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Item Ships From: Italy
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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 ...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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...
Category
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
Cotton, Wool
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...
Category
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
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
