Zabihi Rug Collection Antique Turkish Melas Rug
Located in New York, NY
A colorful 20th century Turkish Melas scatter size rug. Measures: 3' x 4'7''.
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Cherry Red Antique Turkish Melas Rug, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A finely woven Turkish rug executed with pristine jewel tone colors. A cherry red open field spacious motif. The floral elegantly flows with the rest of the motif. Some gold, silver ...
Category
20th Century Turkish Agra Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
6.5x9.7 Ft Vintage Faded Hand Knotted Turkish Melas Rug, 100% Wool
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our sun-faded rugs are all one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted, 50-70 year-old vintage pieces. They each boast their own singular handmade aesthetic drawn from the centuries-old Turkish rug-...
Category
Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Turkish Melas Vintage Rug
Sold|$1,001
Turkish Melas Vintage Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Tribal Turkish Melas rug from western Anatolia. Hand-knotted with fine wool showing a traditional prayer rug design.
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Melas Prayer Rug
Sold|$1,991
Vintage Turkish Melas Prayer Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Beautiful soft colored vintage Melas rug. Prayer design with narrow prayer niche and wide borders.
Category
Vintage 1960s Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Handmade Antique Turkish Melas Square Rug, 1880s, 1B759
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Handmade antique Turkish Melas rug in red, sky blue and beige shades. The rug is from the end of 19th century in original good condition.
Category
Antique 1880s Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Mustard Antique Turkish Scatter Throw Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Turkish Melas rug with a mustard colored ground, deep red border and central medallion. 3'3'' x 5'6''
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tabriz Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Melas Prayer Rug
Sold|$13,500
Melas Prayer Rug
Located in Dublin, NH
This lively Melas prayer rug was woven in the Aegean region of western Anatolia.
Category
Antique 1860s Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Turkish Melas Prayer Rug
Sold|$2,800
Turkish Melas Prayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful Directional antique Turkish Prayer rug. The multi-dimensional border on this piece is quite fascinating . We also love the French blue accent we don't typically find in rugs...
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Melas Scatter Rug
Sold|$3,500
Antique Turkish Melas Scatter Rug
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small turkish rug with lovely heart-shaped pattern running through a cocoa brown field surrounded by a fruitful border containing lively colors.
Category
Antique 19th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Melas
Sold|$15,000
Antique Melas
Located in Dublin, NH
A very charming little village rug. Great classic colors for this type of piece. Love the two tone field!
Category
Antique 19th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs
Violet Antique Turkish Melas Prayer Niche Rug
Located in New York, NY
A one of a kind Boutique looking hand knotted scatter size early 20th century Turkish Melas Prayer Niche Rug. The field is a deep purple/violet color.
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Futurist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Melas
Sold|$3,750
Antique Turkish Melas
Located in New York, NY
A finely woven turkish rug with a very unique pattern.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
MELAS Prayer Niche Carpet
Sold|$1,531
MELAS Prayer Niche Carpet
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 941 - It's the classical little Turkish prayer carpet: bright red color in a soft frame, with traces of indigo color. In the center the tree of life. Its price is very good becau...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Other Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
1940s Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, Neutral Palette, Melas Design
Located in New York, NY
Western coast Anatolian village scatter with seven serrated lozenges on a soft salmon beige open ground. Main straw border of sprouting ashiks and radiating quadruple buds. All wool ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Tone on Tone Turkish Oushak Rug, Melas Style, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
This oushak scatter rug shows a narrow field in light brown and cream, embedded in a double, en suite border of fringed lappets in dark brown, light brown and ecru. Wool foundation, ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Tribal Turkish Textile Bagface Rug
Sold|$475
Tribal Turkish Textile Bagface Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th century turkish melas bagface rug Measures: 1'8'' x 2'3''.
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Turkish Melas Rug
Sold|$1,200
Turkish Melas Rug
Located in New York, NY
A colorful early 20th century Turkish Melas rug with a Directional prayer motif.
Category
20th Century Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Melas rug
Sold|$825
Vintage Melas rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Vintage Turkish Melas rug. This rug has beautiful shiny wool and great looking colors.
Category
Vintage 1970s Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Melas Rug
Sold|$4,000
Antique Turkish Melas Rug
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite early 20th century finely woven Turkish melas rug. Saffron background hints of aqua blue and pink
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs
Distressed Vintage Turkish Melas Rug
Sold|$2,000
Distressed Vintage Turkish Melas Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Vintage rug with bold design and decent colors. Low pile condition.
Category
20th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Anatolian Melas Rug in Soft Colors, 100% Wool
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A finely hand knotted woolen rug from the small town of Melas in South West Turkey that has been a famous rug making center since, 18th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Tribal Persian Bagface Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th century turkish melas bagface rug Measures: 1'8'' x 2'1''.
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
One of a Kind Vintage Oushak Rug
Sold|$999
One of a Kind Vintage Oushak Rug
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A finely hand knotted rug from Anatolia, Melas region with soft colors and low wool pile on cotton foundation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Melas Rug 19th Century
Sold|$3,593
Melas Rug 19th Century
Located in MADRID, ES
Turkish carpet with niche design, in reddish and gold tones. Piece of collection and perfect state of conservation. Great decorative work in field and borders.
Category
Antique 1880s Turkish Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Pair of Turkish Rugs Priced Individually at $2500 each
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Central Anatolian Melas prayer rugs. Bright red ground with shades of gold,green, pink and blue in floral motif borders.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
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Melas Rug For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal melas rug for your home. Frequently made of fabric and wool, every melas rug was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer melas rug, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each melas rug bearing Modern hallmarks is very popular.
How Much is a Melas Rug?
The average selling price for a melas rug at 1stDibs is $3,600, while they’re typically $825 on the low end and $24,500 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Turkish-rugs for You
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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