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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...
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Antique 1850s Azerbaijani Bakshaish Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Meditation Rug with Three Mandalas
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a soft yellow background, the design of this unusual khaden consists of three Mandala elements, symbols of the universe, resulting from a stylisation of the Greek fr...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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2010s Indian Organic Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
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...
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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...
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Antique 1850s Caucasian Bessarabian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
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...
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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...
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Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
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...
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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...
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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...
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Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Antique Tajik Silk Embroidered Ruband Bridal Veil
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Ruband veils such as this example, which are hand-embroidered in silk on a cotton foundation, were used to cover the bride's face when she moved to the groom's house, as well...
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Early 20th Century Tajikistani Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Oversize Vintage Celadon Green All-Over Design Agra Carpet with Ruby Red Border
Located in Milan, IT
Agra carpets have historically been regarded among the most refined decorative carpets. They were commissioned by the British nobility during the colonial period to adorn their castl...
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Vintage 1980s Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Tulu Rug in Fuchsia Pink and Emerald Green
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...
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Vintage 1930s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Aubergine Purple Ground Minimalist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A prime example of woven minimalism, the wool flat-weave being composed of three joined panels, each containing a plethora of striations of eggplant purple in different tonalities. T...
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Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Minimalist Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Graphic Anatolian Kilim Rug with Teal 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...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Unique Antique Art Deco Cotton White/Lilac Chequerboard Dhurrie Rug
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...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Minimalist Graphic Anatolian Kilim Rug with Red and Green 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...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Minimalist White/Black Tibetan Rug Designed by Jonathan Wajskol
Located in Milan, IT
'Planned Causality' is the second of two patterns conceived by the leading NY designer Jonathan Wajskol for our current gallery exhibition. Here the artist pays homage to Japanese Mi...
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2010s Nepalese Minimalist Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Minimalist White/Black Tibetan Rug Designed by Jonathan Wajskol
Located in Milan, IT
'Rain' is one of two patterns conceived by the leading NY designer Jonathan Wajskol for our current gallery exhibition. Here the artist pays homage to Japanese Minimalism...
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2010s Nepalese Minimalist Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Pair of French Art Deco Rugs Designed by Jean Burkhalter for Pierre Chareau
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....
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
18th Century Imperial Ningxia Chinese Throne Back Cover with Lion Dog
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare Imperial Ningxia throne cover from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, distinguished by an exquisitely drawn lion dog, which is an auspic...
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Antique 1750s Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Prestige Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven during the Art Deco period, rugs of this type were commissioned by the nobility and the high ranking officers inhabiting the Tarim Basin in eastern Turkestan, which is the hear...
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Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with All-Over Pattern of Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an all-over pattern composed of large palmettes in light grey flanked by a network of ela...
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Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist White and Black Anatolian Kilim with Angora Wool
Located in Milan, IT
Woven by Kurdish people located in the eastern Anatolian village of Siirt, weft-faced plain weaves of this type employ silky, Angora goat hair using a technique which dates back to about 6000 BC, when the first textiles began to appear in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia. This fine, old example is constructed over three panels, each embellished by a sequence of narrow horizontal...
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Vintage 1940s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Antique French Charles X Savonnerie Rug with Botanical Design, Circa 1820
Located in Milan, IT
The prestigious Savonnerie rugs woven at Aubusson have always been synonymous of antique French textile art. These find their best expression in the age of Napoleon, the First Empire...
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Antique 1820s French Charles X Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with Large Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an oversized pattern composed of a large central palmettes flanked by a network of elabor...
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Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with Large Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an oversized pattern composed of a large central palmette flanked by a network of elabora...
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Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Vintage Burgundy Red Agra Rug with Scrolling Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely finely knotted Agra carpet, woven with the best quality soft wools in India in the mid 80's, commissioned at the time by the Kennedy Carpets gallery of London. This repr...
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Vintage 1980s Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist Graphic Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A highly graphic vintage tribal rug, distinguished by red field embellished by a blue central device with a zig-zag profile. Rugs of this type are repr...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Oushak Rug with Large Scale All-Over Design
Located in Milan, IT
A refined and elegant oversize Oushak carpet, distinguished by a large scale, all-over pattern consisting of parallel and offset rows of four-p...
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Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Tibetan Khaden Rug with Black Stepped Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and elegant Tibetan rug in the khaden format distinguished by a snow white background decorated by an infinite repeat of parallel and offset rows of black stepped diamonds...
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Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Large Antique White Japanese Cotton Nabesima Dantsu Rug with Ningxia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Carpet weaving was introduced in Japan during the 17th century, when rugs began to be imported as luxury goods from China. Since Taisho period in the early 20th century, rugs were commonly referred to as 'Dantsu', deriving from the Chinese word...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Fine Antique Blue Peking Imperial Dragon Carpet, Circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A central, five-clawed dragon (the symbol of both the forces of nature and the Chinese emperor), is surrounded by four other dragons, all floating on an indigo blue background. At bo...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Striped Cotton Dhurrie in Teal Green and Light Blue
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...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Silk Kashgar Throne Cover Rug Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
This very rare fragment belongs to a specific group of twelve silk Kashgar throne covers, all with a similar design and palette and distinguished by an ex...
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Antique Early 18th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
Materials
Silk
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in White, Taupe and Light Grey
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Rare Antique Aubergine Purple Small Monastic Tibetan Sitting Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tibetan rugs woven with thick squarish knots in brilliant colours are considered among the earliest, and are often referred to in Tibet as Gyantse. Here we see a centralised light bl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Contemporary Taupe/Champagne Coloured Geometric Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning wool kilim handwoven in a small village workshop by the same people who have been weaving them for centuries, on nearly identical narrow vertical looms. The technique is a...
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2010s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Contemporary Teal Blue Oversized Geometric Kilim Rug 11 x 15 feet
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning wool kilim, hand-woven with the same technique of antique tribal flat-weaves, distinguished by a careful miscellany of hand-spun wool threads in teal blue, ivory and bronz...
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2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in Teal Green and Aqua Blue
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this Kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Indian Square Cotton Dhurrie with Geometric Border, Circa 1900
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 woven in various formats according to their function, which range from bed covers to prayer mats. Most were produced in the northern region of Rajasthan, almost always in the local jails. These were often commissioned for specific areas of the Maharaja's palaces.
This very unusual example has a perfectly square format, and was probably commissioned for a specific place of a palace. It's signed by the weaver (N.N. Shah) and it's distinguished for its unique cranberry red open field framed by a stunning geometric border with a pattern reminiscent of antique African textiles.
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Geometric Design Tribal Rug in Camel Hair and Mocha Neutral Colours
Located in Milan, IT
A truly elegant Kurdish Anatolian tribal rug from eastern Turkey distinguished by the use of natural, undyed camel hair for the background. It's sparsely decorated by a sequence of five conjoined diamond medallions with stepped outlines in tones of chocolate brown and ivory. The combination of a restrained palette and a minimalist design results in a very refined weaving of clear Modernist flavour, which can be easily placed in a contemporary design room setting. A real masterpiece of antique tribal...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in White, Silver Grey and Anthracite
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Distressed Soft Coloured Botanical Design Decorative Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined room size carpet distinguished by a very soft palette and by an 'Old World' distressed condition, which imparts a certain understated elegance and a feeling as if th...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish 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, especially because of its traditional kelleh format, in which the length is almost exactly twice of the width of the rug.. These soon became synonymous of great understated elegance and are still coveted for its 'Old World' feeling. The minute repeat...
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Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Tabriz Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Mint Condition Belgian Art Deco Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
Very finely woven with high quality wool, this early Belgian Art Deco rug comes with an unknown monogram (please see the detail images of the front an...
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Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Caucasian Floral Qarabagh Rug in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
The floral ornamentation typical of French and English carpets of the 18th-19th century has influenced specific oriental carpet families. In the Caucasus this style became extremely ...
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Vintage 1930s Russian Bessarabian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
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Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Minimalist Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
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Vintage 1930s Indian Minimalist Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Art Deco Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
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Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Rare Antique Needlework Rug with Polylobed Medallion and Confronting Leopards
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent blue ground early Arraiolos needlepoint displays a polylobed central medallion clearly inspired by the so called ‘Star Variant’ 15th/16th Century Ushak rugs, being p...
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Antique 16th Century Portuguese Moorish Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Crimson Silk Kayseri Rug with Vaq-Vaq Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A highly unusual Kayseri silk rug, distinguished by the so-called vaq-vaq pattern on a crimson red background, exquisitely rendered in the original Mu...
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Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Agra Turkish Rugs
Materials
Silk
Mid-Century Modern Beni Ouarain 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. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
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Vintage 1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
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Vintage 1930s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
