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Rugs and Carpets For Sale
Creator: Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Creator: Tufenkian
Vintage Swedish Tapestry Weave by Märta Mass-Fjetterström 'Gront Pa Linne'
Located in New York, NY
Vintge Swedish tapestry weave by Marta Mass Fjetterström (Gront Pa linne)
Size: 4'4" × 4'5" (134 × 134 cm)
This vintage carpet, made by the queen of Swedish textile design, Märta Måå...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Arts and Crafts Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mid Century Modern “Sommarmattan” by Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom 6' x 9'2"
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Vintage Mid Century Modern Flat Woven “Sommarmattan” / “The Summer Carpet” by The Iconic Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom , Origin: Scandinavia, Circa: 1925
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Carpet, Wool, Sweden, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A multi-colored flat-weave wool carpet model "Blå Taggen" designed and produced by Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Sweden, 1950s.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish Rug by Marta Mass Fjetterstrom
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish Rug by Marta Mass Fjetterstrom
Size: 9'1" × 12'2" (276 × 370 cm)
The vintage flat-weave rug made by the queen of Swedish textile design Märta Måås-Fjetterström. Its b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Märta Måås Fjetterström Handwoven 'Blå Heden' Carpet in Wool
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Märta Måås Fjetterström for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, handwoven 'Blå heden' carpet, wool on linen warp, Sweden, designed in 1931 and woven after 1942
This handwoven carpet is desi...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Rare "Grön äng" carpet designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström in 1928, Sweden.
Located in Ystad, SE
Rare "Grön äng/Green Meadow" carpet by Märta Måås-Fjetterström, signed AB MMF,
Carpet is in mint condition and all tassels intact.
Pure wool rölakan flatweave.
Designed in Sweden...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Scandinavian Rug by Barbro Nilsson. 3 ft 6 in x 4 ft 10 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Vintage Scandinavian Rug by Barbro Nilsson for Marta Maas, Country Of Origin: Scandinavia, Circa Date: Mid-20th Century - Size: 3 ft 6 in x 4 ft 10 in (1.07 m x 1.47 m).
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Modern Wool & Silk Tibetan Rug, Cubist Style Meets Earth-Tone Elegance
By Tufenkian
Located in Dallas, TX
78532 Tibetan Wool & Silk Rug, 05'07 x 07'11.
Emanating a mosaic design with incredible detail and texture, this wool and silk Tibetan rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tibetan Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Claesson Koivisto Rune "Satellit, blå" rug
Located in Båstad, SE
"Satellit, blå" flatweave rug, designed by architects Claesson Koivisto Rune in 2006. Executed the same year at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB in Båstad, Sweden, by artisan weaver Monica...
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Minimalist Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
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 celebrate...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Rug ‘Nyponblomman’ designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF, Sweden, 1932
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rug ‘Nyponblomman’ designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF,
Sweden, 1932.
Wool.
Signed.
W: 232 cm
L: 307 cm
Length with fringes: 326 cm
Category
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Rug ‘Ståndaren’ designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF, Sweden, 1928
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rug ‘Ståndaren’ designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF,
Sweden, 1928.
Wool.
Signed.
This example was woven before 1942. The pattern "Ståndaren" was designed for the world-fam...
Category
1920s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Märta Måås Fjetterström 'Gul våd' Wall Tapestry
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Märta Måås Fjetterström for MMF, ‘Gul våd’ wall tapestry, wool, linen, Sweden, design 1924, executed before 1942.
This handwoven Gul våd’ tapestry is designed by one of the most in...
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Märta Måås-Fjetterström Hand Woven 'Storkorset' in Wool
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Märta Måås Fjetterström for MMF, 'Storkorset' handwoven pile carpet, wool, Sweden, executed before 1942.
This handwoven carpet is designed by one of the most influential and leadin...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Handwoven Märta Måås-Fjetterström “Dukater” Wool Rug, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Sweden, 1950's
“Dukater” rug. Handwoven wool in blue, rose and brown colours on linen warp. Designed in 1923. Handwoven at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Linen, Wool
Exhibited Vintage Wallhanging Tapestry "the Rye" by Ab Märta Måås-fjetterström
Located in Stockholm, SE
Exhibited, vintage wall tapestry by one of the most famous Swedish designers Märta Måås-Fjetterström. Made at her studio in the 1990s. The patter...
Category
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Rug ‘Dukater’ Designed by Märta Måås-fjetterström, Sweden, 1924
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rug ‘Dukater’ designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström,
Sweden, 1924.
Wool.
Signed MMF.
Measurements:
L: 347 cm
Length including the tassels: 365 cm
W: 265 cm.
Märta Måås-Fjetterstr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström "Enbär" Juniper Berry Swedish Carpet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Off of hold after a fresh wash and lash restoration. Please note there is no longer fringe on this rug.
Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström "Enbar," or Juniper Berry, sma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Shaggy Red Wool Rug by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström MMF, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare shaggy wool rug / carpet designed by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström / "MMF" and produced in the 1940s. In good vintage and original condition with signs from ag...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Scandinavian Marta Maas Kilim. 6 ft 9 in x 9 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Scandinavian Marta Maas Kilim Rug, Country of Origin: Scandinavia, Circa date: Mid – 20th Century. Size: 6 ft 9 in x 9 ft 6 in (2.06 m x 2.9 m)
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Swedish Märta Måås-Fjetterström "Bla Heden" Special Order Rölakan Carpet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Bla Heden" (Blue Heath) was designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström in 1931. Acquired by the Crown Prince of Sweden and his Consort in the same year, it is one of the firm's most belo...
Category
20th Century Swedish Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Linen
Rug 'Ursula' by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF AB, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Model Ursula by Märta Måås-Fjetterström for MMF AB, Sweden, 1935.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Rug by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A beautiful handwoven rug by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB.
Designed 1946 ‘Blåbär, Mörk’ (‘Dark Blueberry’). The rug have extraordinary beautiful colours.
Signed AB MMF and BN
Literature: Märta Måås-Fjetterström, ‘Märta flyger igen, 90 år med Märta Måås-Fjetterström’, Liljevalchs katalog 2009, p. 149 for similar example
W: 221 cm H: 150,5 cm
Materials: Pure wool tapestry weave technique
Barbro Nilsson
Barbro Nilsson was educated in weaving and dyeing and went on to become the head of textile at Konstfack, as well as executing several monumental tapestries...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Handwoven Wool Swedish Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This signed Swedish rug has a chocolate-brown field with an outer band of polychrome octogen lozenges and a similar spaced band of lozenges around a moss-green rectangular panel with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Swedish Flat Weave Rug, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th century Swedish rug,
Initialed "MMF" (Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom)
Sweden ca. 1940
Measures: 7'4" x 5'0" (224 x 152 cm).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Rug by Marta Maas. 6 ft 9 in x 10 ft
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Mid Century Swedish Scandinavian Rug by Marta Maas, Country of Origin: Sweden, Circa date: 1930’s. Size: 6 ft 9 in x 10 ft (2.06 m x 3.05 m).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid 20th Century Handwoven Signed Swedish Wool Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This signed Swedish rug features a field with eight horizontal rows and four vertical rows of deep blue and light blue rectangular panels divided by a framework of ivory and biscuit-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish 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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Handwoven Swedish Rug Signed by Weaver
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Swedish deco rug has an overall field of checked broad alternating green and light green row.
Signed by Weaver: AB MMF Marianne Richter for Marta Maas F...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish Art Deco carpet. Initialed: MMF (Märta Måås-Fjetterström).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Early 20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Rug by Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
Sweden, circa 1914
Initialed: MMF (Märta Måås-Fjetterström)
Sold as a pair.
#02767 measures 8' 7" x 5' 5".
#02807 measures 8' 10" x 5' 6".
Handwoven.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Swedish Carpet by Marta Maas-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Swedish carpet, initialed ‘AB MMF’ (Marta Maas-Fjetterström).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Signed Mid-20th Century Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB Swedish Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has a blood orange field with alternating complementary stripes of polychrome serrated square icons, in a similar orange border. Signed by the orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet by Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet by Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Sweden, circa 1941
'Porcelain Carpet' (Porslinmattan)
Initialed 'MMF' (Märta Måås-Fjetterström)
Swedish flat-weave t...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Rug by Märta Måås-fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish pile rug by Märta Måås-Fjetterström,
Sweden, circa 1935
Initialed: MMF (Märta Måås-Fjetterström )
Handwoven.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Large Marta-Maas Fjetterström 'Ljusa Plador' Carpet, 1933
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large Märta Måås-Fjetterström 'Ljusa Plador' flat-weave wool carpet.
Designed 1933, made at MMF after 1941.
Fine condition.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Geometric Rya Carpet by Marta Maas-Fjetterström
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fine geometric pile carpet by Marta Maas-Fjetterström, circa 1960s, "Gul Primavera," signed MMF AB.
Category
1960s Swedish Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Barbro Nilsson "Linienät" Swedish Wall Hanging, 1966
Located in New York, NY
Swedish wall hanging by Barbro Nilsson "Linienät."
Initialed: AB MMF BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Carpet by Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish pile carpet.
Sweden ca. 1942
Initialed: MMF (Märta Måås-Fjetterström).
Handwoven
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Marta Maas-Fjetterström AB Swedish Deco Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Swedish deco rug has a flat-weave polychrome checkered field interrupted by delicate geometric stripes, in a similar whimsical geometric lateral border. Th...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish flat-weave carpet. "Bright rug".
Initialed: AB MMF (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Swedish pile carpet, initialed AB MMF, BN (Barbro Nilsson, AB Marta Maas-Fjetterström).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish pile carpet.
Sweden ca. 1942
Initialed: AB MMF (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström)
10'6" x 8'0" (320 x 244 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early Marta Maas-Fjetterström Pile Carpet "Blå Rektangeln" MMF 1927
Located in Houston, TX
Marta Maas-Fjetterström.
"Blå Rektangeln (Blue Rectangular)" pile carpet,
Sweden, 1928.
Handwoven wool.
Measures: Length circa 335 cm, width circa 205 cm.
Mar...
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Marta Maas-Fjetterström Medium Rug #3
Located in London, GB
Rya rug by Barbro Nillson and Marta Maas-Fjetterström, Sweden, 1950s.
83 white diamonds, of four different types and color, are arranged above and below five zig zag stripes and alo...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 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
Early 20th Century Marta Maas-fjetterström Ab Swedish Rug by Barbro Nilsson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage handwoven Swedish rug has a tonal blue field with overall design of linked shaded color bands forming whimsical concentric paneled matrix. This is an exceptional example...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Marta Maas-Fjetterström Swedish Deco Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage hand-woven Swedish Deco rug has a polychrome field of concentric whimsical complementary geometric panels separated by buoyant geometric stripes. Signed by the original ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
"Ostia Grön"
Initialed: AB MMF, BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Pile Carpet by AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström
Located in New York, NY
"Il Greco."
Sweden ca. 1941
Initialed: AB MMF (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström).
10'11" x 7'11" (333 x 241 cm)
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
"Spattan Brun".
Initialed: AB MMF BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson).
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Swedish flat-weave, initialed: "AB MMF MR" (AB Marta Maas-Fjetterström,
Marianne Richeter).
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Swedish flat-weave carpet
Initialed: MMF (Ma¨rta Ma°a°s-Fjetterstro¨m)
Sweden ca. 1941.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet by Barbro Nilsson, 1964
Located in New York, NY
"Paula, Gul."
Swedish Flat-Weave Carpet
Sweden, ca. 1964
Initialed: AB MMF, BN (AB Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Barbro Nilsson)
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish 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.
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