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Vintage Ivory/Black Geometric Design Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by an abstract rendition of the honeycomb diamond pattern, this charming tribal rug has a very sturdy construction and is ideal for any high traffic area. The ivory/bla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early and Rare Abstract Rehamna Berber Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Rehamna derive from the Haouz, a landscape of hills and plains situated between the Middle Atlas and the Atlantic ocean mostly inhabited by Arabic groups and arabi...
Category
Vintage 1920s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Superlative Vintage Beni Mguild Berber Carpet
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 1940s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early and Rare Abstract Rehamna Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The carpets of the Rehamna derive from the so called 'Haouz,' a landscape of hills and plains situated between the Middle Atlas and the Atlantic Ocean mostly inhabited by Arabic grou...
Category
Vintage 1920s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Double Sided Vintage Moroccan Berber Open Field Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Middle Atlas Berber rug from the Zemmour region, distinguished by the fact that it has pile on both sides- red in different gradations on the displayed side and orange in many...
Category
Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Unusual Empty Ivory Field Vintage 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 1970s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Midcentury Moroccan Berber Saddle Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven saddle rug from the Ait Ouaouzguite Berber tribe, located in the Jebel Siroua area in southern Morocco, distinguished by an abstract che...
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Prestige Rug with Flowering Antique Chinese Vases
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 heartland of the oasis of Khotan, Yarkand and Kashgar. The rugs of these oases have a long standing tradition, and have been collected and cherished in the West with the traditional, old-fashioned term of Samarkand.
Here we see a pattern depicting antique Chinese flowering...
Category
Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Art Deco Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Grey Background Art Deco Period Samarkand Rug with Pomegranates
Located in Milan, IT
The great fascination of the carpets from eastern Turkestan, better known as Samarkands, is best explained in terms of the perfect balance between the force of the geometric design a...
Category
Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Rug with Mandala Roundels
Located in Milan, IT
The allure of the carpets from eastern Turkestan, better known as Samarkands, is best exemplified in the perfect balance between the force of the geometric design and the graceful el...
Category
Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Khotan Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Moroccan Boucherouite Berber Prayer 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
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
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
Early, Rare and Unusual Geometric Design 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 1930s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
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
$5,762 / item
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
A very unusual Finnish Rya, typically rendered with a long shaggy pile, yet distinguished by the fact that it is knotted by hand instead of being machine m...
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
Eva Nemeth (1930-2019) was the principal designer of the Csaba Weaving Workshop in the 60s and 70s. She was the recipient of many textile design awards, and...
Category
Vintage 1970s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
