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Unusual Antique Heriz Rug with Sampler Design in Rare Size
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Heriz rug, with a medallion design that is articulated in a way which indicates that it could quite possibly have been intended as a sampler (vaghireh). By weaving rug...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Heriz Serapi Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Ivory Background Antique Tabriz Benlian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Rugs of this type were commissioned by the Armenian-British Benlian company, which had a workshop active in Tabriz during the first half of the 20th Century specialising in weaving c...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tabriz Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
French Art Deco Rug Designed by Jean Burkhalter for Pierre Chareau Circa 1925
By Jean Burkhalter
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely rare Art Deco rug designed in 1925 by Jean Burkhalter and commissioned by Pierre Chareau for a seaside mansion on the island of Corsica....
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Large Square Size Heriz Serapi Rug with Pastel Colours
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...
Category
Antique 1870s Azerbaijani Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Uzbek Geometric Design Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A richly coloured Uzbek tribal main carpet, decorated by a central row of three large diamonds with appendages. The rug is in very good condition, in full pile with original sides an...
Category
Antique 1880s Uzbek Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Indian Lahore Burmese Ruby Red Carpet with All-Over Design
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely fine Lahore workshop carpet, characterised by a well spaced all-over botanical pattern of leafs and palmettes on a Burmese Ruby red background. The white border confers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Concentric Squares
Located in Milan, IT
Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Room Size Antique Minimalist Open Field Monochrome Mocha Brown Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The composition of this very rare antique minimalist flat-weave takes place on three panels, woven separately on narrow tribal looms and then stitched together in order to create the...
Category
Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Minimalist Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Open Field Vintage Beni Ouarain Berber Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Concentric Lozenges
Located in Milan, IT
Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Textural Wool Room Size Modernist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual room-size wool flat-weave, most probably commissioned for the European market during the post-war years, distinguished by a textural interlace of wool threads in n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Azerbaijani Mid-Century Modern Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid Century Modern Room Size Square Anatolian Kilim with Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning vintage Turkish wool flat-weave, composed of four panels, each composed of a succession of parallel horizontal stripes arranged in pairs. These stripes are sometimes in th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Camel Hair Chinese Primitive Pile Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare rug originating from the Taklamakan desert, located in northwest China, sparsely knotted with strands of unspun camel hair. Each row of knots is separated by a considerab...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Baako' Contemporary Design Rug by Simone Haug for Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
In 'Baako', the contemporary Swiss artist Simone Haug continues her exploration of our collective unconscious which she has began with 'Niches'.
The term 'baako' originates from Af...
Category
2010s Indian Tulu Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage USA/Afghanistan Alliance Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rug clearly woven after the sad events of 9/11, symbolising the alliance between the U.S.A. and Afghanistan, although it should be regarded more as a hand-knotted historical docume...
Category
Early 2000s Afghan Other Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Miniature Lion Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A truly unique miniature antique Turkish rug, decorated by a realistic-looking lion. Possibly commissioned for a specific occasion, it's the perfect gift for an animal-loving person,...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Other Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Moss Green Turkish Prayer Rug with Hearts Border
Located in Milan, IT
What immediately attracted me to this rug are the borders decorated by what look to me like hearts. There seem to be a cluster of weavings from western Anatolia which are distinguish...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early and Rare Antique White Ground Kuba Chi-Chi Caucasian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Using a rare and highly successful white field, this exceptional Caucasian rug from eastern Azerbaijan draws rows of ornament associated both with the Chi-Chi subgroup as well as wit...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Clara' Contemporary Design Wool Rug by Clara Bona for Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
For Milan Design Week 2023, the Alberto Levi Gallery presented a series of new collections created in collaboration with the leading Milanese architect and interior designer Clara Bo...
Category
2010s Nepalese Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Anatolian Kilim Rug with Light Blue Flame Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning contemporary kilim from central Anatolia, woven in three panels using the best quality hand-spun wool and natural dyes. The design is inspired by the antique flat-weaves o...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Sky Blue Tsuktruk Minimalist Tibetan Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tsukdruk rugs are possibly the most representative examples of the Tibetan nomadic weaving tradition. Woven with lanolin-rich highland wool, these come in narrow strips constructed o...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Modernist Octagonal Shaped Geometric Kilim Rug in White, Grey and Black
Located in Milan, IT
A one of a kind example of flat-woven wool kilim, characterised by an octagonal shape and distinguished by a field pattern of small diamonds in different sizes having a light grey pr...
Category
2010s Afghan Kilim Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Moroccan Berber Kilim Rug with Natural Undyed Wool
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unique Berber flat-weave called haik originating from the Mejjat tribe, located in the most southern part of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region. Woven in alternating shades of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Kilim Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Ottoman Perdeh Kilim Rug with Embroidered Carnations
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is woven individually in a colour of choice, and is typically embellished wit...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Stacked Niches
Located in Milan, IT
Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Mejjat Berber 'Desert Sand' Flat-Weave Haik Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven haik from the Mejjat tribe, located in the most southern part of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region. Distinguished for their blanket-like handle and for their unique icono...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Small Antique Blue Caucasian Kilim Rug with Rows of Zoomorphic Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare and beautiful small Caucasian kilim from northern Azerbaijan decorated by horizontal compartments on an indigo blue background. Each compartment is embellished by a pleth...
Category
Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Kilim Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Antique Tabriz Hadji Jalili Workshop Rug in Butterscotch and Teal
By Hadji Jalili
Located in Milan, IT
Very rarely can one ascribe a carpet to the near mythical Hadji Jalili workshop with a relative degree of certainty, especially as these were never signed or embellished by any sort ...
Category
Antique 1870s Azerbaijani Tabriz Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Niches' Contemporary Design Rug by Simone Haug for Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
In 'Niches', the contemporary Swiss artist Simone Haug takes up the stacked niche element, especially as seen on old central Anatolian Tulu rugs, and develops a pattern which unites ...
Category
2010s Indian Tulu Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Anatolian Kilim with Geometric Compartments
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Anatolian kilim, originating from the eastern region of Turkey between the areas of Sivas and Malatya. It's distinguished by a geometric pattern composed of three squa...
Category
Antique 1870s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Filikli Turkish Rug with Polychrome Concentric Rectangles
Located in Milan, IT
Filikli rugs represent probably the earliest, most primitive form of weaving known to mankind, veritably untouched over the course of a few thousand years. These were originally inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Outstanding Sky Blue Antique Bakshaish Carpet with Sun Yellow Central Diamond
Located in Milan, IT
The subtly changing sky-blue background of this fascinating carpet, obtained by means of a number of colour gradations, creates the impression of a sea on which floats a sun-like loz...
Category
Antique 1870s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Sweet Vintage Emerald Green Small Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual tribal rug, distinguished by an emerald green background in various gradations, embellished by sparse geometric motifs as well as by an anthropomorphic figure. The yellow ground border contains a parallel set of cartouche-like elements which are characteristic of Kurdish tribal iconography. Indeed Kurdish people inhabit a considerable portion of eastern Anatolia since time immemorial, and are among the main tribes responsible for carrying on the ancient weaving traditions.
A sweet little rug...
Category
Vintage 1970s Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Sarab Camel Hair Rug with Paisleys and Dotted Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Carpets originating from the Azerbaijani town of Sarab are quite rare. They are characterised by an elongated format and a camel background, which is decorated with geometric motifs....
Category
Antique 1870s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Soft Teal Ziegler Sultanabad Rug with All-Over Pattern
By Ziegler & Co.
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets woven by the Anglo-Swiss firm of Ziegler & Co. during the late nineteenth century in the region of Arak are often characterised by classic Persian patterns rendered in hi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Azerbaijani Sultanabad Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Door Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely rare example of Tibetan door rug, known with this term because the design mimics the same exact motifs present on the silk and cotton brocades wh...
Category
Antique 1880s Asian Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Modernist Mocha Bakhtiari All-Over Design Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A restrained palette of mochas and ivories is what differentiates this piece from most Bakhtiari rugs of similar vintage. This unusual colouration instantly confers to the traditiona...
Category
Vintage 1950s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Dramatic Bakhshaish Rug with Animal Pelt Design
Located in Milan, IT
The zoomorphic origin of this particular design can be seen in the pair of stylised dragons that flank the corners of the inner star octagon, as well as in the animal pelt motif cont...
Category
Antique 1850s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Meditation Rug with Three Mandalas
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unique Tibetan rug, distinguished by a soft yellow background onto which is superimposed a pattern in light red consisting of three Mandala, symbols of the universe. Rugs ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Geometric Minimalist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A beautiful antique wool flat-weave from the Shahsavan tribe located in the southern Caucasus. Distinguished by a sparse decoration composed by a totemic motif, which transverses the...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kilim Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Khaden Meditation Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Tibetan meditation rug with a lacquer red background, sparsely embellished in golden yellow by a series of lotus flower roundels alternated to ge...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Monastic Tiger Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tigers are not native animals of the Tibetan plateau; however their presence in neighbouring countries such as China and India partly explain its depiction, both in a realistic as well as in an abstract fashion, on a specific group of antique Tibetan weavings. The tiger pelt became a symbol of high rank in Tibet, employed almost exclusively on weavings which belonged to the religious as well as secular upper class. Following a series of important exhibitions and publications, rugs with this design have become exceedingly rare and sought-after.
On this rare monastic example, the tiger pelt rug...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Tiger Pelt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tigers are not native animals of the Tibetan plateau; however their presence in neighbouring countries such as China and India partly explain its depiction, both in a realistic as we...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Chinese Tantric Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tantric rugs were employed by Vajrayana Buddhists as seats of power during the practice of esoteric rites associated with protective deities.
The peculia...
Category
Vintage 1980s Chinese Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Tsukdruk Rug with Tiger Pelt Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
Tsukdruk rugs are possibly the most representative examples of the Tibetan nomadic weaving tradition. Woven with lanolin-rich highland wool, these come in narrow strips constructed o...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Red and White Checkerboard Design Meditation Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Checkerboard rugs are among the most sought-after antique Tibetan weavings. Their appeal lies in the simplicity and, at the same time, sophistication of the geometric pattern, which ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Aquasilk Wool and Sari Silk Surya Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Part of our Aquasilk collection, Surya embodies the harmonious connection between nature and interiors. Endowed with translucent layers of colour, brilliant traces of pattern emerge through the iridescent silk surface to compose mesmerising, painterly compositions. The subtle contrast between the wool and the Sari...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Aquasilk Wool and Sari Silk Imara Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Part of our Aquasilk collection, Imara embodies the harmonious connection between nature and interiors. Endowed with translucent layers of colour, brilliant traces of pattern emerge through the iridescent silk surface to compose mesmerising, painterly compositions. The subtle contrast between the wool and the Sari...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Square Rug with Leopard Pelt Design
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven wool rug distinguished by a pointillist pattern of red dots of different dimensions punctuating a natural beige background. The resulting pattern mimics the design we ...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Organic Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Pastel Coloured Central Asian Suzani Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Beige Ground Bessarabian Kilim Rug with Black Border
Located in Milan, IT
The kilims known as ‘Bessarabian’ were woven in the Russian regions of Ukraine and Moldavia. Intended to satisfy the demands of the local aristocracy, who had developed a taste for c...
Category
Antique 1870s Russian Bessarabian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Black Ground Qarabagh Blossom Long Rug in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant floral runner belongs to a rare subgroup of early rugs from the Qarabagh Khanate, ornated by motifs inspired by French Savonnerie and Aubusson carpets. During the ninete...
Category
Antique 1850s Caucasian Bessarabian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Pastel Coloured Central Asian Suzani Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Tulu Prayer Rug with Light Blue Niche
Located in Milan, IT
Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Karapin...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Tulu Prayer Rug with Moss Green Niche
Located in Milan, IT
Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Karapin...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Pastel Coloured Central Asian Suzani Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Camel Ground Angora Tulu Rug with Archaic Medallion
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and early Tulu woven using the finest Angora wool, resulting in a finely woven rug with a silky texture and a blanket-like handle. The soft camel field is embellished by a zoomorphic central device similar to some motifs founds in Neolithic cave paintings.
Examples of this type represent the pinnacle of the primitive pile weaving tradition, and were woven by the Yuruk nomads inhabiting the Toros...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Pastel Coloured Central Asian Suzani Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Tulu Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Karapin...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Vintage Pastel Coloured Central Asian Suzani Embroidery
Located in Milan, IT
The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...
Category
Vintage 1960s Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
