1930's Antique Prayer Design Turkish rug in Colorful Geometric Pattern
Located in Atlanta, GA
Prayer rug, Turkish prayer rug. This Oushak rug features an intricately beautiful design.
Wool
$5,440Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Kula Prayer Rug Western Anatolian Turkish Mihrab Carpet Rare Design
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique prayer (mihrab) rug from Western Anatolia, Kula region with a very rare and beautiful color composition. Kula rugs, also known as Kula prayer kilims, are handwo...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Ghiordes Prayer Rug Western Anatolian Turkish Mihrab Carpet Rare Design
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique prayer ( mihrab ) rug from the Western Anatolia, Ghiordes ( Gördes ) region with a very rare and beautiful color composition. Ghiordes rugs, also known as Gorde...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Mucur Mujur Prayer Rug Mudjar Mighrab Turkish Central Anatolian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Mucur Mihrab Prayer Rug from Central Anatolia, the Kirsehir region, with a floral pattern, good condition, and beautiful color composition. The town of Mudjar (o...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
$9,600Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Mucur Mujur Prayer Rug Mudjar Mighrab Turkish Central Anatolian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Mucur mighrab prayer rug from Central Anatolia, the Kirsehir region, with a floral red background, good condition, and beautiful color composition. The town of M...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
$2,760Sale Price|20% Off
1940's Anatolian Kirsehir Village Prayer Rug with Graveyard Marker Design
Located in Dallas, TX
52350 Vintage Anatolian Kirsehir Village Prayer Rug with Graveyard Marker Design, Modern Style Wide Hallway Runner 04'00 x 10'03 From Esmaili Rugs Collection.
Wool
Turkish Konya Prayer Rug in Vibrant Tones of Tomato Red c.1900
Located in Hudson, NY
A Turkish Konya prayer rug with a nice, medium wool pile and vibrant tones of tomato red, blue, chartreuse, watermelon and coral. The juicy colors are fun in this one and the almost ...
Wool
$312Sale Price|50% Off
3.3x5.4 Ft Vintage Prayer Rug Depicting a Chandelier, Couple of Columns, Flowers
Located in Spring Valley, NY
This elegant vintage Turkish prayer rug features a beautiful chandelier design framed by a pair of columns and delicate floral details. Finely hand-knotted with medium wool pile on a...
Wool, Cotton
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Antep Mighrab Prayer Rug South Eastern Anatolian Turkish Mihrab Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique prayer ( mighrab ) rug from the South East Anatolia, Antep region with a rare and beautiful color composition. This town lies in south-eastern Turkey, close to th...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Turkish Prayer Rug in Vibrant Saffron Yellow, Gold, Red and Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Turkish rug in vibrant colors of blue, red, bright gold and saffron in Prayer design, kwarugs J10-1010. Colorful antique rug in vibrant colors. This antique Prayer Design r...
Wool
Antique Turkish Sivas Prayer Rug with Floral Design in Ivory, Taupe, and Pink
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Turkish Sivas prayer rug with floral design in ivory, taupe, and pink, rug d-1007, country of origin / type: Turkey/Oushak, circa early-20th century This lovely and finely w...
Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Oushak Rug with Columns, Chandelier & Vase Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Turkish Oushak prayer design rug in ivory background and various tones in unique Color combination with Columns, Chandelier & Vase design Keivan Woven Arts/ Rug / V21-0808, ...
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug Featuring a Soft Coral Field with Navy, Sage Green
Located in Atlanta, GA
Keivan Woven Arts / rug TU-MTU-95086, country of origin / type: Turkey / Oushak, circa Early 20th century Vintage Turkish Oushak rug showcasing a classic prayer design with a serene...
Wool
Antique Turkish Sivas Carpet with Prayer Design in Light Silver and Copper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Turkish Sivas Antique with Prayer Design rug/ 13-0303 origin/turkey This lovely and finely woven rug displays a prayer design set on a light silver/blue background and framed by ...
Wool
The Anatolian Ritual: A Vintage Turkish Oushak Masterpiece of Sacred Devotion
Located in Dallas, TX
53580 Vintage Turkish Oushak Saph Prayer Rug, 05'07 x 09'03. The Anatolian Ritual: A Vintage Turkish Oushak Masterpiece of Sacred Devotion.
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.