geometric Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim

Located in Long Island City, NY

Hand knotted in high quality wool and originating from Russia in 1880, this antique Kazak runner

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1880s European Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Runner with Boteh Pattern and Modern Federal Style
Antique Caucasian Shirvan Runner with Boteh Pattern and Modern Federal Style

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Runner with Boteh Pattern and Modern Federal Style

Located in Dallas, TX

71046 Antique Caucasian Shirvan Runner with Boteh Pattern and Modern Federal Style. With its clean

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Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Konya Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Runner Carpet
Antique Konya Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Runner Carpet

Antique Konya Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Runner Carpet

Located in Tokyo, JP

This is Central Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition. This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and tex...

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Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Antique Runners

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber

Antique Reyhanli Kilim Runner Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Antique Reyhanli Kilim Runner Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet

Antique Reyhanli Kilim Runner Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet

Located in Tokyo, JP

This is an Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Reyhanli region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Due to its outstanding quality, the old Reyhanlı kilim is highly acc...

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Mid-19th Century Turkish Kilim Antique Runners

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber

Antique Caucasus Talish Kilim Natural Handwoven Runner Rug Caucasian Old Carpet
Antique Caucasus Talish Kilim Natural Handwoven Runner Rug Caucasian Old Carpet

Antique Caucasus Talish Kilim Natural Handwoven Runner Rug Caucasian Old Carpet

Located in Tokyo, JP

This is a large Antique Talish Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the m...

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Early 20th Century Caucasian Kilim Antique Runners

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber

Antique Turkish Ushak Runner, Hand-Knotted Wool, Red, 500x80 cm, 1900
Antique Turkish Ushak Runner, Hand-Knotted Wool, Red, 500x80 cm, 1900

Antique Turkish Ushak Runner, Hand-Knotted Wool, Red, 500x80 cm, 1900

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Rare size for this antique beautiful Turkish runner: its typical red color is suitable for the

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Early 1900s Turkish Other Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolia Rug Old Turkish Wool Runner Carpet
Antique Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolia Rug Old Turkish Wool Runner Carpet

Antique Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolia Rug Old Turkish Wool Runner Carpet

Located in Tokyo, JP

This is a large antique Central Anatolian Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition. It is a very large piece, measuring 4.5 meters in length and 1.5...

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Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Antique Runners

Materials

Wool, Natural Fiber

Antique Agra Runner Gold Brown Geometric Fragment Rug by Rug & Kilim
Antique Agra Runner Gold Brown Geometric Fragment Rug by Rug & Kilim

Antique Agra Runner Gold Brown Geometric Fragment Rug by Rug & Kilim

Located in Long Island City, NY

Hand knotted in wool from India circa 1890-1900, this 19th century antique runners originates as a

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1890s Indian Tribal Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Antique Lori Geometric Red and Beige Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim
Antique Lori Geometric Red and Beige Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim

Antique Lori Geometric Red and Beige Wool Runner by Rug & Kilim

Located in Long Island City, NY

Originating from Russia in 1900, this antique geometric runner depicts a lightly distressed Lori

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Early 1900s European Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

Rustic Tribal Style Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, Wide Hallway Runner
Rustic Tribal Style Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, Wide Hallway Runner

Rustic Tribal Style Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, Wide Hallway Runner

Located in Dallas, TX

This antique Russian Kazak gallery rug with modern tribal style communicates some of the finer and more important points of geometric design elements. Classically composed and displa...

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Early 20th Century Caucasian Kazak Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

19th Century Bidjar Gallery Runner with Folk Art Border Design
19th Century Bidjar Gallery Runner with Folk Art Border Design

19th Century Bidjar Gallery Runner with Folk Art Border Design

Located in Dublin, NH

Bidjar carpets vary between very recognizable workshop production and interesting pieces made in smaller village workshops. This would be the latter. It is unusual to have a camel co...

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19th Century Antique Runners

Materials

Wool

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Antique Runners For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique runners is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique runners was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wool and cotton. Antique runners have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique runners made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique runners are appealing in their simplicity, but Mehraban Rugs, William Morris (English) and Hadji Jalili produced popular antique runners that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Runners?

Prices for antique runners can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique runners begin at $120 and can go as high as $180,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,987.

Finding the Right Rugs-carpets for You

Good antique rugs and vintage rugs have made their way into homes across the globe, becoming fixtures used for comfort, prayer and self-expression, so choosing the right area rug is officially a universal endeavor.

In modern usage, “carpet” typically denotes a wall-to-wall floor cushioning that is fixed to the floor. Rugs, on the other hand, are designed to cover a specific area and can easily be moved to new locations. However, the terms are interchangeable in many parts of the world, and, in the end, it won’t matter what you decide to call it.

It’s well known that a timeless Persian rug or vintage Turkish rug can warm any interior, but there are lots of other styles of antique rugs to choose from when you're endeavoring to introduce fresh colors and textures to a bedroom or living room.

Moroccan Berber rugs are not all about pattern. In fact, some of the most striking examples are nearly monochrome. But what these rugs lack in complexity, they make up for in brilliant color and subtle variation. Moroccan-style interiors can be mesmerizing — a sitting room of this type might feature a Moroccan rug, carved wooden screens and a tapestry hung behind the sofa.

Handwoven kilim rugs, known for their wealth of rich colors and unique weaving tradition, are pileless: Whereas the Beni Ourain rugs of Morocco can be described as dense with a thick surface or pile, an authentic kilim rug is thin and flat. (The term “kilim” is Turkish in origin, but this type of textile artistry is practiced all across the Balkans, throughout the Arab world and elsewhere.) 

When it comes to eye-catching floor coverings, the distinctive “medallion” pattern of Oushak rugs has two types of rounded shapes alternating against a rich red or blue background created with natural dyes, while the elaborate “star” pattern involves large eight-pointed shapes in diagonal rows alternating with diamonds.  

If you’re looking for something unexpected, find a runner rug that pops in your hallway or on your stairs. Dig for dazzling geometric patterns in our inventory of mid-century modern rugs and carpets, which includes works designed by the likes of Swedish textile masters Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Marianne Richter and other artisans. 

Carpets and rugs have been around for thousands of years. Prehistoric humans turned to animal skin, wool and fur to craft simple fabrics to soften hard terrain. A 2016 study suggests that "cave lions" were hunted for exactly this purpose, and that decorating your cave with their pelts may have conferred strength and prestige. Although many of these early textiles are still in existence, tracing their precise origins is difficult. Carpets quickly became such a valuable trade commodity that the weavings could easily travel far from their places of origin. 

The oldest known carpet was found in southern Siberia. (It may have traveled there from Persepolis in Iran.) For the flat-weave floor rugs crafted by Native Americans, cotton was the primary material before sheep’s wool was introduced in the 16th century. In Europe, carpet-making was fundamental to folk art, and Asian carpets imported to European countries were at one time considered a precious luxury and not intended to remain permanently on the floor. 

With the variety of area rugs and carpets rolled out for you on 1stDibs — a collection that includes traditional, modern, minimalist rugs and other coverings of all kinds — things will be looking up whenever you’re looking down.