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Vintage High Atlas Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Berber rug from the Zenaga region, located in the Moroccan High Atlas, distinguished by a light indigo blue background decorated by paralle...
Category
Vintage 1960s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
18th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug with Floral Medallion and Butterflies
Located in Milan, IT
Characterised by the delicate drawing which distinguishes the weavings of the short and noble Yongzheng period (1723-1735), it has a beautifully drawn...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Exquisite Ottoman Style Silk Embroidered Textile Hanging or Spread
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined embroidery embellished by an infinite repeat of stylised leafs and palmettes typical of 16th Century Ottoman Court workshops. It belongs to a group of weavings commissioned by a British interior designer and no longer in production. It is therefore a one off, displaying the art of Ottoman silk embroidery...
Category
Early 2000s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Art Deco Chinese Rug by Nichols & Co.
Located in Milan, IT
A blue ground rug with an ascending pattern of stylised clouds woven by Nichols & Co, a leading American company based in Tianjin known for its very sturdy and hardwearing rugs, usua...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Geometric Design Chinese Rug with Polychrome Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
There is a group of later Chinese carpets which are characterized by geometric, often abstract patterns that seem inspired by Western sensibilities. What is puzzling however is that most of these weavings have been sourced in recent years in China itself, where they have been used in households ever since they were made. Whatever its origin, the resulting pattern of coloured lozenges has an outstanding three dimensional quality, and can be compared to the most important objects of twentieth century design.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Cream Ground Modernist Rug with Oak Leafs
Located in Milan, IT
A highly unusual Modernist rug distinguished by a repeat pattern of realistically drawn, large oak leafs arranged on an ivory background. Finely knotted for this type, it is quite su...
Category
Vintage 1940s Indian Art Deco Indian 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...
Category
Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Tribal Geometric Design Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The naive character of this charming, diminutive tribal rug is exactly what distinguishes it from the plethora of commercial oriental rugs. The diamond design field is completely fil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Berber Miniature Prayer Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Moroccan rug woven in the hooked technique, employing wool together with recycled industrial fibres on a plastic foundation. Weaving of this type were apparently e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Islamic Moroccan and North Africa...
Materials
Wool, Cotton
18th Century Antique Alpujarra Spanish Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Alpujarra rugs were traditionally woven between the 15th and the 19th centuries in the villages of the Alpujarra district, located in southern Spain in the Granada region. These are ...
Category
Antique 1780s Spanish Moorish Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indigo Blue Geometric Ningxia Chinese Rug with Rosettes in Compartments
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Chinese rug decorated with an all-over pattern of eight-petalled rosettes, joined together to form a lattice in the negative of which is the longevity motif, that ...
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Signed French Art Deco Rug with Earth Tones
Located in Milan, IT
A rare antique French Art Deco rug, signed DTC, with a specular horizontal pattern composed of monochrome compartments beginning in ivory and ending in dark brown, with contours rang...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique French Cubist Art Deco Rug in Yellow, Tan and Dark Brown
Located in Milan, IT
A striking French Art Deco rug decorated by rectangular forms overlapping on various planes and creating a centralised motif of strong visual character. This type of pattern reflects the aesthetic ideals of Synthetic Cubism, the latter proving to be very influential in the development of the Art Deco design vocabulary, being adopted by leading carpet artists...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White and Black Beni Ouarain Berber Moroccan 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...
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Open Field Beni Mguild Monochrome Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, are often distinguished by the clear tones of their monochromatic rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White Ground Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare white ground rug from the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, showing a primitive rendition of the diamond pattern framed by one zig zag border ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Graphic Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A truly unusual Azilal rug, quite finely knotted in wool on a foundation of industrial cotton, with a pattern of vertical stripes in black, blue and red against an ivory background. ...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Vintage Light Pink Beni Mguild Open Field Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, are often distinguished by the clear tones of their monochromatic rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White Ground Eastern Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very interesting group of Berber weavings come from a tribe located close to the border with Algeria, in the eastern region of Morocco. The Ait Bou Ichaouen rugs from the settlemen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...
Materials
Wool
Rare Oversize Antique Bessarabian Kilim
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Bessarabian Kilims are very rarely found in large sizes, as most were woven in an almost standard 6 x 9 feet format. This stunning example maintains the wonderful palette and...
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Antique 1880s Ukrainian Rococo Revival Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Lacquer Red Chinese Art Deco Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
During the Art Deco period many designers commissioned their patterns to the city looms located in Tianjin through companies such as Nichols & Co. Some designs, such as this one, show a combination of European sensibility together with a Chinese influence, where we see Ming period vases framed by tone-on-tone floral elements on a rich lacquer red...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Ivory French Art Deco Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
An outstanding Art Deco carpet distinguished by an ivory background decorated by a large scale floral pattern drawn with intricate detail. Many Art Deco artists took patterns such as...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Light Yellow Samarkand Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of east Turkestan - called Khotan, Yarkand, Kashgar or more commonly Samarkand - have always represented the rarest and most coveted weavings both among interior designers a...
Category
Early 20th Century East Turkestani Khotan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Post Modern Moroccan Boucherouite Boujad Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven by using exclusively recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, Boucherouite Berber rugs represent a unique facet of Moroccan textile art...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Old and Unusual 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...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Colourful Abstract Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Azilal rug, with a long and narrow format emphasising the visual impact of the polychrome thunderbolt like pattern. The pile is entirely composed of industrial cotton,...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Large Vintage Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug with Abstract Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
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 often on an ivory background, they differ from the white ground Middle Atlas carpets...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African...
Materials
Wool
Stunning Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug in Rainbow Colours
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, are woven with lanolin-rich wool and constructed in a particularly sturdy fashion. Here we see a si...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Unusual Vintage White Ground Azilal Moroccan Berber Prayer Rug
Located in Milan, IT
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 often on an ivory background, they differ from the white ground Middle Atlas carpets...
Category
Vintage 1980s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Dramatic Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Outstanding Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Mguild tribe is located in the mountainous region of the Moroccan Middle Atlas. Together with the Beni Ouarain, they represent the earliest Berber presence in that region as...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Distressed 18th Century Antique Ningxia Chinese Narrow Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An exquisitely elegant early Temple runner from the Ningxia region in northwest China, commissioned in the early 18th century for a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. The pattern is compos...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Blue & White Mongolian Rug with Cloudbands and Longevity Symbols
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and beautiful antique northern Chinese rug, attributed to the Inner Mongolian region, distinguished by an ivory background decorated in two tones of indigo blue by a 'Shou' me...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Mongolian Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Nichols & Co.
By Nichols
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pi...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Ivory and Blue American Coverlet Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A fine antique North American reversible cotton coverlet, distinguished by a repeat pattern of overlapping roundels containing geometric motifs in medium-light blue on an ivory backg...
Category
Vintage 1930s American American Craftsman North and South American Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Rare Antique Blue Kansu Oversize Carpet with Mandala Roundel and Infinite Discs
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare and elegant oversized Kansu carpet, distinguished by a quincuncial pattern composed by a central Mandala roundel and four quartered elements in the corners, overlaid on a...
Category
Antique 1850s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Large Early Ivory Minimal Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and relatively early example of monochrome Tulu rug, distinguished by a completely open field embellished by almost calligraphic touches of natural brown wool. Tulus of this t...
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Spectacular Antique Sky Blue Indochine Rug with Cranes and Longevity Symbols
Located in Milan, IT
A specific cluster of northern Indian rugs are inspired by antique Chinese weavings, and are often referred to as Indochine. Here the light blue background hosts a very rich flora an...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Blue Peking Chinese Rug with Scrolling Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven antique Chinese rug woven in the Imperial workshops of Peking. Distinguished by an elegant pattern of scrolling lotus flowers on an indigo background, this type r...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Kansu Rug with Tiger Pelt Pattern and Confronting Dragons
Located in Milan, IT
This rug belongs to a small group of weavings recently defined as RKO because of their distinctive design, consisting of a sequence of bands with strokes and dashes that are reminiscent of the sonic sound waves present on the logo of the RKO motion picture company. The structural characteristics of this piece, together with the type of wool employed, indicate its origin to the district of Kansu, of which we know only fifteen examples. The field pattern is clearly a rendition of a tiger pelt...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Khotan Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual flat woven cover from the Khotan oasis in eastern Turkestan, distinguished by a honeycomb arrangement of octagons containing polychrome stepped lozenges with hooked extensions. We see similar patterns in the early pile rugs of this region, especially in conjunction with the stylised Greek...
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Antique 1830s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Saharan 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
Antique Ivory Indochine Rug with Stylised Pattern and Cartouche Border
Located in Milan, IT
A specific cluster of northern Indian rugs are inspired by antique Chinese weavings, and are often referred to as Indochine. Here wee see a very subtle palette on an ivory background...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Room Size Minimalist Tribal Quilted Double Face Kilim
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare and magnificent wool tribal flat-weave composed of two panels quilted together to create a double-face Kilim. The dark side is characterized by a monochrome, aubergine ba...
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Rug with Geometric Design
Located in Milan, IT
Here a series of golden yellow octagonal motifs, obtained from the stylisation of the dragon element, are arranged in an orderly manner against a rare lacquer red...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Anatolian Kurdish Rug with Rainbow Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A Kurdish tribal rug distinguished by a rainbow pattern of polychrome diagonals, framed by a simple border composed of small octagons. The soft lush pile is typical of the best quali...
Category
Vintage 1980s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Central Asian Oversized Silk Suzani Embroidered Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Silk on cotton embroideries such as this one were...
Category
Mid-20th Century Uzbek Suzani Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Antique White Ground Anatolian Tulu Prayer Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The overall composition of this niche design rug relates it to a group of white ground central Anatolian prayer rugs, mostly woven with more traditional motifs. The primitive nature of the drawing imparts here a cave-like appearance to the niche. The use of silky Angora mohair wool (filik in Turkish) is characteristic of the most precious Tulus.
Warp: wool, ivory Weft: wool, ivory, 3-6 shots between knotted rows
Knot: symmetrical, weaving direction adjacent to niche, no warp depression
Knot count: 4H x 3V = 12 knots/square inch
Selvages: three sets of paired warps Ends: weft-faced plain weave; top with corded fringes
Colours: ivory, maroon (corrosive), light green, red, grey blue, camel, orange (7)
This rug is featured in our current web exhibition entitled 'Like a Prayer...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Antique Red Ilme Tulu Niche Design Anatolian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The large hooked triangle that dominates the composition of this other Tulu acts as a directional motif delineating the prayer niche, which follows the direction of weaving. It could...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Antique Ivory Çeki Tulu Niche Design Anatolian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
This archaic looking niche design rug is distinguished by the extra weft loop pile technique, which is one of the earliest forms of weaving that preceded the creation of the pile rug...
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Antique Early 1900s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Colourful Azilal Vintage Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A truly psychedelic rendition of the checkerboard pattern, distinguished by dazzling colour combinations typical of a specific group of Azilal weavings from the Moroccan central High...
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Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Abstract Chequerboard Design Vintage Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual Berber rug decorated by an abstract chequerboard pattern in contrasting colours and by a pair of dome-shaped elements in the 'salt-and-pepper' technique. The pile is compo...
Category
Vintage 1960s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Abstract Chequerboard Design Moroccan Boucherouite Boujad Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven by using exclusively recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, Boucherouite Berber rugs represent a unique facet of Moroccan textile art...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Rare and Beautiful Vintage Minimalist Moroccan 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Khotan Rug with Moon Shaped Roundels
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of east Turkestan, called Khotan, Yarkand, Kashgar or more commonly Samarkand - have always represented the rarest and most coveted weavings both among interior designers an...
Category
Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Khotan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Art Deco American Hooked Rug Attributed to Ralph Pearson, Circa 1925
Located in Milan, IT
A finely worked American hooked rug distinguished by an explosive pattern of stunning beauty, reminiscent of the architectural details seen on Art Deco masterpieces such as the Chrysler Building in New York. Art Deco and Modernist patterns are very rarely encountered in this medium, as a very small artisanal production began during the Colonial Revival period. Ralph Pearson...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Colorful Abstract Boujad Berber Prayer Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Berber rug from the Boujad region, located on the foothills of the central High Atlas mountains of Morocco, characterised by two distinct directional patterns, suggest...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Post-Modern Moroccan Abstract Pointillist Boujad Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Berber rug from the Boujad region, located on the foothills of the central High Atlas mountains of Morocco, distinguished by an horizontally arranged pointillist patte...
Category
Early 2000s Moroccan Post-Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Geometric Turkish Tulu Rug in Mocha Colours, 1930's
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 1930s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Khotan Main Rug with Mandala and Moon Shaped Roundels
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of east Turkestan, called Khotan, Yarkand, Kashgar or more commonly Samarkand - have always represented the rarest and most coveted weavings both among interior designers an...
Category
Antique 1870s East Turkestani Khotan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
