About Alberto Levi Gallery
The Alberto Levi Gallery opens in 1997, following a family tradition that dates back to the nineteenth century. Focusing at the beginning in antique carpets and textiles, it specialized in 20th Century Art Deco and Modernist rugs as well as in tribal rugs from Morocco, Turkey and Persia distinguished by a Mid-Century Modern sensibility. The gallery has an extensive selection of rugs by Modern Masters such as, among others, Ivan Da Silva Bruhns, Michel Dufet, Otto Preutscher, Frank Stella, Andre Arbus, Jules Leleu, and Verner Panton. Working quite closely with the interio...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Contemporary Moroccan Style White and Taupe Tuareg Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Hand-knotted with fine, lustrous Ghazni wool, Tuareg spearheads the contemporary Moroccan collection of the Alberto Levi Gallery. Here, the infinite repeat pattern of irregular squar...
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2010s Afghan Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Blue Ground Qarabagh Kelleh Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Known in the old rug literature as ‘Gentleman’s carpets’, Qarabagh long rugs such as this one represent a classic late nineteenth century type which became quite popular in the West,...
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Early 20th Century Caucasian Tabriz Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Room Size Heriz Serapi Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The antique carpets from the Heriz area which are given the name ‘Serapi’ typically have a very finely knotted lustrous pile and are dyed in a range of natural hues, masterfully blen...
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Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Heriz Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Portiére Designed by Amedée Couder for Sallandrouze de Lamornaix
By Amedée Couder
Located in Milan, IT
On December 1836 Charles Sallandrouze de Lamornaix presented in his workshop on boulevard Poissonière what he termed as an ‘exposition de magnifiques tapis, commandés pour la France ...
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Antique 1830s French Louis Philippe Western European Rugs
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Contemporary Samarkand Style Yarkand Rug with All-Over Pattern in Soft Colours
Located in Milan, IT
Hand-knotted with fine, lustrous Ghazni highland Afghani wool, this elegant rug is distinguished by a network of stylised palmettes arranged in an infinite repeat on a very soft ligh...
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2010s Afghan Khotan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique William Morris 'Squirrel' Merton Abbey Jacquard-Woven Wool Tapestry
Located in Milan, IT
William Morris (1834-1896) was the leading figure of the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was responsible for many innovations in the textile arts of the period, by reviving trad...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Tapestries
Materials
Wool
17th Century Antique Chinese Ningxia Long Rug with Scrolling Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
Early Ningxia carpets are among the most elegant weavings from the East. The best and rarest examples were woven during Kangxi period, marking the beginning of the Qing dynasty, when...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Abstract Design Salsa Rug in Wool, Silk and Nettle by Zoë Luyendijk Studio
By Zoë Luyendijk
Located in Milan, IT
The new millenium enacted a huge wave of creativity in rug design, this made possible by the many technological advances which allowed a clearer communication to weavers of the most ...
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Early 2000s Nepalese Modern Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk, Hemp
Fine Rose Background Antique Ferahan Sarouk Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven Sarouk Ferahan rug, decorated by a medallion and pendants pattern on a dark rose background. Ferahan Sarouks are representative of a classic group of turn of the ...
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Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Sarouk Farahan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Anatolian Kiz Ghiordes Rug
Located in Milan, IT
This example belongs to a specific family of late Ottoman Turkish rugs known by the term of Kiz Ghiordes. Distinguished by a double niche design on a white ground embellished by a pe...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Distressed Qajar Period Gallery Size Carpet with Kashmir Shawl Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
The finest Persianate weavings of the Qajar Dynasty are distinguished by patterns originating from the textile arts of the Indian Mughal court tradition. The so-called Kashmir shawls...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Khorassan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Double Niche Geometric Design Armenian Caucasian Kazak Rug Dated 1895
Located in Milan, IT
An antique southwest Caucasian rug, belonging to the prestigious family of weavings known as Kazak. These are characteristically distinguished by abstract geometric patterns originat...
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Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
