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Teal Green Botanical Design Lucca Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the magical palette of antique Tabriz carpets from the noble Hajijalili workshop, this finely knotted contemporary rug is one of the key examples of our contemporary coll...
Category
2010s Afghan Tabriz Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Abstract Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Rugs named after the town of Boujad were woven by Arab or Arabised Berber tribes, who are principally located on the southwestern foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains, in a region...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Inspired Tuareg Blue Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Tuareg Blue represent perhaps one of the gallery's most significant contemporary Moroccan recreations. Hand-knotted with silky hand-spun Ghazni Afghan wool, it represents an irregula...
Category
2010s Afghan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Vintage Henna-Dyed Beni Ouarain Minimalist Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas, in northern Morocco. Their rugs differ from othe...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Square Beni Ouarain White Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain is a confederation of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas, in northern Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tulu Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Softly Coloured Contemporary Oushak Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with fine hand-spun Ghazni wool, this Oushak represents one of the gallery's most significant recreations of antique Oushak rugs of the late Ottoman era. We paid very close att...
Category
2010s Afghan Oushak Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Incastro' Design Carpet by Clara Bona for Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
The esteemed Milanese architect and journalist Clara Bona unfurled a breathtaking dance of colours in her enthralling journey into rug design, partnering with the Alberto Levi Galler...
Category
2010s Nepalese Other Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug in Blue and White
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, are often distinguished by rich monochromatic tonalities, typically in shades of red or blue. These...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White Beni Ouarain Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas in Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber we...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tulu Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Equilibrio' Design Rug by Clara Bona for Alberto Levi Gallery
By Clara Bona
Located in Milan, IT
‘Equilibrio’ is a prime example of Clara Bona’s first rug collection ‘Relazioni’. In her first venture into rug design, renowned Milanese architect Clara Bona employs geometric shape...
Category
2010s Nepalese Other Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mauritanian Saharan Tuareg Reed Rug with Embroidered Leather
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Fine Antique Agra Rug with All-Over Shrub Pattern on a Maroon Background
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Agra rugs have historically been regarded among the most refined decorative carpets. They were commissioned by British nobility during the colonial period to adorn their cast...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Dripping Colour
Located in Milan, IT
Here, the surface is entirely covered by vertical and vaguely parallel black lines, which move organically across an orange-yellow background, just like drip painting on a canvas. Th...
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Ourika Miniature Berber Moroccan Rug with Abstract Squares
Located in Milan, IT
Located south of Marrakesh, along the northern slopes of the High Atlas Mountains, the Ourika valley is known primarily for its covers in undyed ivory and brown wool depicting a moon...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Rare Oversize Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Antique Minimalist Indian Cotton Dhurrie in Teal Green and Light Peach
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Minimalist Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan White Miniature Rug with Black Directional Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Azilal rugs woven with natural, undyed ivory and brown/black wool constitute the most renowned body of weavings for this area. Their popularity is due perhaps to their aesthetic affi...
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Zindhek Berber Moroccan Rug Depicting a Village Scene
Located in Milan, IT
Zindheks represent the most basic utilitarian weaving of Morocco’s material culture. Woven with recycled and/or industrial fibres (more rarely with wool) by hooking the yarn through ...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug with Tagine Pot Design
Located in Milan, IT
This cute little Azilal rug shows a directional pattern culminating into what appears to be the pot used to cook tagine, which is a traditional Moroccan dish...
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Abstract Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Anthropomorphic Figure
Located in Milan, IT
Since the 13th century the Boujad region has been the epicentre of Moroccan Islamic mysticism, influencing greatly the Berber population of the area, who in turn embraced disciplines...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Abstract Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Vertical Brushstrokes
Located in Milan, IT
A group of narrow runners with bold patterns and frequent use of recycled and synthetic fabrics appears to originate from the western foothills. Another example of long rug, originat...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan Rug with Animal Pelt Pattern and Woven Charms
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven rug with an elegant, even surface depicting an arrangement of mixed ivory/brown undyed wool, with an effect similar to that of a zebra pelt. The background is emb...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug with a Green Monolith on an Orange Background
Located in Milan, IT
At the 9th International Conference on Oriental Rugs, which gloriously took place in Milan in 1999, Mustapha Hansali presented his research based on field trips to the Azilal region....
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Extremely Fine Antique Silk and Wool Kilim with Anthropomorphic Figures
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely fine pillow case from the Gafsa region in central Tunisia, exquisitely woven in wool with silk details, decorated by geometric motifs arranged along horizontal compartments. The lower skirt boasts a stunning array of six female figures representing Berber women, the stars of our exhibition. The fact that they are depicted with hands on their hips - just like the elibelinde motif frequently seen on Anatolian kilims - speaks of the universal language at the basis of antique tribal textile...
Category
Early 20th Century Tunisian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan Miniature Rug with Parallel Interlocking Devices
Located in Milan, IT
Also belonging to the 'colored Azilal' subgroup is this sweet miniature rug, with its pattern of crenellated totemic devices, in which the weaver fully displays her ability to work o...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Contemporary Art Deco Design Anatema Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine rug woven in a geometric pattern in the ‘Cubist’ style characteristic of the carpets designed by Ivan Da Silva Bruhns for the most prestigious Art Deco interiors of the p...
Category
2010s French Art Deco Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Fine Antique Caucasian Zeikhur Rug with Rare Teal Green Background
Located in Milan, IT
A fine and rare antique Caucasian Zeikhur rug, distinguished by a fairly unique teal green background onto which are layered two red large medallions with abstract zoomorphic element...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Zakatala Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The group of weavings known as Zakatala has been been discovered only in recent times by the rug world. The fall of the Soviet Russia has meant an opening of frontiers which enabled ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Spectacular Manhattan Skyline Antique Tribal Tacheh Rug or Hanging
Located in Milan, IT
A truly spectacular and complete, opened tacheh weaving from the proto-Iranic Bakhtiari tribe. Tachehs are large saddlebags used for the storage and transport of wheat. These are alm...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Moroccan Berber Checkerboard Design Flat-Woven Rug in Earth Tones
Located in Milan, IT
A very elegant and refined Berber weaving, composed of an honeycomb arrangement of ivory, chocolate brown and black squares contained within horizontal compartments. The extreme fine...
Category
Vintage 1930s Moroccan Art Deco Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Orpheus Antique Art Deco Pastel Rug by Ashley Havinden for Wilton Royal Factory
By Ashley Havinden
Located in Milan, IT
Ashley Eldred Havinden (1903-1973) was an avant garde English painter and designer, trained at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London. A prolific advertising artistic director and later President of William S. Crawford Associates, he began designing carpets in 1932 encouraged by Duncan Miller, who exhibited them in his London gallery and dedicated to Havinden a solo show in 1937. He also designed carpets for Simpson's department store in 1934 and 1935, as well as Edinburgh Weavers (founded in 1928 by James Morton...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Pair of Antique French Art Deco Rugs in White and Brown Signed HG
Located in Milan, IT
A rare, stunning identical pair of period antique French Art Deco rugs, decorated at both ends by abstract diagonal motifs in two tones of brown against an ivory background. Both are embellished on the lower right corner by the artist's monogram (HG), which we haven't identified. Rugs of this type were commissioned during the Art Deco era to architects/designers, and were often part of an elaborate interior decoration project.
It's quite a unique chance in the world of rugs to be able to source an intact pair of such weavings. The natural earth tones of these examples offer a great opportunity to own a pair of Art...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Uzbek Julkhyr Rug with Vertical Stripes in Brick Red and Blue
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning Uzbek julkhyr rug woven in three joined panels, composed of vertical stripes in indigo blue and madder brick red. The ancient modernity of tribal weavings such as this pie...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Minimalist Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Khaden Rug with Lotus Flowers and Cloud Bands
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Tibetan meditation rug with a lacquer red background, embellished in black and showing two bracketed roundels each containing a stylisat...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Rare Oversize Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
French Art Deco Tapestry Rug with Tulips Signed AS
Located in Milan, IT
The artists who were active during the first decades of the 20th Century very much availed themselves
of the inspiration offered by nature. Colourful flowers have been a favoured dec...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Black Ground Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Polychrome Stepped Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
Rugs named after the town of Boujad were woven by Arab or Arabised Berber tribes, who are principally located on the southwestern foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains, in a region...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Anatolian Kilim Rug with Graphite Black 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 Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Fresco Style Fabriano Wool and Silk Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Fabriano is part of that fascinating world of faded-over-time rugs. From traditional to transitional, this look celebrates faded, worn and softened textiles over time. Stunning muted...
Category
2010s Afghan Renaissance Revival Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Fresco Style Siena Wool and Silk Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Siena is part of that fascinating world of faded-over-time rugs. From traditional to transitional, this look celebrates faded, worn and softened textiles over time. Stunning muted co...
Category
2010s Afghan Renaissance Revival Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Rare Size White Ground Sarab Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The pattern here is taken almost verbatim from that of the earlier Heriz Serapi rugs, with its dramatic pink medallion and pendants contrasting efficiently against the ivory backgrou...
Category
Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Heriz Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique White Ground All-Over Design Lavar Kerman Rug in Rare Size
Located in Milan, IT
Sometimes referred to as Kermanshah in the trade, rugs of this type are the finest nineteenth-century workshop weavings from the city of Kerman. Exquisitely woven using the softest q...
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Khorassan Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Rare Senneh Large Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The fine rugs of Senneh prominently represent the most luxurious weavings of the Qajar era. These are almost invariably woven in small formats, which is what makes this charming room...
Category
Antique 1880s Azerbaijani Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
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...
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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
'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
