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Vintage Tulu Rug in Fuchsia Pink and Emerald Green
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 Aubergine Purple Ground Minimalist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A prime example of woven minimalism, the wool flat-weave being composed of three joined panels, each containing a plethora of striations of eggplant purple in different tonalities. T...
Category
Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Minimalist Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Graphic Anatolian Kilim Rug with Teal Blue Flame Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning contemporary kilim from central Anatolia, woven in three panels using the best quality hand-spun wool and natural dyes. The design is inspired by the antique flat-weaves o...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Unique Antique Art Deco Cotton White/Lilac Chequerboard Dhurrie Rug
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Minimalist Graphic Anatolian Kilim Rug with Red and Green Flame Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning contemporary kilim from central Anatolia, woven in three panels using the best quality hand-spun wool and natural dyes. The design is inspired by the antique flat-weaves o...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Minimalist White/Black Tibetan Rug Designed by Jonathan Wajskol
Located in Milan, IT
'Planned Causality' is the second of two patterns conceived by the leading NY designer Jonathan Wajskol for our current gallery exhibition. Here the artist pays homage to Japanese Mi...
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2010s Nepalese Minimalist Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Minimalist White/Black Tibetan Rug Designed by Jonathan Wajskol
Located in Milan, IT
'Rain' is one of two patterns conceived by the leading NY designer Jonathan Wajskol for our current gallery exhibition. Here the artist pays homage to Japanese Minimalism...
Category
2010s Nepalese Minimalist Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Pair of French Art Deco Rugs Designed by Jean Burkhalter for Pierre Chareau
By Jean Burkhalter
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely rare Art Deco rug designed in 1925 by Jean Burkhalter and commissioned by Pierre Chareau for a seaside mansion on the island of Corsica....
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
18th Century Imperial Ningxia Chinese Throne Back Cover with Lion Dog
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare Imperial Ningxia throne cover from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, distinguished by an exquisitely drawn lion dog, which is an auspic...
Category
Antique 1750s Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Prestige Rug
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 hear...
Category
Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with All-Over Pattern of Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an all-over pattern composed of large palmettes in light grey flanked by a network of ela...
Category
Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist White and Black Anatolian Kilim with Angora Wool
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, Angora goat hair using a technique which dates back to about 6000 BC, when the first textiles began to appear in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia. This fine, old example is constructed over three panels, each embellished by a sequence of narrow horizontal...
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Vintage 1940s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Angora
Antique French Charles X Savonnerie Rug with Botanical Design, Circa 1820
Located in Milan, IT
The prestigious Savonnerie rugs woven at Aubusson have always been synonymous of antique French textile art. These find their best expression in the age of Napoleon, the First Empire...
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Antique 1820s French Charles X Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with Large Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an oversized pattern composed of a large central palmettes flanked by a network of elabor...
Category
Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Light Blue Oushak Rug with Large Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined Oushak rug distinguished by a stunning aqua blue background, embellished by an oversized pattern composed of a large central palmette flanked by a network of elabora...
Category
Vintage 1980s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Vintage Burgundy Red Agra Rug with Scrolling Leafs and Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
An extremely finely knotted Agra carpet, woven with the best quality soft wools in India in the mid 80's, commissioned at the time by the Kennedy Carpets gallery of London. This repr...
Category
Vintage 1980s Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Minimalist Graphic Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A highly graphic vintage tribal rug, distinguished by red field embellished by a blue central device with a zig-zag profile. Rugs of this type are repr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Oushak Rug with Large Scale All-Over Design
Located in Milan, IT
A refined and elegant oversize Oushak carpet, distinguished by a large scale, all-over pattern consisting of parallel and offset rows of four-p...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Tibetan Khaden Rug with Black Stepped Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and elegant Tibetan rug in the khaden format distinguished by a snow white background decorated by an infinite repeat of parallel and offset rows of black stepped diamonds...
Category
Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Large Antique White Japanese Cotton Nabesima Dantsu Rug with Ningxia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Carpet weaving was introduced in Japan during the 17th century, when rugs began to be imported as luxury goods from China. Since Taisho period in the early 20th century, rugs were commonly referred to as 'Dantsu', deriving from the Chinese word...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Fine Antique Blue Peking Imperial Dragon Carpet, Circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A central, five-clawed dragon (the symbol of both the forces of nature and the Chinese emperor), is surrounded by four other dragons, all floating on an indigo blue background. At bo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Striped Cotton Dhurrie in Teal Green and Light Blue
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Silk Kashgar Throne Cover Rug Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
This very rare fragment belongs to a specific group of twelve silk Kashgar throne covers, all with a similar design and palette and distinguished by an ex...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
Materials
Silk
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in White, Taupe and Light Grey
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
Category
2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Silk
Rare Antique Aubergine Purple Small Monastic Tibetan Sitting Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tibetan rugs woven with thick squarish knots in brilliant colours are considered among the earliest, and are often referred to in Tibet as Gyantse. Here we see a centralised light bl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Contemporary Taupe/Champagne Coloured Geometric Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning wool kilim handwoven in a small village workshop by the same people who have been weaving them for centuries, on nearly identical narrow vertical looms. The technique is a...
Category
2010s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Contemporary Teal Blue Oversized Geometric Kilim Rug 11 x 15 feet
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning wool kilim, hand-woven with the same technique of antique tribal flat-weaves, distinguished by a careful miscellany of hand-spun wool threads in teal blue, ivory and bronz...
Category
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in Teal Green and Aqua Blue
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this Kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
Category
2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Indian Square Cotton Dhurrie with Geometric Border, Circa 1900
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 woven in various formats according to their function, which range from bed covers to prayer mats. Most were produced in the northern region of Rajasthan, almost always in the local jails. These were often commissioned for specific areas of the Maharaja's palaces.
This very unusual example has a perfectly square format, and was probably commissioned for a specific place of a palace. It's signed by the weaver (N.N. Shah) and it's distinguished for its unique cranberry red open field framed by a stunning geometric border with a pattern reminiscent of antique African textiles.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Geometric Design Tribal Rug in Camel Hair and Mocha Neutral Colours
Located in Milan, IT
A truly elegant Kurdish Anatolian tribal rug from eastern Turkey distinguished by the use of natural, undyed camel hair for the background. It's sparsely decorated by a sequence of five conjoined diamond medallions with stepped outlines in tones of chocolate brown and ivory. The combination of a restrained palette and a minimalist design results in a very refined weaving of clear Modernist flavour, which can be easily placed in a contemporary design room setting. A real masterpiece of antique tribal...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Modern Kilim Carpet in White, Silver Grey and Anthracite
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Mid-Century Modern Swedish carpets, this kilim is part of our contemporary collection of textured flat weaves where the material is employed in such a way as to create a ...
Category
2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Distressed Soft Coloured Botanical Design Decorative Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined room size carpet distinguished by a very soft palette and by an 'Old World' distressed condition, which imparts a certain understated elegance and a feeling as if th...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Caucasian Floral Qarabagh Rug in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
The floral ornamentation typical of French and English carpets of the 18th-19th century has influenced specific oriental carpet families. In the Caucasus this style became extremely ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Russian Bessarabian Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Minimalist Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Minimalist Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Antique Art Deco Indian Cotton Dhurrie Rug, circa 1930
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...
Category
Vintage 1930s Indian Art Deco Indian Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Rare Antique Needlework Rug with Polylobed Medallion and Confronting Leopards
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent blue ground early Arraiolos needlepoint displays a polylobed central medallion clearly inspired by the so called ‘Star Variant’ 15th/16th Century Ushak rugs, being p...
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Antique 16th Century Portuguese Moorish Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Crimson Silk Kayseri Rug with Vaq-Vaq Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A highly unusual Kayseri silk rug, distinguished by the so-called vaq-vaq pattern on a crimson red background, exquisitely rendered in the original Mu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Agra Turkish Rugs
Materials
Silk
Mid-Century Modern 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 Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Exquisite Red Ground 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 1930s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Light Yellow Chinese Art Deco Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by an unusual all-over grid pattern on a soft lemon yellow background, this carpet is an example of the eclecticism of Chinese weavings in ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Indian Ivory Agra Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A refined ivory background Agra carpet of rare format, this beautiful weaving is decorated by an allover pattern of flowers and palmettes and framed by a dark brown stylised vinery border. The quintessential elegance of these Indian weavings has always placed them at the pinnacle of the decorative carpet market, being ideally suited to sophisticated antique interiors.
Published: Alberto Levi Gallery...
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Antique 1880s Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Mid-Century Modern Monochrome Indigo Blue Moroccan Berber Beni Mguild Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The rugs of the Beni Mguild tribe, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas Mountains, are often distinguished by the rich tone of their monochromatic rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Outstanding Mid-Century Modern Moroccan Berber Monochrome Red Beni Mguild 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
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Abstract Modernist Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A graphic Kurdish flat-weave characterized by a central cluster of horizontal stripes similar to paint brushstrokes across a rich red open field background. The abstract modernity of...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Kilim Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Tribal Kilim Rug with Polychrome Vertical 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. The resulting visual effect is highly abstract and reminiscent more of Western contemporary art...
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Minimalist Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique All-Over Pattern Botanical Design Tabriz Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An antique fine Tabriz rug distinguished by a light rose background embellished by a botanical all-over pattern, framed by a wide white ground border. Rugs of this type were woven in...
Category
Early 20th Century Azerbaijani Tabriz Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Abstract Design Kurdish Tulu Tribal Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A quite unusual old Kurdish Tulu from eastern Anatolia characterised by an abstract pattern derived from a miscellany of various colors, resulting in a very modernist composition. A ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Mocha Brown Square Kurdish Tulu with Terracotta Diamonds, Circa 1910
Located in Milan, IT
Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as these were intended as bedding rugs for the tent. The patterns are...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Allover Design Celadon Green Oushak Rug with Blush Pink Border
Located in Milan, IT
Antique Oushak carpets are heirs of a very long standing tradition. As rugs of this type were woven in western Anatolia since the Golden Age of the Ottoman empire in the 16th century...
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Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kurdish Tulu with Dotted Polychrome Background
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. The patterns are quite simple, ranging from completely open fields to stacked niches, with basic geometric patterns such as the one here representing some interesting variants. Here the field is embellished by an infinite repeat dotted pattern, which gains momentum by virtue of the irregular colour variations of the background, creating a syncopated and colourful stripe...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Museum Quality Antique Chinese Pillar Rug with Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual long and narrow pillar rug, decorated by large lotus flowers with tracery in a manner reminiscent of Ming period weavings. It is very finely ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mint Antique Imperial Chinese Ningxia 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, ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Tibetan Khaden Monastic Rug with Longevity Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Finely hand knotted employing the best quality Tibetan highland wool, this exceptional khaden was commissioned as a sitting rug for a high ranked Tibetan Lama for monastic use. The u...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Kurdish Tulu with Polychrome Checkerboard Design
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. The patterns are typ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tulu Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Early Khotan Rug with Two Niches
Located in Milan, IT
I don’t know of any other East Turkestan rug with only two niches, displayed here in a sort of yin yang. The outstanding palette, consisting of three shades of red, blue and green, i...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
Materials
Wool
Early High Atlas Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The Berber rugs from the the High Atlas region are often distinguished by an iconography that relates them to more 'classical' tribal rugs, such as those of Anatolia and the Caucasus...
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Vintage 1930s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Judaica Moroccan Berber Carpet with Stars of David
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Berber carpet from the Rehamna area, located in the plains near Marrakesh, distinguished by an orange background decorated uniquely by two vertical arrangements of conjoined diamond placed at the extreme sides of the field. What is quite unusual is the presence of three stars of David embellishing the center of the field, indicating that the carpet was possibly woven for a Moroccan Jewish...
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Vintage 1950s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Zemmour Moroccan Berber Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare mixed technique Berber rug ascribed to the Zemmour people, located in the Moroccan Middle Atlas, originally used as a saddle cover - an item of great prestige among Berber tri...
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Vintage 1920s Moroccan Tribal Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
