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Rugs and Carpets For Sale
Creator: Ingegerd Silow
Creator: Barbro Lundberg Nilsson
Creator: Ege Rya
1950's Ingegerd Silow Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Earth-Tone Biophilic Design
Located in Dallas, TX
79035 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 04'07 x 06'08. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, titled "Orbyhus," features the signature ar...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Bohemian Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Örbyhus in Gul
Located in Dallas, TX
78507 Vintage Swedish Kilim Rollakan Rug by Ingegerd Silow, 02'08 x 08'05. With its Scandinavian Modern style, incredible detail and texture, this handwoven wool vintage Swedish roll...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Blue Wool Signed Swedish Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Drawing inspiration from the ocean, this vintage hand-woven Swedish rug, called the Snäckorna pattern, has strands of sea shells repeatadly strewn over a surface of varying blues. A ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Red Rya rug by Ege Taepper 1970s
By Ege Rya
Located in Palermo, IT
Questo tappeto è un ottimo esempio di interni Pop Art degli anni '70.
Made using the high-quality Danish Rya weaving technique by EGE Taeper in the 1960’s. Presenta un motivo psich...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery
Earth-Tone Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
78815 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'08. Ingegerd Silow, a prominent Swedish textile artist, significantly contributed to the traditional Scandinavian craft ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Extra Large Original Scandinavian High Pile Beige Rya Rug by Ege Taepper, 1960s
By Ege Tæpper, Ege Rya
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
High pile Rya rug
Decade:
1960s.
Producer:
Ege Rya de luxe Taepper, Denmark.
Material:
100% cotton.
This rug is a great example of 1960s pop art inte...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Doris Leslie Blau Midcentury Swedish Flat Woven Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Swedish red flat woven rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 6'3" × 9'10" (190 × 299 cm)
A masterful example of mid-century Scandinavian textile design, this vintage flat-woven rug ...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1950's Ingegerd Silow Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan
Located in Dallas, TX
79024 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'06 x 09'02. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, titled "Orbyhus," bears the distinct artist...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1950's Ingegerd Silow Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan
Located in Dallas, TX
79052 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'08. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug is a testament to the Scandinavian tradition of combining functiona...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Swedish flatweave carpet by Ingegerd Silow, 1960s
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Flatweave carpet designed by Ingegerd Silow in Sweden during the middle of the 20th century.
Signed with initials. 3
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 05'03 x 07'09
Located in Dallas, TX
79037 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'03 x 07'09. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage rollakan rug, designed by the celebrated Swedish textile artist Ingegerd Silow...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Swedish Mid-Century Rölakan Signed Handwoven Wool Carpet
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern vintage handmade Swedish carpet in wool featuring a geometric pattern. This greenish colored Scandinavian rug is made and signed by Swedens famous designer Inge...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 04'06 x 06'08
Located in Dallas, TX
78504 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 04'06 x 06'08.
Highlighting Scandinavian Modern style with incredible detail and texture, this hand...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Rya Blue and Green Shag Rug
By Ege Rya
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rya Rug in Blue and Green. Vibrant Colors still look great! Rug does not show much wear at all! Back side shows some discoloration. Canvas bindings still in place at each end.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB Swedish Rug by Barbro Nilsson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has a polychrome field of lapis, ivory, chardonnay, and artichoke graphic geometric star-motif, in a checkered polychrome border with similar whims...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1960's Ingegerd Silow Scandinavian Pink Swedish Röllakan
Located in Dallas, TX
78257 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Kilim Rollakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'07. Ingegerd Silow (1916-2005) emerges as a highly influential figure in midcentury Swedish carpet design, particu...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Bohemian Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Mid-Century rug by Swedish textile designer Ingegerd Silow. A blue base in the centre is surrounded by a geometric flower design in blue, green and pink with a brown border. ...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Yellow and ochre flat weave rug signed IS by Ingegerd Silow
Located in Uccle, BE
Hand-woven wool. Made in Sweden. Measures: 6'6 x 9'7. Date: 1960s. Mid-20th Century.
Missing a few. fringes otherwise in very good condition.
Ingegerd Silow (1916-2005) was an influe...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow, Carpet, Wool, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
An orange, brown and yellow-dyed flatweave wool carpet designed and produced by Ingegerd Silow, Sweden, c. 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström 'Salerno' Carpet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, carpet, model ‘Salerno’, wool on linen warp, Sweden, design 1948
Exceptional hand-woven, blue-toned carpet designed by the celebrated Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson in 1948. The Salerno rug was specially commissioned to honor a tragic incident. In 1947, a cargo plane crashed near Scala, a small town located north of the historic city of Salerno in Italy's Monti Latteri region. The aircraft carried twenty-five Swedish Air Force pilots, and despite the valiant efforts of Italian locals, only four of them managed to survive. The Swedish Government commissioned the MMF workshop to create a commemorative rug, which would be presented as a gift to the chapel of the hospital in Scala, where the survivors received medical care. This particular piece was woven from blue wool, accented by brown sections. Within the vertical pattern details of the rug, one can discern hints of brown, blue, and yellow. These elements symbolize small airplanes, while the triangular sections evoke Italy's mountains. The blue hues in the rug represent the sea. These motifs, coupled with the serene composition and subtle colors of the carpet, transform this national tragedy into something profoundly touching and beautiful.
As with all her designs, Nilsson wove her initials ‘B N’ and AB MMF (meaning AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström) at the edge of the carpet.
Barbro Nilsson (1889- 1983), née Lundberg, was a Swedish textile designer from Malmö, Sweden. In 1904 her family moved to Stockholm where her father, Carl T. Lundberg, was the manager of the department store ‘Nordiska Kompaniet’(NK). At the age of fourteen, Nilsson started her education in weaving and textile design at the Brunssons Vävskola that was founded by Johanna Brunsson in 1843. Nilsson continued her education at the ‘Tekniska Skolan’ (technical academy) in Stockholm where she enriched her skills in weaving even further. In 1928 she married to the sculptor Robert Nilsson...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 05'05 x 07'07
Located in Dallas, TX
79043 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'05 x 07'07. This stunning handwoven wool rollakan rug, designed by the renowned Swedish textile artist Ingegerd Silow, showcases...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish Kilim rug "Hardanger" by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish Kilim rug "Hardanger" by Ingegerd Silow from the 1970s. As typical for Ingegerd SIlow rugs this rug consists of a geometric designs in dominated by yellow, brown, ora...
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Signed Midcentury Handwoven Wool Swedish Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This handwoven Swedish rug has a shaded blue, taupe and purple-brown field with horizontal bands of polychrome small lozenges surrounding wide bands containing large serrated linked ...
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Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1950's Ingegerd Silow Scandinavian Grön Swedish Röllakan
Located in Dallas, TX
78252 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 04'06 x 06'08. Ingegerd Silow (1916-2005) emerges as a pivotal figure in midcentury Swedish carpet design, earning renown for her p...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
79026 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'04 x 07'08. This exquisite handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, bearing the initials "IS" in the lower corn...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Vintage Green Flat-weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Green Flat-weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 6'3" × 9'3" (190 × 281 cm)
A vintage, Swedish flat weave wool rug made by Ingegerd Silow with woven initials (IS) at a corner. It...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Rug or Wall Tapestry by Ege Rya, Denmark 1965
By Ege Rya
Located in Herentals, BE
High pile rug with a typical 1960s image in very vivid colors and original condition
The carpet is in very good condition, it has always been used as a tapestry and not as a rug.
It ...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-fjetterström "Solfläckar" Sunspots Tapestry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This tapestry-woven flat weave may be among the pinnacles of achievement for Barbo Nilsson at Märta Måås-Fjetterström. The colors are just as harmonious in 2022 as they were in 1955...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström 'Tånga' Carpet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, carpet, model ‘Tånga, W lätt grön och brun’, wool on linen warp, Sweden, design 1955
Exceptional hand-woven carpet designed by the celebrated Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson in 1955. Not only is this carpet beautifully designed, its size of 273 x 211 cm (107.5 x 83.1 in.) makes it even more impressive. Nilsson applied the gobeläng flatweave technique to make this specific carpet. This technique is introduced by the artist herself to the MMF studio in 1942, which allows for more liberated and expressive forms compared to the traditional flatweave techniques. In this process, a full-scale working drawing featuring the pattern contours is placed underneath the warp in the loom. The wefts are then meticulously handpicked and woven to follow the outlined shapes. For every design, Nilsson would make a drawing she would use as a guideline for the carpet’s pattern. Many of her carpets can be categorized into distinct groups based on their underlying motifs and the names associated with their creation. ‘Tånga’, means Seaweed in Swedish, and belongs to the “fish and sea” theme. As with all her designs, Nilsson wove her initials ‘B N’ and AB MMF (meaning AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström) at the edge of the carpet.
Barbro Nilsson (1889- 1983), née Lundberg, was a Swedish textile designer from Malmö, Sweden. In 1904 her family moved to Stockholm where her father, Carl T. Lundberg, was the manager of the department store ‘Nordiska Kompaniet’(NK). At the age of fourteen, Nilsson started her education in weaving and textile design at the Brunssons Vävskola that was founded by Johanna Brunsson in 1843. Nilsson continued her education at the ‘Tekniska Skolan’ (technical academy) in Stockholm where she enriched her skills in weaving even further. In 1928 she married to the sculptor Robert Nilsson...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Rollaken Kilim Green Rug
Located in New York, NY
This is a lovely handwoven Ingegerd Silow Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Rollaken Kilim measuring 4.6 x 5.7 ft. Signed IS.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat Weave Carpet, "FALURUTAN, MÖRK"
Located in New York, NY
Swedish flat weave, initialed: AB MMF BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)
Provenance: Zoégas Kaffe, Nestlé Sverige AB
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Large flat wave rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in Long Island City, NY
Flat wave rug designed by Ingegerd Silow . Circa 1950th.
Signed IS. Sweden. Hand woven wool. Dimensions: L 117″. W 74″ .
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Märta Måås-fjetterström “Schackrutig Brun” Brown Grid Carpet Signed Ab Mmf Bn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Barbro Nilsson, easily Sweden’s greatest colorist of the Twentieth Century, shows us here that she can do subtlety as well as statement. This example, with a small amount of contrast...
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20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Linen, Wool
Extra Large Original Scandinavian High Pile Rya Rug by Ege Taepper, 1970s
By Ege Tæpper, Ege Rya
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
xxl High pile Rya rug
Decade:
1970s
Producer:
EGE RYA de luxe Taepper, Denmark (see original label)
Material:
100% pure new wool pile
This ...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Mid-Century Modern Area Rug by Ege Rya
By Ege Rya
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wild shag rug with vibrant orange hues and 1960s abstract pattern. Unique mid-century modern style area rug adds bright color and vintage modern style to any interior.
(Please confi...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Fabric
Doris Leslie Blau Vintage Swedish Flat Weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish Flat Weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 6'5" × 8'10" (195 × 269 cm)
Color: Beige, Brown, Gold, Gray, Green, Yellow
This vintage Swedish flat-woven rug, designed by acc...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1950's Ingegerd Silow Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 05'05 x 07'09
Located in Dallas, TX
79056 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Rollakan Rug, 05'05 x 07'09. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish Scandinavian rollakan rug, titled "Torvalla," is an exquisite creat...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Bohemian Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Scandinavian Rollakan Rug Flat-Weave by Ingegerd Silow
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is a Scandinavian Rollakan Rug flat-woven by Ingegerd Silow woven circa 1950-1970 and it measures 239 X 166 cm. The design of this kilim...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Blommig Spaljé
Located in Dallas, TX
78499 Vintage Swedish Kilim Rollakan Rug, 05'04 x 07'07. Emanating Scandinavian Modern style with incredible detail and texture, this handwoven Swedish rollakan rug is a captivating ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rutmönster Blomsterträdgård
Located in Dallas, TX
78496 Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug by Ingegerd Silow, 05'06 x 07'08.
Emanating Scandinavian Modern style with incredible detail and texture, this handwoven Swedish rollakan rug is a...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'08
Located in Dallas, TX
79053 Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 05'06 x 07'08. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug, titled "Bark" and designed by Ingegerd Silow, is a stunning exampl...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Swedish Flat-Weave Wood Carpet Signed by Ingegerd Silow
Located in Paris, FR
Ingegerd Silow (1916-2005) was one of the most prolific and influential Swedish carpet designers of the midcentury.
She was part of a second generation of twentieth century Swedish textile designers. As with her other Swedish design-world contemporaries, she would have been made acutely aware of her predecessors while she trained at the Konstfack, Stockholm’s famous art and craft school. Her training in folk craft is evident in her carpets, which are of the highest quality in terms of their impeccable materials and weaving techniques. Furthermore, her works radiate the warm minimalism...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wood
Vintage Handwoven Ingegerd Silow Wool Swedish Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has an overall weathered brown field with horizontal rows of stylized graphic lozenges, interrupted by charcoal panels and golden accents, in a sha...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Flatweave carpet by Ingegerd Silow, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Mid-20th century Swedish flatweave carpet designed by Ingegerd Silow.
Southwestern-styled pattern. Made in wool with beautiful green c...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Swedish Flat Woven Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Doris Leslie Blau Swedish Flat Woven Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Circa: 1952
Size: 4'6" × 6'8" (137 × 203 cm)
Age: Vintage
Color: Beige, Gray, Pink
Origin: Sweden
This exceptional mid-cent...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ege Tæpper Sun Burst Rug, Ege Rya, Late 1960s-Early, 1970s
By Ege Rya
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ege Tæpper Sun Burst Rug,
Ege Rya,
Late 1960s-early 1970s
The Ege Tæpper wool rug is a wonderful example of this iconic Scandinavian Modern Rug...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Ingegerd Silow Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Röllakan Rug, 05'01 x 08'02
Located in Dallas, TX
77034 Vintage Swedish Kilim Rollakan Rug by Ingegerd Silow, 05'01 x 08'02. With its Scandinavian Modern style, incredible detail and texture, this handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
8x10 Vintage Scandinavian Ege Rya Shag Wool Area Rug
By Ege Rya
Located in Las Vegas, NV
EXACT DIMENSIONS TO BE CONFIRMED rug is approximately 8x10
You are looking at a Classic example of a Scandinavian Rya rug. Purchased from the original owner who purchased it from Bu...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Marta Maas-fjetterström Ab Swedish Rug by Barbro Nilsson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Swedish flat-weave has an overall field of blue, grey and beige striae with alternating rows of waving diagonal lozenges, in an unusual playful striped bor...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Vintage Swedish Flat Woven Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish Flat Woven Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 4'5" × 6'3" (134 × 190 cm)
This charming Swedish flat weave rug, designed by renowned textile artist Ingegerd Silow, embodies t...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
60's EGE RYA VANGUARD Clown Cream Wool UNUSED Mid Century Danish Rya Rug Modern
By Ege Rya
Located in Los Angeles, US
From a crazy collection that was kept in storage for decades!
All new UNUSED vintage 60's/70's Rugs!
EGE RYA Vanguard Clown Cream Orange Blue Danish Rug
Creator: EGE RYA
100% Auth...
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1960s Danish Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström 'Snäckorna' Carpet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Barbro Nilsson for AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, carpet, model ‘Snäckorna’, wool on linen warp, Sweden, design 1943, production afterwards
Exceptional hand-woven carpet designed by the celebrated Swedish textile designer Barbro Nilsson in 1943. Not only is this carpet beautifully designed, its size of 296 x 200 cm (116.54 x 78.74 inches) makes it even more impressive. Nilsson applied the gobeläng flatweave technique to make this specific carpet. This technique is introduced by the artist herself to the MMF studio in 1942, which allows for more liberated and expressive forms compared to the traditional flatweave techniques. In this process, a full-scale working drawing featuring the pattern contours is placed underneath the warp in the loom. The wefts are then meticulously handpicked and woven to follow the outlined shapes. For every design, Nilsson would make a drawing she would use as a guideline for the carpet’s pattern. Many of her carpets can be categorized into distinct groups based on their underlying motifs and the names associated with their creation. ‘Snäckorna’, means snails in Swedish, and belongs to the “fish and sea” theme. As with all her designs, Nilsson wove her initials ‘B N’ and AB MMF (meaning AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström) at the edge of the carpet.
Barbro Nilsson (1889- 1983), née Lundberg, was a Swedish textile designer from Malmö, Sweden. In 1904 her family moved to Stockholm where her father, Carl T. Lundberg, was the manager of the department store ‘Nordiska Kompaniet’(NK). At the age of fourteen, Nilsson started her education in weaving and textile design at the Brunssons Vävskola that was founded by Johanna Brunsson in 1843. Nilsson continued her education at the ‘Tekniska Skolan’ (technical academy) in Stockholm where she enriched her skills in weaving even further. In 1928 she married to the sculptor Robert Nilsson...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet by Ingegerd Silow
Sweden, circa 1940-50
Signed 'IS' (Ingegerd Silow)
Flat-weave
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB Swedish Rug Signed by Barbro Nilsson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has a checkered overall field of tonal taupe diagonal rows separated by tribal stripes. Signed by the original artist and workshop.
About the Ma...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Midcentury EGE VAEGRYA Danish Scandinavian Owl Wall hanging Tapestry Art Rug 70s
By Ege Tæpper, Ege Rya
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A rare Scandinavian RYA wall hanging tapestry designed in the 1970s for EGE Rya, a subsidiary of Denmark's prestigious carpet manufacturer, EGE Taepper. The bold and whimsical design...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Wood
Mid-Century Swedish Rölakan Rug by Ingegerd Silow, at Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Swedish Rölakan Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 6'9" × 9'9" (205 × 297 cm)
This mid-century Swedish flat weave rug, designed by acclaimed textile artist Ingegerd Silow, is a ...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid 20th Century Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB Swedish Rug Signed by Barbro Nilsson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage hand-woven Swedish rug has a tonal overall field of camel, beige, sage and gray interwoven serrated geometric motif, overlaid by polychrome scattered tribal lozenges row...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Vintage Swedish Flat-Weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish Flat-Weave Rug by Ingegerd Silow
Size: 4'7" × 6'9" (139 × 205 cm)
This captivating vintage Swedish flat-weave rug, designed by renowned textile artist Ingegerd Silow,...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique and Vintage Rugs for Sale: Shop Turkish Rugs, Moroccan Rugs, Indian Rugs and Other Rugs on 1stDibs
Good antique rugs and vintage rugs have made their way into homes across the globe, becoming fixtures used for comfort, prayer and self-expression, so choosing the right area rug is officially a universal endeavor.
In modern usage, “carpet” typically denotes a wall-to-wall floor cushioning that is fixed to the floor. Rugs, on the other hand, are designed to cover a specific area and can easily be moved to new locations. However, the terms are interchangeable in many parts of the world, and, in the end, it won’t matter what you decide to call it.
It’s well known that a timeless Persian rug or vintage Turkish rug can warm any interior, but there are lots of other styles of antique rugs to choose from when you're endeavoring to introduce fresh colors and textures to a bedroom or living room.
Moroccan Berber rugs are not all about pattern. In fact, some of the most striking examples are nearly monochrome. But what these rugs lack in complexity, they make up for in brilliant color and subtle variation. Moroccan-style interiors can be mesmerizing — a sitting room of this type might feature a Moroccan rug, carved wooden screens and a tapestry hung behind the sofa.
Handwoven kilim rugs, known for their wealth of rich colors and unique weaving tradition, are pileless: Whereas the Beni Ourain rugs of Morocco can be described as dense with a thick surface or pile, an authentic kilim rug is thin and flat. (The term “kilim” is Turkish in origin, but this type of textile artistry is practiced all across the Balkans, throughout the Arab world and elsewhere.)
When it comes to eye-catching floor coverings, the distinctive “medallion” pattern of Oushak rugs has two types of rounded shapes alternating against a rich red or blue background created with natural dyes, while the elaborate “star” pattern involves large eight-pointed shapes in diagonal rows alternating with diamonds.
If you’re looking for something unexpected, find a runner rug that pops in your hallway or on your stairs. Dig for dazzling geometric patterns in our inventory of mid-century modern rugs and carpets, which includes works designed by the likes of Swedish textile masters Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Marianne Richter and other artisans.
Carpets and rugs have been around for thousands of years. Prehistoric humans turned to animal skin, wool and fur to craft simple fabrics to soften hard terrain. A 2016 study suggests that "cave lions" were hunted for exactly this purpose, and that decorating your cave with their pelts may have conferred strength and prestige. Although many of these early textiles are still in existence, tracing their precise origins is difficult. Carpets quickly became such a valuable trade commodity that the weavings could easily travel far from their places of origin.
The oldest known carpet was found in southern Siberia. (It may have traveled there from Persepolis in Iran.) For the flat-weave floor rugs crafted by Native Americans, cotton was the primary material before sheep’s wool was introduced in the 16th century. In Europe, carpet-making was fundamental to folk art, and Asian carpets imported to European countries were at one time considered a precious luxury and not intended to remain permanently on the floor.
With the variety of area rugs and carpets rolled out for you on 1stDibs — a collection that includes traditional, modern, minimalist rugs and other coverings of all kinds — things will be looking up whenever you’re looking down.