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Shepherd's Tulu Hand Knotted Wool Rug Coat
Located in Milan, IT
An original Anatolian Tulu pile rug hand knotted with natural, undyed wool and tailored into a coat. This was used by the shepherds inhabiting the area of Karapinar, in central Anato...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Tulu with Chequerboard Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
The 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 Kar...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist Anatolian Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a squarish format typical of yatak (bedding) rugs, this Tulu has a soft creamy yellow background randomly punctuated by small dots and by a larger one indicating the...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Geometric Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The 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 Kar...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdellah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Early and Unusual Loop-Pile 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. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
Category
Vintage 1920s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Small 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 1960s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Early Beni Ouarain Moroccan Berber Masterweave 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 Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Cover with Graffiti Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Garnet Tone on Tone Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A unique Art Deco carpet distinguished by a sparse and subtle floral tone-on-tone pattern in shades of garnet and amaranth. Rugs of this type were commissioned by Nichols & Co. in Ti...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Scarf
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil of an unusual format, sparsely embellished with touches of embroidery, used as a head cover in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people...
Category
Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Moroccan Berber Henna-Dyed Woman's Ceremonial Head Cover
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven wool veil used as a head scarf in the wedding ceremony among the Ait Abdallah Berber people of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas region. The pattern is obtained with the re...
Category
Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Berber Miniature Prayer Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Moroccan rug woven in the hooked technique using recycled industrial fibres on a plastic foundation. The directional character of the abstract pattern, which seem ...
Category
2010s Moroccan Islamic Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Pair of Moroccan Middle Atlas Berber Tent Bands, circa 1950
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine and rare pair of festive bands used to embellish the main gable in the middle of the tent of the Zayan Berber tribe (see the additional images), located in the western se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Iconic Antique Ivory Beni Ouarain Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Ouarain tribal confederacy differ from other Berber weavings in that they are woven almost exclusively on an ivory background and decorated with abstract geometr...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Wangden Rug with Red Open Field
Located in Milan, IT
A fairly unique example of monochrome Wangden rug, the latter being distinguished by the characteristic warp-face back. Typical for the group is the use of lanolin-rich wool which im...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Quadrato Magico Cashmere Wool Chain Stitch Rug Designed by Barbara Frua
By Barbara Frua De Angeli
Located in Milan, IT
Barbara Frua De Angeli is a leading Milanese interior decorator and famed designer. Her work pays homage to Milan's decorative arts tradition in an eclectic fashion, often at crossroads between art and design. She is considered by many as the natural descendant of Gio Ponti, who was also a friend of her family.
For this year's Milan Design Week, Barbara Frua has created a collection of rugs for the Alberto Levi Gallery...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Elegant 18th Century Antique Yarkand Samarkand Distressed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and early Yarkand large format rug, distinguished by an infinite repeat pattern of the so-called 'five-flower herati' motif on a soft red back...
Category
Antique 1780s Turkestan Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Antique Geometric Ivory Mongolian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Today Mongolian carpets are highly appreciated for the geometric character of their design and for their neutral palette, which is often centred on an ivory/dark colour combination. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Mongolian Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Dramatic Vintage Moroccan Boujad Berber Rug with Stacked Niches
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, characterized by a bold, brushwork-like pattern of stacked ...
Category
1990s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Synthetic
Antique Room Size Scandinavian Art Deco/Bauhaus Rug by Laila Karttunen
By Laila Karttunen
Located in Milan, IT
Laila Maria Karttunen (1895-1981) was a leading Finnish textile artist. After graduating from the Turku School of Art and Design, she initially taught at the Wetterhoff weaving schoo...
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Scandinavian Art Deco/Bauhaus Rug by Laila Karttunen
By Laila Karttunen
Located in Milan, IT
Laila Maria Karttunen (1895-1981) was a leading Finnish textile artist. After graduating from the Turku School of Art and Design, she initially taught at the Wetterhoff weaving schoo...
Category
Vintage 1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage High Atlas Berber Moroccan Rug with Ivory/Black Chequerboard Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven old Berber rug from the Zenaga region, located in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, distinguished by a crisp chequerboard design in pure ivory and black. Influ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Fish Design Ivory Modernist Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unique modernist oriental rug, distinguished by an ivory open field partially embellished by groups of three stylized fish in a rich burgundy red. The arrangement of these...
Category
Vintage 1940s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Textural Hemp Open Field Minimalist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An outstanding modern composition inspired by Minimalist nomadic textile art, this flat-weave is woven entirely in natural hemp in its undyed white color. According to an age-old tra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Hemp
Quadrato Magico Cashmere Wool Chain Stitch Rug Designed by Barbara Frua
By Barbara Frua De Angeli
Located in Milan, IT
Barbara Frua De Angeli is a leading Milanese interior decorator and famed designer. Her work pays homage to Milan's decorative arts tradition in an eclectic fashion, often at crossro...
Category
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Iconic Antique Ivory 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. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in t...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Uzbek Geometric Julkhyr Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Julkhyrs are the long-piled rugs of the Uzbeks of central Asia and are representative of an ancient weaving tradition, when carpets were woven by the people living in the freezing hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Uzbek Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A graphic tribal Kilim composed of two joined panels each containing an array of polychrome vertical stripes in a variety of natural colors. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern, the central compartment being a twice as wide open field. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the individual colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a highly saturated saffron yellow and a clear coral red, are indicative of an early vintage. The piece is in pristine condition. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A graphic tribal kilim composed of two joined panels each containing an array of polychrome vertical stripes in a variety of natural colours. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the individual colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a wonderful indigo blue and a clear coral red, are indicative of an early vintage. The piece is in pristine condition. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Ivory and Light Blue Berber Style Scandinavian Geometric Design Oversize Rug
Located in Milan, IT
This exceptional contemporary carpet represents perfectly the direction I have been aiming at during the last few years, that is to design a collection of rugs which would embody the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Afghan Organic Modern Moroccan and North A...
Materials
Wool
Vintage Anatolian Minimalist Prayer Kilim
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 goat hair using a technique which dates back to about 600...
Category
Vintage 1940s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Pair of Modernist Chequerboard Design Rugs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and highly unusual pair of Modernist Indian rugs characterized by a chequerboard design background in red and rose onto which is laid an all-over repeat pattern composed of a ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist Modernist Design Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very charming example of Indian Modernism during the late colonial period. One can see a close similarity in style with Minimalist attitudes of the French 'neo-classiques' such as ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Indian Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Light Yellow French Art Nouveau Rug with Roses
Located in Milan, IT
A truly elegant French Art Nouveau rug, characterized by a light yellow background filled with roses arranged on long stems which branch out to...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Azilal Abstract Berber Moroccan Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Azilal weavings are certainly among the most abstract Berber rugs. This example depicts a pair of stylized trees flanking a central dark element - ...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Nichols & Co.
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
Vintage Minimalist Niche Design Grey Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant and graphic old Berber rug from the Moroccan Middle Atlas distinguished by a subtle grey striated background of natural undyed wool, which is in stark contrast with a dark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Moroccan Modernist Textural Ivory Cotton Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Custom woven in Tangiers in the late 1970s for the Rue De Grenelle Parisian apartment of someone very close to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, the rug is distinguished by an infinite repeat pattern of diamonds, which are knotted in raised pile just like the border. The rug's unique, sturdy texture is also augmented by the fact that it is woven entirely in cotton. Wonderfully tactile and subtle, it speaks the language of Paris chic.
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique French Art Deco Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and authentic French Art Deco carpet distinguished by a very sparse pattern composed of monochromatic frames running along only two sides. The asymmetric composition is typica...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Art Deco French Aubusson by D.I.M.
By D.I.M. Decoration Intérieure Moderne
Located in Milan, IT
The quest for innovation that characterized the early years of the Art Deco period can be seen in much of the textile art of that era. D.I.M. (Décoration Intérieure Moderne...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Museum Quality Wiener Werkstatte Wool Rug by Philipp Haas & Söhne, 1910s
By Philipp Haas & Shone
Located in Milan, IT
Designed in a quintessential Viennese secessionist style, this modernist carpet was woven at the Ebergassing workshop (near Vienna) of the famous Philipp Haas & Sohne company, which ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
1930s Art Deco Chinese Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
This rare and unusual carpet, which is perhaps more reminiscent of a contemporary painting than a weaving, is decorated with a 'salt and pepper' effect through the miscellany of red ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Scandinavian Rya Painterly Abstract Wool Rug, circa 1950
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual Finnish Rya, distinguished by the fact that it is knotted by hand instead of being machine made. The weaver employed all her skills in mixing di...
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Polychrome Filikli Angora Wool Anatolian Runner Rug Designed by Pini Leibovich
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning filikli rug in a narrow runner format, hand knotted in central Anatolia using hand spun, naturally dyed Angora wool in various shades of red, pink, yellow and ivory, and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Stunning French Art Deco Light Green Floral Rug 1930's
Located in Milan, IT
The floral spray of roses arranged around an oval open field is a style that is frequently encountered in the work of many French Art Deco artists, from Edouard Benedictus to Paul Po...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Garden Design Rug Monogrammed Eva Nemeth, 1970's
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by an abstract rendition of the Garden pattern often encountered on oriental weavings, this rug was woven in France in the early 70's, designed by the Hungarian rug and tapestry artist Eva...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Pair of Ivory French Mid-Century Modern Wool Rugs
Located in Milan, IT
This pair of rugs is characteristic of the French Mid-Century Modern style developed after World War II, which owes much to the past by virtue of its impeccable construction yet look...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Marguerite Rya Round Wool Rug by Verner Panton 1960s Design
By Verner Panton
Located in Milan, IT
Verner Panton (1926-1998) is regarded as of one of Denmark's most influential Mid-Century Modern furniture and interior designers. His psychedelic signature style can be seen in many...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Middle Atlas Moroccan Berber Purple Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Open field Berber carpets make up a distinct group of weavings, originating from various regions of the Moroccan Middle Atlas and characterized by a plethora of tones of red. The pre...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tribal Geometric Design Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning antique Kilim distinguished by parallel and offset rows of concentric, polychrome diamonds laid over a light blue background. Kilims of this type, exhibiting a full range ...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Baby Cradle Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A charming tribal weaving with a flat-woven red background and a pattern composed of polychrome concentric circles knotted in pile, creating a relief effect. This was used within the tribe as a baby cradle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Tribal Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
Characterized by a polychrome background obtained through the miscellany of coloured wools, this charming tribal rug is further distinguished by an abstract looking ivory diamond ele...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Kashgar Rug with Mughal Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare small format, very finely knotted antique rug from the oasis of Kashgar, located in eastern Turkestan. Distinguished by a unique soft red background and by an all-over pattern consisting of a trellis containing a directional floral blossom motif characteristic of the Indian Mughal Dynasty...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug with Blue Lotus Flowers on a Blush Pink Field
Located in Milan, IT
This rare Ningxia rug features a blush pink background decorated by a directional pattern of large blue lotus flowers, symbols of long life, connected by a thin leafy vinery. The blu...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Brown and Ivory Salt and Pepper Rug with Large Maple Leaves
Located in Milan, IT
A highly unusual Indian Art Deco rug characterized by an all-over pattern consisting of large polychrome maple leafs carefully placed onto a salt and pepper brown...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A very graphic tribal Kilim composed of two joined panels each containing an array of polychrome vertical stripes of various widths. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern having a central stripe that is considerably wider than the others. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the individual colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a wonderful indigo blue and a clear coral red, are indicative of an early vintage. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Art Deco Minimalist Rug with Red Open Field and Blue Border
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Indian carpet woven in the Art Deco period distinguished by a burgundy red open field and framed by a simple monochrome blue border. Carpets of this type were some...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Green/Red Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A very graphic tribal Kilim composed of two joined panels each containing a sequence of green and red vertical stripes of various widths, each framed by a narrow ivory stripe. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern having a central stripe that is different and wider than the others. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the two colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a wonderful emerald green obtained from the indigo plant and a clear madder red, are indicative of an early vintage. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Jajim Flat-Woven Rug with Vertical Polychrome Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
A very graphic tribal Kilim composed of two joined panels each containing an array of polychrome vertical stripes of various widths. The result is a wool flat-weave with a mirror image pattern having a central stripe that is considerably wider than the others. What makes this example rather unique is the richness of the individual colors, obtained from natural dyes, as well the generous width of the vertical stripes. Furthermore, the quality of the individual dyes, which include a wonderful indigo blue and a clear coral red, are indicative of an early vintage. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
