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
Featured Pieces
Stunning Antique Art Deco Rug with Cubist Pattern
Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Western European Rugs
Wool
A superlative antique Art Deco carpet distinguished by a geometric pattern of overlapping rectangular planes in contrasting colors, a design which was first introduced by Ivan da Sil...
Antique Persian Qashqa'i Gabbeh Lion Rug
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Wool
The lion always had an important significance in Persian culture. Many secrets lie behind the enchanting patterns of the lion rugs of Iran. Lion rugs, symbols of the tribal bravery, ...
Vintage Central Asian Suzani Embroidery Rug
Vintage 1930s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Silk
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of Central Asian textile art tradition. Silk on cotton embroideries such as this one were wov...
Antique Fine Indigo Blue Chinese Geometric Desi...
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Wool
A very finely knotted antique Chinese rug in excellent condition, distinguished by a tone-on-tone Indigo blue palette and by a geometric pattern based on an infinite repeat, honeycom...
Rare Antique Central Asian Minimalist Tribal Rug
Early 20th Century Uzbek Minimalist Central Asian Rugs
Wool
A very rare and unusual Uzbek rug from Central Asia distinguished by a warm and rich red open field background, a natural color extracted from the madder plant. This background is em...
Vintage Indigo Beni M’Guild Moroccan Geometric ...
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Wool
An authentic old Berber rug from the Middle Atlas Mountains, home of the Beni M’Guild tribal confederacy, who are known to weave the best quality wool carpets of Morocco. Characteriz...
Contemporary Aqua Blue Indian Sari Silk Rug wit...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Romantic Indian Rugs
Silk
A truly remarkable, one of a kind contemporary rug woven entirely with silk obtained from vintage Sari fabrics, distinguished by an aqua blue background and by an allover pattern in ...
Contemporary Moroccan Beni Ouarain Berber Rug w...
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and N...
Wool
Given the fact that vintage Beni Ouarain Berber rugs are almost invariably found in specific formats, where the maximum width is about 200 cm (corresponding to 6 feet 6 inches), we w...
Fine Antique Chinese Minimalist Rug with Auberg...
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Wool
An extremely finely woven antique Chinese Peking rug enriched by the use of a very silky wool quality and characterized by an unusual colour palette. The open field background is cha...
Vintage Small Moroccan Berber Azilal Rug with N...
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Primitive Moroccan and North African Rugs
Wool
The rugs from the Azilal region, located in the Moroccan central High Atlas, have been a relatively recent discovery. Distinguished by abstract, quasi-calligraphic patterns, Azilal r...
Vintage Art Deco Cubist Design Rug in the Style...
Late 20th Century Turkish Art Deco Western European Rugs
Wool
Ivan Da Silva Bruhns was probably the greatest innovator in carpet design during the Art Deco period. His close association with Cubist period artists such as Picasso and Braque led ...
Midcentury Ivory/Black Scandinavian Modernist Rug
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Western European Rugs
Wool
A very unusual Swedish pile rug with color and design reminiscent of Beni Ouarain Betber rugs, indicating of Moroccan carpets were influencing Scandinavian Modern design quite early ...