Kars Kazak Turkish Anatolian Rug 6'4"x3'6" (194x107cm Carpet)
Located in Leeds, GB
A Kars Kazak Turkish Anatolian, handwoven rug, approximately 6'4" x 3'6", dating from the mid late C20th.
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Vintage Sewan Kars with Center Medallion
Located in New York, NY
The Sewan Kazak design of a spear- headed and winged pale green medallion on a light red field, as here, is the classic Kars Kazak design.
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$1,697
W 50.01 in L 68.12 in
Old Turkish Kazak Rug Kars Region in Octagon Medallion Design, Circa 1920/30
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Old Turkish rug from the Kars region of Caucasian Kazak triple medallion design Circa 1920/30 The rug has three octagon medallions with star and latch hook design on a rich copper r...
Beautiful Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid century Turkish rug with a geometrical Kazak design and beautiful colors with pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epit...
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Bobyrug’s Pretty vintage Turkish Kars rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Beautiful Mid-Century Turkish Kars Rug with Stunning Kazak Design This exquisite Turkish Kars rug, crafted in the mid-century style, boasts a captivating Kazak design and a soothin...
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Beautiful Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice large mid century Turkish rug with beautiful geometrical design and nice light colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation
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Vintage Large Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage Turkish Anatolian rug with a nice geometrical design and beautiful light colors with green, brown, yellow and beige, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool ...
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Late 20th Century Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful little Turkish rug from Kars, wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Bobyrug’s Pretty vintage Turkish Kars rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover this exquisite mid-century Turkish rug, a true masterpiece of craftsmanship. Hand-knotted with precision using soft wool velvet on a wool foundation, it boasts a stunning ge...
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Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century Turkish rug with a geometrical Caucasian design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury an...
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Nice Vintage Large Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful geometrical design large Turkish rug with nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Vintage Room Size Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 20th century Turkish rug with a nice geometrical design and nice colors with blue, purple, green and red. Entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Nice Mid Century Turkish square Kars rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century Turkish square rug with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...
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$22,875
W 124 in L 173 in
Galerie Shabab Collection Mid-20th Century Turkish Anatolian Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
The influence of Caucasian Kazak design is evident, as Kars has been weaving Kazak-type rugs for two centuries.
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Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Semi-antique Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Semi-antique Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Cotton, Wool
Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vinatge Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Runner
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars runner rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Cotton, Wool
Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Cotton, Wool
Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Cotton, Wool
Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
Cotton, Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Kars Square Area Rug in Soft Muted Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Kars carpets are sometimes referred to as Kars Kazaks; however, the colors are mellow compared to true Kazak rugs from Russia.
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Vintage Turkish Oushak Kars Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
Kars carpets are sometimes referred to as Kars Kazaks; however, the colors are very mellow when compared to true Kazak rugs from Russia.
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Vintage Turkish Oushak Kars Square Area Rug in Soft Muted Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Kars carpets are sometimes referred to as Kars Kazaks; however, the colors are mellow compared to true Kazak rugs from Russia.
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Old Turkish Kars Rug With Caucasian Kazak Design, About 50 Years Old
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Old Turkish rug from the Kars region of Caucasian Kazak design The rug is about 50 years old This is a well made rug with good wool and soft pastel colours There is very slight ev...
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1940s Turkish Kars Scatter Rug, Brown Palette with Some Beige Accents
Located in New York, NY
Wool foundation, moderate/coarse weave. Good condition. Kars in Turkey weaves scatters in the nearby Caucasian style and technique.
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Vintage Turkish Kazak Of Traditional Caucasian Design, About 60 Years Old
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Vintage Turkish rug from the Kars region of Caucasian Kazak triple medallion design About 60 years old The rug has three cross medallions on a red coloured ground The rug is in exc...
Vintage Turkish Kazak Rug Of Small Size, Octagon Design, Circa 1960
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Old Turkish rug from the Kars region of Caucasian Kazak triple octagon medallion design Circa 1960 The rug has three multi coloured octagon medallions on an ivory coloured ground Th...
Mid-Century Modern Turkish Kars Rug with Warm Earth-Tone Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Kars carpets are sometimes referred to as Kars Kazaks; however the colors are warm and soft compared to true Kazak rugs from Russia.
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Antique Brown Turkish Kars Rug in a Caucasian Kazak Style, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Kars, in far NE Turkey weaves Kazak-style, moderate weave, thick scatters in the SW Caucasian style, as here, with a wingedbrown and ecru medallion on an abrashed field, within a tab...
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Long Vintage Turkish Kars Runner
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful Turkish Kars runner with nice Kazak design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Pretty Vintage Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage Turkish Kars with a nice Kazak design, and beautiful colors with a blue sky field and orange colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation, mid-...
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Vintage large Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 20th century Turkish Kars rug with a geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation
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Vintage Square Turkish Kars Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful midcentury Turkish rug with geometrical Caucasian design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Bobyrug’s Nice Mid Century Turkish Kars Square Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century Turkish square rug with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...
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Kars Kazak from Turkish Caucasus
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Large hand-knotted Turkish Kazak rug, circa 8.8 by 5.4 feet Material: Wool on wool Manufacturing period 1950-1999 Country: Turkey Condition: In very good condition This is a l...
20th Century Hand Knotted Wool Kazak Runner from the Caucasus
Located in Raalte, NL
Vintage hand knotted wool on cotton warp Kars Kazak runner with a beautiful color pattern from the Caucasus, this is in a reasonable but used condition with light color loss.
Wool, Cotton
Caucasian Eagle Kars Kazak
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is a Turkish caucasus ‘Eagle’ kazakh design rug. The eagle kazakhs are made in Karabagh region which borders with N.E. Iran and it is doubtless ‘the most sought-after collector’...
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Vintage Turkish Kars Runner
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars runner rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Vintage Turkish Kars Runner
Located in Salem, MA
Vintage Turkish Kars runner rug. This rug was previously antique washed, giving it a more subtle coloration.
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Kars Kazakh Rug
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is an all-wool Turkish Kazakh rug from Eastern Turkey (Kars) in deep burgundy color c. 179 x 141cm or 5.9 by 4.6 feet.
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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.