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Modernist Textured Moroccan Style La Brea Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Our contemporary Moroccan collection reimagines the quintessential vintage Moroccan rug through bold, geometric forms and neutral colour palettes. Each a modern heirloom piece, we st...
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2010s Afghan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Scambio' Design Rug by Clara Bona Architects for Alberto Levi Gallery
By Clara Bona
Located in Milan, IT
The esteemed Milanese architect and journalist Clara Bona unfurled a breathtaking dance of colours in her enthralling journey into rug design, partnering with the Alberto Levi Galler...
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2010s Nepalese Mid-Century Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oversize Architectural Design Rajasthani Palace Dhurrie Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Throne Back Cover with Lion Dogs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Ningxia Chinese throne back cover of Imperial quality in pristine condition. A true gem distinguished by a plethora of shades of red, blue...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Scandinavian Style Silk and Wool Textural Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Ursula is one of our most popular carpets in the 'Textural Collection'. Hand-knotted using fine hand-spun silk for the silver-coloured raised pile and fine hand-spun wool for the dar...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern More Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Modernist Textured Moroccan Style Tarifa Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Our contemporary modern collection reimagines the quintessential Moroccan rug through bold, geometric forms and colour palettes. Each a modern heirloom piece, we strive for longevity...
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2010s Afghan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Black Background Bessarabian Ukranian Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The kilims known as ‘Bessarabian’ were woven in the Russian regions of Ukraine and Moldavia. Intended to satisfy the demands of the local aristocracy, who had developed a taste for c...
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Early 20th Century Ukrainian Bessarabian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Rare Early Antique Shirvan Akstafa Blue Caucasian Rug with Octagram Stars
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely fine and early Akstafa long rug, which is a specific type of Shirvan rug, distinguished by a sequence of star octagrams in alternating colours, set against a dark indigo...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Caucasian Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Moroccan Style Temara Rug in White and Blush Pink
Located in Milan, IT
Temara represents the pinnacle of contemporary Moroccan collection offered by the Alberto Levi Gallery. Here the warps are arranged in four alternating clusters of blue-grey and brow...
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2010s Indian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Angora
Fine Antique Burgundy Square Agra Rug with Mughal Shrub Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Agras have historically been regarded among the most refined and elegant carpets. Many were commissioned by the British nobility during the colonial period to adorn their cas...
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Soft Yellow and Salmon Pink Scatter Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely knotted antique scatter sized rug, woven in soft pastel shades, distinguished by a medallion and pendants design in light grey floating on a delicate yellow ground with acce...
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Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Sarouk Farahan Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mejjat Berber Flat-Woven Haik Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven haik from the Mejjat tribe, located in the most southern part of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region, close to the border with the Sahara desert. Distinguished for their bl...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Art Deco Chinese Rug with Cubist Border 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...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Oversized Jansen Textured Carpet by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Jansen is a unique example from our textured collections of contemporary rugs, expressing at its best the subtle balance between the warm tonalities of Moroccan Berber rugs and the i...
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2010s Afghan Scandinavian Modern Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Small Moroccan Berber Azilal Rug with Niche Design
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, Azilal r...
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1990s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mejjat Berber Flat-Woven Haik Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven haik from the Mejjat tribe, located in the most southern part of the Moroccan Anti Atlas region, close to the border with the Sahara desert. Distinguished for their bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Oversized Textured Charlotte Carpet by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Charlotte represents at its best the aim of our textured collections of contemporary rugs, in that it's perfectly in balance between the warm tonalities of Moroccan Berber rugs and t...
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2010s Afghan Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White Azilal Berber Rug with Abstract Geometric 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 ...
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Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Square 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 ...
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Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Outstanding Vintage Moroccan Berber Beni Ouarain Rug in White and Black
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the northeastern portion of the Middle Atlas mountains in Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber weav...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...
Materials
Wool
Modernist Textured Moroccan Style Madison Runner Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Madison is part of our contemporary modern collection reimagining the quintessential Moroccan rug through bold, geometric forms and colour palettes.
Beyond their visual appeal, Moro...
Category
2010s Afghan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Large 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 1940s Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Vintage Moroccan Berber Beni Ouarain Rug in White/Mocha and Rare Size
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...
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Vintage 1960s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Vintage Geometric Beni Ouarain Moroccan Berber White/Mocha Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain confederation is composed of seventeen tribes inhabiting the northeastern Middle Atlas mountains in Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber weavings in that the...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mauritanian Sahara Tuareg Leather and Reed Large 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 1940s Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Fine Antique Saharan Mauritanian Tuareg Reed and Leather 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
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Modernist Textured Moroccan Style Kuba Runner Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Kuba is part of our contemporary modern collection reimagining the quintessential Moroccan rug through bold, geometric forms and colour palettes.
Beyond their visual appeal, Morocca...
Category
2010s Afghan Showa Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Teal Green Botanical Design Lucca Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the magical palette of antique Tabriz carpets from the noble Hajijalili workshop, this finely knotted contemporary rug is one of the key examples of our contemporary coll...
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2010s Afghan Tabriz Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Abstract Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Rugs named after the town of Boujad were woven by Arab or Arabised Berber tribes, who are principally located on the southwestern foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains, in a region...
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Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Inspired Tuareg Blue Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Tuareg Blue represent perhaps one of the gallery's most significant contemporary Moroccan recreations. Hand-knotted with silky hand-spun Ghazni Afghan wool, it represents an irregula...
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2010s Afghan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Vintage Henna-Dyed Beni Ouarain Minimalist 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, in northern Morocco. Their rugs differ from othe...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Square Beni Ouarain White Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Beni Ouarain is a confederation of seventeen tribes inhabiting the high mountain region of the northeastern Middle Atlas, in northern Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Tulu Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Softly Coloured Contemporary Oushak Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with fine hand-spun Ghazni wool, this Oushak represents one of the gallery's most significant recreations of antique Oushak rugs of the late Ottoman era. We paid very close att...
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2010s Afghan Oushak Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Incastro' Design Carpet by Clara Bona for Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
The esteemed Milanese architect and journalist Clara Bona unfurled a breathtaking dance of colours in her enthralling journey into rug design, partnering with the Alberto Levi Galler...
Category
2010s Nepalese Other Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Vintage Beni Mguild Moroccan Berber Rug in Blue and White
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas mountains, are often distinguished by rich monochromatic tonalities, typically in shades of red or blue. These...
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Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage White 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 in Morocco. Their rugs differ from other Berber we...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tulu Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
'Equilibrio' Design Rug by Clara Bona for Alberto Levi Gallery
By Clara Bona
Located in Milan, IT
‘Equilibrio’ is a prime example of Clara Bona’s first rug collection ‘Relazioni’. In her first venture into rug design, renowned Milanese architect Clara Bona employs geometric shape...
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2010s Nepalese Other Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mauritanian Saharan Tuareg Reed Rug with Embroidered Leather
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
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Fine Antique Agra Rug with All-Over Shrub Pattern on a Maroon Background
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Agra rugs have historically been regarded among the most refined decorative carpets. They were commissioned by British nobility during the colonial period to adorn their cast...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Dripping Colour
Located in Milan, IT
Here, the surface is entirely covered by vertical and vaguely parallel black lines, which move organically across an orange-yellow background, just like drip painting on a canvas. Th...
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Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Ourika Miniature Berber Moroccan Rug with Abstract Squares
Located in Milan, IT
Located south of Marrakesh, along the northern slopes of the High Atlas Mountains, the Ourika valley is known primarily for its covers in undyed ivory and brown wool depicting a moon...
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Vintage 1970s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Rare Oversize Mauritanian Sahara 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
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Leather, Reed
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan White Miniature Rug with Black Directional Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Azilal rugs woven with natural, undyed ivory and brown/black wool constitute the most renowned body of weavings for this area. Their popularity is due perhaps to their aesthetic affi...
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Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Zindhek Berber Moroccan Rug Depicting a Village Scene
Located in Milan, IT
Zindheks represent the most basic utilitarian weaving of Morocco’s material culture. Woven with recycled and/or industrial fibres (more rarely with wool) by hooking the yarn through ...
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Early 2000s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug with Tagine Pot Design
Located in Milan, IT
This cute little Azilal rug shows a directional pattern culminating into what appears to be the pot used to cook tagine, which is a traditional Moroccan dish...
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Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Abstract Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Anthropomorphic Figure
Located in Milan, IT
Since the 13th century the Boujad region has been the epicentre of Moroccan Islamic mysticism, influencing greatly the Berber population of the area, who in turn embraced disciplines...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Abstract Boujad Moroccan Berber Rug with Vertical Brushstrokes
Located in Milan, IT
A group of narrow runners with bold patterns and frequent use of recycled and synthetic fabrics appears to originate from the western foothills. Another example of long rug, originat...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan Rug with Animal Pelt Pattern and Woven Charms
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven rug with an elegant, even surface depicting an arrangement of mixed ivory/brown undyed wool, with an effect similar to that of a zebra pelt. The background is emb...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Azilal Moroccan Berber Rug with a Green Monolith on an Orange Background
Located in Milan, IT
At the 9th International Conference on Oriental Rugs, which gloriously took place in Milan in 1999, Mustapha Hansali presented his research based on field trips to the Azilal region....
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Vintage 1980s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Extremely Fine Antique Silk and Wool Kilim with Anthropomorphic Figures
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely fine pillow case from the Gafsa region in central Tunisia, exquisitely woven in wool with silk details, decorated by geometric motifs arranged along horizontal compartments. The lower skirt boasts a stunning array of six female figures representing Berber women, the stars of our exhibition. The fact that they are depicted with hands on their hips - just like the elibelinde motif frequently seen on Anatolian kilims - speaks of the universal language at the basis of antique tribal textile...
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Early 20th Century Tunisian Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
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Wool, Silk
Vintage Azilal Berber Moroccan Miniature Rug with Parallel Interlocking Devices
Located in Milan, IT
Also belonging to the 'colored Azilal' subgroup is this sweet miniature rug, with its pattern of crenellated totemic devices, in which the weaver fully displays her ability to work o...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
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Wool, Cotton
Contemporary Art Deco Design Anatema Rug by Alberto Levi Gallery
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine rug woven in a geometric pattern in the ‘Cubist’ style characteristic of the carpets designed by Ivan Da Silva Bruhns for the most prestigious Art Deco interiors of the p...
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2010s French Art Deco Central Asian Rugs
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Wool, Silk
Fine Antique Caucasian Zeikhur Rug with Rare Teal Green Background
Located in Milan, IT
A fine and rare antique Caucasian Zeikhur rug, distinguished by a fairly unique teal green background onto which are layered two red large medallions with abstract zoomorphic element...
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Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Serapi Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Zakatala Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The group of weavings known as Zakatala has been been discovered only in recent times by the rug world. The fall of the Soviet Russia has meant an opening of frontiers which enabled ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
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Wool
Spectacular Manhattan Skyline Antique Tribal Tacheh Rug or Hanging
Located in Milan, IT
A truly spectacular and complete, opened tacheh weaving from the proto-Iranic Bakhtiari tribe. Tachehs are large saddlebags used for the storage and transport of wheat. These are alm...
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Vintage 1920s Azerbaijani Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Moroccan Berber Checkerboard Design Flat-Woven Rug in Earth Tones
Located in Milan, IT
A very elegant and refined Berber weaving, composed of an honeycomb arrangement of ivory, chocolate brown and black squares contained within horizontal compartments. The extreme fine...
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Vintage 1930s Moroccan Art Deco Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Orpheus Antique Art Deco Pastel Rug by Ashley Havinden for Wilton Royal Factory
By Ashley Havinden
Located in Milan, IT
Ashley Eldred Havinden (1903-1973) was an avant garde English painter and designer, trained at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London. A prolific advertising artistic director and later President of William S. Crawford Associates, he began designing carpets in 1932 encouraged by Duncan Miller, who exhibited them in his London gallery and dedicated to Havinden a solo show in 1937. He also designed carpets for Simpson's department store in 1934 and 1935, as well as Edinburgh Weavers (founded in 1928 by James Morton...
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Western European Rugs
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Wool
Pair of Antique French Art Deco Rugs in White and Brown Signed HG
Located in Milan, IT
A rare, stunning identical pair of period antique French Art Deco rugs, decorated at both ends by abstract diagonal motifs in two tones of brown against an ivory background. Both are embellished on the lower right corner by the artist's monogram (HG), which we haven't identified. Rugs of this type were commissioned during the Art Deco era to architects/designers, and were often part of an elaborate interior decoration project.
It's quite a unique chance in the world of rugs to be able to source an intact pair of such weavings. The natural earth tones of these examples offer a great opportunity to own a pair of Art...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Minimalist Uzbek Julkhyr Rug with Vertical Stripes in Brick Red and Blue
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning Uzbek julkhyr rug woven in three joined panels, composed of vertical stripes in indigo blue and madder brick red. The ancient modernity of tribal weavings such as this pie...
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Early 20th Century Uzbek Minimalist Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Khaden Rug with Lotus Flowers and Cloud Bands
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Tibetan meditation rug with a lacquer red background, embellished in black and showing two bracketed roundels each containing a stylisat...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
