Turkish Sparta In Faded Purple Grey and Ivory
Located in New York, NY
ref 72468
Vintage 1940s Turkish Rugs
Wool
Turkish Sparta In Faded Purple Grey and Ivory
Located in New York, NY
ref 72468
Wool
Turkish Sparta in Faded Pink Purple Palet 1940
Located in New York, NY
ref 72456
Wool
Antique Turkish Sparta Wool 9x12 Tan & Navy Handmade Area Rug
Located in Houston, TX
Condition: Antique Circa: 1920s Origin: Turkey Design: Sparta Actual size: 8.10x12.0 Thickness: 1/8" - 1/4" Colors: Tan, Navy, Red, Pink Content: Wool
Wool
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, Victorian Exuberance Meets Baroque Opulence
Located in Dallas, TX
71538 Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, 08’00 x 09’08. Victorian exuberance meets Baroque opulence in this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Sparta rug. This enchanted antique Sparta rug ...
Wool
$3,440Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug with Romantic French Provincial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
70246 Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug with Romantic French Provincial Style 08'04 x 11'10. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Sparta rug with light colors features an all-over botanic...
Wool
Bobyrug’s nice Antique Large Turkish Sparta Pink Field Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elevate your surroundings with the splendor of our carpets and tapestries – where art meets expertise."
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Sparta Rug geometric box layout in rust and ivory
Located in New York, NY
This vintage Sparta rug features a bold architectural composition of nested geometric compartments, with stepped medallions and kilim-inspired motifs rendered in rust, walnut, ivory,...
Wool
Turkish Sparta is Electric Blue Washed Out Faded Revival
Located in New York, NY
ref 72430
Wool
$3,520Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Red Turkish Sparta Rug, Refined Elegance Meets Traditional Sensibility
Located in Dallas, TX
78140 Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug, 07'07 x 11'01. Emulating traditional sensibility and refined elegance, this vintage Turkish Sparta rug appears like a sumptuous Italian velvet, rec...
Wool
$11,920Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Turkish Sparta Palace Size Rug with Luxe Victorian Style
Located in Dallas, TX
Alluring and richly ornamented, this large antique palace rug displays all the elements of an elegant oriental carpet. With its commitment to tradition and heart full of whimsy, this...
Wool
$11,199Sale Price|20% Off
Distressed Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, Rustic Elegance Meets Relaxed Refinement
Located in Dallas, TX
77511 Distressed Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, 08'10 x 17'09. In the mystical town of Sparta nestled within Turkey's southwestern expanse, Turkish Sparta rugs weave a tale of enchantme...
Wool
Rug & Kilim's Contemporary Sparta Rug Beige Green Transitional Floral Pattern
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in wool originating from Turkey, this contemporary rug draws inspiration from the Anatolian Sparta rug designs of the 1930s and onward, capturing the play of Turkish and...
Wool
$6,320Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Turkish Sparta Area Rug, Georgian Style Meets Relaxed Refinement
Located in Dallas, TX
74998 Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, 08'11 X 11'10. Georgian style meets relaxed refinement in this antique Turkish Sparta rug. The stylish levels of complexity and feminine color palet...
Wool
$2,399Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug with Caucasian Qashqai Shiraz Tribal Style
By Qashqai Nomadic Tribe
Located in Dallas, TX
77362, vintage Turkish Sparta rug with Caucasian Qashqai Shiraz tribal style. Displaying nomadic charm and nomadic tribal style, this vintage Turkish Sparta rug is an amalgam of Cauc...
Wool
$7,999Sale Price / item|20% Off
Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug with Warm Rustic Italian Mediterranean Style
Located in Dallas, TX
71695 Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug with Warm Rustic Italian Mediterranean Style 09'00 x 14'09. Emanating timeless elegance and warm, earthy colors, this hand knotted wool vintage Turk...
Wool
$13,520Sale Price|20% Off
Distressed Antique Turkish Sparta Palace Rug with French Provincial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
70944, distressed antique Turkish Sparta Palace rug with French Provincial and Georgian style. Bespeaking French cultural influence with an impressive array of realistic floral eleme...
Wool
$1,250Sale Price|50% Off
Antique Turkish Sparta Short and Narrow Pink Rose Geometric Runner Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Turkish Sparta Short and Narrow Pink Rose Geometric Runner Rug It measures 2.4 x 8.8 ft and has 3-4 very minor small spots of wear. Complimentary shipping in the Continent...
Wool
Turkish Sparta Antique Central Medallion Sunburnt Orange in Faded Wash
Located in New York, NY
ref 84087
Wool
Turkish Dyed Sparta Rug in Smoke Purple - Washed Effect - 1940
Located in New York, NY
ref 72428
Wool
$11,199Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Pink Turkish Sparta Rug, Art Nouveau Elegance Meets Baroque Opulence
Located in Dallas, TX
71617 Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, 13'00 x 15'00. In the mystical town of Sparta nestled within Turkey's southwestern expanse, Turkish Sparta rugs embody an enchanting narrative of he...
Wool
$11,920Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Turkish Sparta Palace Size Rug with Luxe Regency Venetian Style
Located in Dallas, TX
71780 Antique Turkish Sparta Palace Size Rug with Luxe Regency Venetian Style 11'00 x 20'06.
Wool
$3,120Sale Price|20% Off
The Midnight Garden: An Antique Turkish Sparta Masterpiece of Opulent Grandeur
Located in Dallas, TX
72074 Antique Turkish Sparta Rug, 06'01 x 11'08. The Midnight Garden: An Antique Turkish Sparta Masterpiece of Opulent Grandeur. This hand-knotted wool antique Turkish Sparta rug fro...
Wool
$10,320Sale Price|20% Off
Distressed Antique Turkish Sparta Rug with Chinoiserie Style, Blue and Gold
Located in Dallas, TX
70730 Distressed Antique Turkish Sparta Rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style 12'02 x 14'02. With timeless elegance and nostalgic charm, this hand knotted wool distressed antique Turkish S...
Wool
Antique Turkish Rug Red Blue Medallion Style Sparta Design by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Handmade with hand knotted wool originating from Turkey circa 1890-1900, this item is an antique rug enjoying an influence from transitional Sparta rug traits, as well as a fabulous ...
Wool
Turkish Sparta in Allover Grey with Red Purple Accents - Shabby Chic
Located in New York, NY
ref 84212
Wool
$885Sale Price|40% Off
5.7x8.7 Ft Rustic Handmade Turkish Sparta Area Rug. Gray & Brown Colors
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
Wool, Cotton
$960Sale Price|40% Off
6.4x10.5 Ft Modern Handmade Turkish Sparta Wool Area Rug in Purple
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
Wool, Cotton
Turkish Sparta in Allover Sandy Brown with Light Washed Out Effect
Located in New York, NY
ref 84088
Wool
Vintage Turkish Sparta Rug in Beige with Green and Pink Floral Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This formal elegance of the design, positions this piece among the most refined examples of Sparta production—an exemplar of the period when this weaving center produced carpets of t...
Wool
1920s Antique Turkish Sparta Gallery Rug, Dark Indigo Field, Orange Accents
Located in New York, NY
The deep blue field shows a three column, offset pattern of flowering vases along with smaller rosettes and ragged lozenges. Cream "wedgie shoe" border with color diagonals. Coarse w...
Wool
Vintage Anatolian Rug with Sparta Camel Design in Blue and Gold - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool, this 3x5 vintage Anatolian runner rug from Turkey is a charming example of tribal weaving, showcasing a pictorial approach within a geometric framework. Dating ...
Wool
$551Sale Price|40% Off
5.5x8.4 Ft Rustic Handmade Distressed Turkish Sparta Area Rug in Orchid Purple
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
Wool, Cotton
$351Sale Price|40% Off
4x6.7 Ft Handmade Vintage Garden Design Floral Sparta Rug, Woolen Floor Covering
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A vintage Turkish accent rug. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed profession...
Wool, Cotton
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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