What are hand-woven rugs called?

Hand-woven rugs are called ‘flatweaves’. Because they are woven, the front and back look the same, making the rug reversible. There are also no piles or knots. Shop a collection of flatweave rugs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

Hand Woven Mat

Mats Theselius IKEA PS Collection Nätön

$1,364

$895

$595

$1,150

Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Tribal Dayak Plaited Rattan Longhouse Mat (Tikar), Kalimantan The tightly woven longhouse sleeping mats of Kalimantan are almost exclusively constructed by women, who begin ...

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Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

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Rattan

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Bakuba People Woven Mat

Unavailable

H 71 in W 40 in

Bakuba People Woven Mat

Located in New York, NY

Vintage BaKuba carpets are rare. First, they were not found in every home and second, conditions in a tropical place like the Congo make preservation of natural fiber floor covers ch...

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Vintage 1980s Congolese Tapestries

Materials

Other

!970s TUAREG MAT

Unavailable

W 79 in L 115 in

!970s TUAREG MAT

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Midcentury Tuareg mat handwoven with palm reed and leather in a complex tribal design with Berber symbols. Each mat is one-of-a-kind and tells a unique story from the artisan. The de...

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Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Moroccan and North African Rugs

Materials

Leather, Reed

Tuareg Vintage Mat, Rug From Mautania, Saharan African Mat

Unavailable

W 74.81 in L 114.18 in

Tuareg Vintage Mat, Rug From Mautania, Saharan African Mat

By leslosanges

Located in Biarritz, FR

Tuareg culture creates an impressive world of beautiful, functional, and abstract objects. The dominant materials are leather, wood, fibers and metal, which are transformed into clot...

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Vintage 1970s Mauritanian Art Deco Moroccan and North African Rugs

Materials

Reed

Midcentury Mauritanian Tuareg Mat

Unavailable

W 74 in L 108 in

Midcentury Mauritanian Tuareg Mat

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Midcentury Tuareg mat handwoven with palm reed and leather in a complex tribal design in real Indigo blue and yellow vegetable dyed leather in a tribal design with fascinating Berber...

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Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

Materials

Reed

Vintage Berber Tuareg Mat Rug

Unavailable

W 105.52 in L 150.79 in

Vintage Berber Tuareg Mat Rug

By Berber Tribes of Morocco

Located in Amsterdam, NL

Handwoven by the nomadic Tuareg tribes of Sahara Mauritania. This flat-weave mat is made with palm reed and intricately woven with strands of leather. Touareg mats are incredibly dur...

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Vintage 1970s Sahrawi Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs

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Leather, Palmwood

Midcentury Tuareg Mat 6'7 x 10'4

Unavailable

W 79 in L 124 in

Midcentury Tuareg Mat 6'7 x 10'4

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Midcentury Tuareg mat handwoven with palm reed and leather in a complex tribal design with Berber symbols. Each mat is one-of-a-kind and tells a unique story from the artisan. The de...

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Vintage 1970s Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs

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Reed

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$2,273 / set

H 31.5 in W 21.26 in D 22.45 in

Bauhaus armchairs Erich Dieckman

By Erich Dieckmann

Located in Vosselaar, BE

A rare pair of Bauhaus armchairs designed by Erich Dieckman. Dieckman was a important Bauhaus designer who started out with stringent geometrical furniture. After a while he incorpor...

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Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Lounge Chairs

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Beech

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo

$775

H 26 in W 34.5 in D 0.5 in

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt, D.R. Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Kuba (Bushong) Raffia Fiber Textile Panel From Woman’s Skirt The Bushong people are one of the largest and most dominant ethnic groups within the Kuba Kingdom in the DR Congo, and h...

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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

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Raffia

Guro Textile . Ivory Coast

$3,044Sale Price|20% Off

$1,500

H 0.1 in W 19 in D 13 in

Early 20th Century Abstract Tonga Tapa Cloth Aboriginal Art Of South Pacific

Located in Barrington, IL

This striking early 20th century tapa bark cloth from Western Samoa and the greater Tongan cultural sphere is a rare and powerful example of Pacific Island textile artistry. Hand-pai...

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Early 20th Century Tongan Tribal Art

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Wood, Parchment Paper

Vintage Ikea Bjarred armchairs, 2001

$676 / set

H 31.5 in W 25.6 in D 25.6 in

Vintage Ikea Bjarred armchairs, 2001

By IKEA

Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest

Pair of bentwood plywood armchairs with leather cushions designed by Johan Huldt for Ikea model 'Bjärred'. Beautiful curvy and timeless design. Designed in 2001. Sweden. Dimensio...

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Early 2000s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

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Set of 8 Fine French Art Deco Cherry Dining Chairs

$3,200 / set

H 33.47 in W 18.51 in D 21.86 in

Set of 8 Fine French Art Deco Cherry Dining Chairs

Located in Long Island City, NY

A set of height fine French Art Deco cherry dining/side chairs.

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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Cherry

$6,290 / set

H 34.26 in W 24.02 in D 28.35 in

Pair of Scandinavian Mid Century Wingback Lounge Chairs, circa 1960s

Located in Hønefoss, 30

A matched pair of Scandinavian lounge chairs in dark stained wood, newly reupholstered in a quality woven fabric in sage green. The frames feature curved armrests and splayed legs ch...

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Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Wingback Chairs

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Fabric, Beech

$4,774

H 12.6 in W 35.44 in D 35.83 in

Very nice Wabi Sabi Japandi Coffee Table in Solid Oak - France

Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen

Wabi Sabi Square Coffee Table in Solid Oak, France, 1960s Natural Oak Four-Legged Coffee Table with Weathered Top and Rounded Edges Crafted in France during the 1960s, this low-slun...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Wood

Italian bench by Paolo Buffa, with original gold satin fabric

$818Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.95 in W 24.02 in D 13.78 in

Italian bench by Paolo Buffa, with original gold satin fabric

Located in Milano, IT

Elegant Italian stool or bench by Paolo Buffa, 1940s–1950s — With original gold satin fabric Rare Italian stool from the 1940s-1950s attributed to Paolo Buffa, with original golden s...

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Vintage 1950s Benches

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Satin, Wood

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Hand Woven Mat For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic hand woven mat available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, wool and natural fiber, every hand woven mat was constructed with great care. There are 180 variations of the antique or vintage hand woven mat you’re looking for, while we also have 3 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a hand woven mat — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A hand woven mat made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one hand woven mat that is appealing in its simplicity, but Mehraban Rugs, Native American Art and Hadji Jalili produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Hand Woven Mat?

A hand woven mat can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,275, while the lowest priced sells for $200 and the highest can go for as much as $68,000.

Finding the Right Rugs And Carpets for You

Good antique rugs and vintage rugs have made their way into homes across the globe, becoming fixtures used for comfort, prayer and self-expression, so choosing the right area rug is officially a universal endeavor.

In modern usage, “carpet” typically denotes a wall-to-wall floor cushioning that is fixed to the floor. Rugs, on the other hand, are designed to cover a specific area and can easily be moved to new locations. However, the terms are interchangeable in many parts of the world, and, in the end, it won’t matter what you decide to call it.

It’s well known that a timeless Persian rug or vintage Turkish rug can warm any interior, but there are lots of other styles of antique rugs to choose from when you're endeavoring to introduce fresh colors and textures to a bedroom or living room.

Moroccan Berber rugs are not all about pattern. In fact, some of the most striking examples are nearly monochrome. But what these rugs lack in complexity, they make up for in brilliant color and subtle variation. Moroccan-style interiors can be mesmerizing — a sitting room of this type might feature a Moroccan rug, carved wooden screens and a tapestry hung behind the sofa.

Handwoven kilim rugs, known for their wealth of rich colors and unique weaving tradition, are pileless: Whereas the Beni Ourain rugs of Morocco can be described as dense with a thick surface or pile, an authentic kilim rug is thin and flat. (The term “kilim” is Turkish in origin, but this type of textile artistry is practiced all across the Balkans, throughout the Arab world and elsewhere.)

When it comes to eye-catching floor coverings, the distinctive “medallion” pattern of Oushak rugs has two types of rounded shapes alternating against a rich red or blue background created with natural dyes, while the elaborate “star” pattern involves large eight-pointed shapes in diagonal rows alternating with diamonds.

If you’re looking for something unexpected, find a runner rug that pops in your hallway or on your stairs. Dig for dazzling geometric patterns in our inventory of mid-century modern rugs and carpets, which includes works designed by the likes of Swedish textile masters Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Marianne Richter and other artisans.

Carpets and rugs have been around for thousands of years. Prehistoric humans turned to animal skin, wool and fur to craft simple fabrics to soften hard terrain. A 2016 study suggests that "cave lions" were hunted for exactly this purpose, and that decorating your cave with their pelts may have conferred strength and prestige. Although many of these early textiles are still in existence, tracing their precise origins is difficult. Carpets quickly became such a valuable trade commodity that the weavings could easily travel far from their places of origin.

The oldest known carpet was found in southern Siberia. (It may have traveled there from Persepolis in Iran.) For the flat-weave floor rugs crafted by Native Americans, cotton was the primary material before sheep’s wool was introduced in the 16th century. In Europe, carpet-making was fundamental to folk art, and Asian carpets imported to European countries were at one time considered a precious luxury and not intended to remain permanently on the floor.

With the variety of area rugs and carpets rolled out for you on 1stDibs — a collection that includes traditional, modern, minimalist rugs and other coverings of all kinds — things will be looking up whenever you’re looking down.

Questions About Hand Woven Mat

What are hand-woven rugs called?
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1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Hand-woven rugs are called ‘flatweaves’. Because they are woven, the front and back look the same, making the rug reversible. There are also no piles or knots. Shop a collection of flatweave rugs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

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