$2,937
Large Kilim GOCMEN
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 644 - Elegant Turkish kilim, very particular and large. The background color is pearl grey, with an elegant light floral design; all enclosed in a beautiful blue frame with styli...
Wool
Large Turkish Kilim Rug, Hand-Woven Wool, Mid-20th Century, 1966
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 448 - Large elegant Turkish kilim Goçmen, perfect for western environments.
Wool
$1,988Sale Price|20% Off
Large Turkish Kilim Rug, Hand-Woven Wool, Pastel Colors, Circa 1970
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant, neat, precise: this kilim Goçmen gives a sense of calme with its subdued pastel colors.
Wool
$2,350Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Turkish Kilim Rug, Hand-Woven Wool, Mid-20th Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Pleasant vintage Turkish kilim Goçmen with soft colors and design - suitable for a sitting or sleeping room - Rare design without central medallion, easy to set everywhere.
Wool
Antique Bayburt Nomad Kilim Eastern Anatolian Rug Gocmen Yoruk Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Bayburt region with a rare and beautiful color composition. The deep green in the central field is particularly impressive and ...
Wool, Natural Fiber
$2,350Sale Price|20% Off
Turkish Goçmen Kilim, Hand-Woven Wool Rug, Red, Circa 1980, 285x250 CM
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Interesting size for this red Turkish Goçmen kilim, perfect for sitting or dining or sleeping room: lively and cheerful.
Wool
Large Turkish Kilim GOCMEN
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 627 - Unusual elegant modern sober pattern for this large vintage Turkish kilim, rare model without medallion. Perfect for modern settings. Now with an interesting price for clo...
Wool
Kilim GOCMEN from Yugoslavia
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage kilim with pastel colors and elegant composition in a black frame that highlights the floral design with roses. This type of kilim was made by Turkish weavers in southern Yug...
Wool
Gocmen Kilim Runner
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
For this kilim: high black border with flowers and a plain red center part. Very elegant. Settable also in a modern house: in order to change the point of view.
Wool
$8,600
W 55.91 in L 66.93 in
Antique Konya Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Handwoven Turkish Carpet Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition. As early as the 13th century Marco Polo noted, in his account of his trave...
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Oushak carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.
Wool
$710Sale Price|40% Off
W 60.24 in L 98.43 in
5x8.3 Ft Hand-Woven Vintage Anatolian Kilim Rug, Flat Weave Carpet, 100% Wool
Located in Spring Valley, NY
This authentic hand-woven rug made to be used by the villagers in Central Anatolia. 100% organic wool. Good condition and cleaned professionally. Ideal for both residential and comme...
Wool
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
W 47.25 in L 80.71 in
Antique Yahyali Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolia Old Rug Turkish Wool Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Central Anatolian Kilim from the Yahyali region in Kayseri with a rare and beautiful color composition. The earliest recorded occupation of Kayseri dates back to ...
Wool, Natural Fiber
$3,800
W 43.31 in L 55.12 in
Vintage Mut Kilim Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Handwoven Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Old Vintage Kilim from the Mut, Adana region with a rare and beautiful color composition. This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colo...
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Turkish Anatolian Runner Rug, Hand-Knotted Wool, 1950s
Located in Norwalk, CT
A 1950s vintage hand knotted wool Turkish Anatolian runner rug with a rust-red field and medallion design. This rug measures 5'0" x 11'5".
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
74185 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 08'08 X 12'07. Anatolian charm meets traditional sensibility in this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug. The decorative tree of life desi...
Wool
Galerie Shabab Collection Mid-20th Century Turkey Flatweave Kilim Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th century Turkish flatweave kilim in a wool-on-wool construction, this room size carpet presents a bold, compartmentalized composition organized into two vertical panels, ea...
Wool
1960's Turkish Oushak Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
50500 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 07'02 x 10'00. Drenched in a palette of autumn’s last embers and steeped in the grandeur of Ottoman elegance, this hand-knotted wool vintage Tur...
Wool
Colorful Vintage Turkish Flat-Weave Tribal Modern Kilim with Embroideries
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Turkish flat-weave Tribal Modern kilim with embroideries in multi colors, rug / TU-NED-4716. Measures: 5 x 9'9 Rendered in star shapes with a spotted and speckled ass...
Wool
Antique Kirsehir Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Kirsehir rug. A lovely antique Central Anatolian rug, from a region well-known with its prayer rugs, featuring a more unusual design. Good range of colors. Rug is a nice coll...
Wool
$1,148Sale Price|20% Off
W 66.93 in L 117.72 in
Hand-Woven Kilim Rug, Wool, Caucasus Origin, Mid-20th Century, 1950
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 529 - This kilim is of good workmanship and very nuanced colors, which I like. Perhaps it was created for western taste or simply the subsequent color bath was not perfect. ...
Wool
$1,084Sale Price|20% Off
W 40.16 in L 44.89 in
Antique Turkish Kilim Rug, Hand-Woven Wool, Cicim Design, 1930s
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Small square Turkish kilim with "cicim" embroidery. To put wherever you want: on the floor, on the table, on an armchair, mon the wall because it's really enjoyable and perfect. r...
Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Modern Rustic Tribal Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53058, vintage Turkish Oushak rug with Modern Rustic Tribal style. With vibrant colors and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug is poised to impress....
Wool
Hand-Woven KONYA Kilim Rug, Vegetable-Dyed Wool, Turkish, Mid-Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Another beautiful example from my collection: a KONYA kilim with pleasant colors and easy-to-place dimensions. It's made entirely of vegetable-dyed wool and has intact frames: it wa...
Wool
$825Sale Price|40% Off
W 59.06 in L 93.71 in
5x8 Ft Multicolor Handmade Wool Kilim Rug From Central Anatolia, Turkey, 1970s
Located in Spring Valley, NY
This authentic hand-woven rug made to be used by the villagers in Central Anatolia. 100% organic wool. Good condition and cleaned professionally. Ideal for both residential and comme...
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.
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