Antique Signed Hereke Silk - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century Turkish Hereke silk pictorial rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic figurative composition featuring a classic Ottoman hunting scene anchored within a lum...
Silk
Turkish Hereke Silk & Metal Signed Rug, Garden of Paradise, 21st Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is a silk and metal threaded Turkish Hereke rug woven in Turkey during the beginning of the 21st century circa 2000-2010 and measures 135 x 89 cm in size. Its design consists of...
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Antique 10 x 10 Quality Signed Hereke Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century signed Hereke silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic floral composition featuring a monumental lobed central medallion anchored within a luminous ivor...
Silk
Antique 12 x 12 Quality Signed Hereke Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century Turkish Hereke silk pictorial rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic figurative composition featuring a centralized workshop scene anchored within a lumino...
Silk
Antique Signed 14 x 14 Quality Hereke Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century signed Hereke silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic floral composition featuring a vibrant madder red mihrab anchored within a luminous ivory field.
Silk
Antique 14 x 14 Quality Signed Hereke Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century 14×14 quality signed Hereke silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic floral composition featuring a vibrant madder red prayer niche anchored within a lu...
Silk
Antique 12 x 12 Quality Signed Hereke Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century Turkish Hereke silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic floral composition featuring a centralized midnight indigo lobed medallion populated with delica...
Silk
Antique 16 x 16 Quality Signed Hereke Silk Rug - Early 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare early 20th century Turkish 16 x 16 Hereke silk prayer rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic botanical composition featuring a magnificent Tree of Life motif anchored withi...
Silk
Antique 24 x 24 Quality Signed Silk Hereke Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century Turkish Hereke silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic pictorial composition featuring a monumental, multi tiered “Fountain of Life” anchored within a ...
Silk
$26,000
W 31.2 in L 49.2 in
Extremely Fine Antique Turkish Silk Hereke Rug Signed by the Master Weaver
Located in New York, NY
Extremely Fine Antique Turkish Silk Hereke Rug Signed by the Master Weaver 2'6'' x 4'1''.
Silk
$10,500
W 30.71 in L 48.04 in
Antique 14 x 14 Quality Signed Hereke Sirinoglu Silk Rug - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century 14 x 14 quality signed Hereke (Şirinoğlu production) silk rug highlights a powerful and rhythmic curvilinear composition featuring a multi layered central ...
Silk
$8,780
W 50.79 in L 82.68 in
Turkish Signed Hereke Ivory Background Color Silk Extra Fine Rug, XXI Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is an extremely fine silk Hereke rug woven in Turkey during the beginning of the 21st century circa 2000 - 2010 and measures 210 x 129cm in size. It has a traditional center med...
Silk
Antique Signed Hereke Silk Carpet - Mid 20th Century
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare mid 20th century Turkish Hereke silk carpet is a breathtaking display of technical mastery, featuring a dense, all over “Isfahan inspired” floral composition. Anchored with...
Silk
$15,342
W 82.29 in L 116.93 in
Vintage Silk Hereke Fine 100% Silk High Quality Museum Signed Rug 7x10 209x297cm
Located in New York, NY
"This is one of the highest quality antique silk rugs that we have seen in our 40 years in the trade. It is 100% silk pile and foundation. This vintage Silk Hereke has a very fine we...
Silk
$2,716Sale Price|20% Off
W 49.22 in L 73.63 in
Chinese Hereke Silk Signed “Yasamin” Extra Fine Rug, XXI Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is a Chinese Hereke silk rug woven during the 21st century that contains a signature that says “Yasamin” and measures 187 x 125 CM in size. This piece has an all-over field desi...
Silk
$10,536
W 40.56 in L 47.25 in
Turkish Hereke Silk & Metal Signed Rug with an All-Over Design, XXI Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is a silk and metal threaded Hereke rug woven in Turkey during the beginning of the 21st century circa 2000-2010 and its size is 120 x 103 cm. The field has an all-over floral d...
Silk
Impressive Ozipek silk carpet/tapestry Hereke signed, 20th Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive Ozipek silk carpet/tapestry Hereke signed, 20th Century This hand-knotted Hereke rug is a magnificent addition to your living space.
Silk
Royal Ozipek silk carpet/tapestry Hereke signed, 20th Century. blue
Located in Berlin, DE
Royal Ozipek silk carpet/tapestry Hereke signed, 20th Century This hand-knotted Hereke rug is a magnificent addition to your living space.
Silk
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
W 26 in L 39 in
The Garden of Paradise: A Signed Turkish Silk Hereke Tree of Life Masterpiece
Located in Dallas, TX
79321 Signed Vintage Turkish Silk Hereke Rug, 02'02 x 03'03.
Metallic Thread
Pure Silk Hereke Ozipek Turkish Rug Signed
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Fine Hereke Silk Rug – Ozipek Workshop Signed 101 x 76 cm (3.31 x 2.49 ft / 39.8 x 29.9 in) Late 20th Century Origin: Hereke, Turkey Manufacture: Ozipek (Özipek) workshop Period: ...
Silk
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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