The Apartment Turkish Rugs

Rug Number 27164 Size 6' 5" X 7' 0" Design Tulu Collection Atlas Material Wool Texture Shag Origin Turkey Age Antique/Vintage

A wonderful and bold early 20th century Anatolian Turkish runner with four large diamond medallions, each woven with a geometric pattern with alternating colored stripes and set agai...

A charming vintage Turkish Tulu rug with long haired mohair pile that is soft to the touch. This lustrous and silky piece has an embossed lattice pattern t...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 8' 1" Turkish Rugs & Carpets: Until the Great Persian Carpet Revival in the later 19th century, the “Oriental rug” was Turkish. For nearly six centuries, Turkish rugs, both scatter, room size, and even larger, thoroughly dominated the European import market. Whereas the Persian carpet can be divided into urban, village, and tribal types, in Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire, rugs almost exclusively came from village weavers and from a small number of urban workshops. Ninety percent village, nine percent city, one percent tribal. Turkish weavers have, with very few exceptions, always worked with the symmetric (Turkish) knot. Wool foundations are standard practice among both town and village weavers. The exceptions, very finely woven 20th century and recent Herekeh silks from near Istanbul, and early 17th century Ottoman Court rugs from Bursa, constitute only a tiny part of the total. Always pricey, they appealed and still appeal to the clients who want lots of knots and perfect execution instead of individual personality. The urban workshops have been centered around the western Turkish city of Oushak and its attendant port town of Smyrna. Oushak weaves with the trends in fashion. When color saturated medallion carpets were needed, Oushak was ready in the 17th and 18th centuries. When coarse red and blue carpets...

Moroccan Beni Ouarain carpet, white lush organic natural wo, hand woven by women of the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Authentic Moroccan Beni Ouarain tribal rug from the Berber tribes of ...

Filikli ( Filik being the name of baby goat ) are probably the most basic rustic rugs from Anatolia of Turkey. These were the basic utilitarian rugs of daily life used as covers, mat...

A decorative one of a kind colorful mid 20th-century turkish runner featuring animals and humans Measures: 3' x 10'11''

Mid-20th century Beni Ourain Moroccan rug.

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...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian long runner handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 11" x 15' 5".

Tulu is the English pronunciation for the Turkish word, "tüylü" meaning hairy. It is pronounced “two-lou”. Tulu rugs are characteristically long-piled and woven with large knots. "Fi...

Mid-20th century Moroccan Beni Ourain rug Morocco, circa mid-20th century Handwoven.