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
Antique Bakhtiari Tacheh Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tacheh are saddle bags employed by the people of the Bakhtiari tribe. These are woven in wool by means of different techniques, which include interlock tapestry, dovetailing, weft fl...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Charming Antique Nursery Pictorial Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A sweet little rug, possibly used in a nursery setting, distinguished by a large scale checkerboard pattern in blue and ivory. While the blue compartments invariably enclose a small ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Indian Other Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Aqua Blue Ziegler Sultanabad with Large Scale Strapwork Arabesques
Located in Milan, IT
One of the principal characteristics of Ziegler carpets can be seen in their particular treatment of colour, where the wool yarns are masterfully dyed so to create an almost transluc...
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Sultanabad Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Anatolian Minimalist Striped Perdeh Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were employed as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of eastern Anatolia, creating partitions inside their dwellings. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed with...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indigo Blue Open Field Shahsavan Pile Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Shahsavan confederation of tribes is known especially for their flat-woven containers and trappings, which they wove entirely for their own use during the nomadic encampments. Th...
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Exquisite Antique Afshar Rug with the European Flower Design
Located in Milan, IT
The so-called European flower (gol farangh) pattern has been quite popular in Persia since the Safavid period (1506-1722), gracing the architectural of many mosques from Isfahan to K...
Category
Antique 1870s Indian Islamic Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Anatolian Minimalist Striped Perdeh Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were employed as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of eastern Anatolia, creating partitions inside their dwellings. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed with...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Extremely Fine Blush Pink Antique Qashquli Qashqa'i Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely rare and early piece, this Qashqa'i rug is representative of the strong influence of India on south Persian village and tribal weavings. The involvement of Qashqa'i trib...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Agra Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Very Fine White Background Antique Isfahan Wool and Silk Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely fine antique Isfahan workshop carpet, woven in wool and silk with a very high knot density. The quality employed here allows for the greatest precision in rendering the ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Islamic Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique White Ground Sarab Garden Design Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Garden carpets are among the most refined manifestations of textile art expressed by the 17th Century Safavid dynasty. During the nineteenth century, the pattern derived form the rep...
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Distressed Aqua Green Malayer Carpet with All-Over Herati Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Malayer carpets in the kelleh (long and narrow) format are among the most elegant woven in late nineteenth century. Rugs in this format were traditionally commissioned to dec...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Azerbaijani Malayer Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Bakhtiari Tacheh Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tacheh are wool saddle bags employed by the nomadic people of the Bakhtiari tribe. These were principally used for the storage and transport of wheat. This complete, opened example a...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
