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Rugs and Carpets For Sale
Item type: New and Made To Order
8'x9'5" Blue Pure Wool Afghan Peshawar Hand Knotted Oriental Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
Midnight Blue, Vegetable Dyes, Pure Wool, Afghan Peshawar with Serapi Heriz Design, Dense Weave, Hand Knotted, Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inche...
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2010s Afghan Heriz Serapi Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Oushak Handmade Multicolor Floral Pattern Beige Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful modern Oushak hand-knotted wool rug with a beige field. This Oushak rug has a purple, pink, green, and blue accents layout a gorgeous geometric floral pattern design. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

cc-tapis Strict Rayures So Much Fun Collection by Claude Cartier Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
So much fun is a collection of rugs where black and white geometric elements define joyful and colorful patterns giving life to 3 different designs, customizable in multiple variations in terms of size, colors, and textures. A collection that offers different production techniques from hand knotted to hand-woven. Claude Cartier Decoration...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

Persian Herati Design Bijar Rug
Located in San Diego, CA
This piece is a handmade Persian Bijar/Bukan rug. The pile is wool with cotton foundation. This beautiful Persian Bijar rug is among the most hardwearing rug. It is made using high-quality wool, and the knots are beaten down using a heavy metal comb...
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Early 2000s Persian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton

8x10 ft Contemporary Hand-knotted Moroccan Design Rug. Blue and Brown. 100% Wool
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Elevate your living space with the exquisite charm of this new modern hand-knotted Moroccan berber beni ourain rug, crafted with precision and care from 100% wool. Combining the allu...
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2010s Turkish Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Sample, Polychrome Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
The price enclosed represents our price per square foot for custom orders in this design. Please share your size and we will share CADs and custom listings to check out accordingly. ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Custom Rug Sample, Red with Geometric Patterns
Located in Long Island City, NY
The price enclosed represents our price per square foot for custom orders in this design. Please share your size and we will share CADs and custom listings to check out accordingly. ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Brazilian Contemporary Design, Nouveau Rug
Located in Sao Paulo, BR
New chromatic composition: brown+rose+bordeaux. Nouveau is inspired by nature’s organic shapes. The gestural lines alternate in cut stitch and boucle stitch in different thicknesses ...
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2010s Brazilian Other Rugs and Carpets

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Nylon

Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Modern Style Rug in Polychromatic Patterns on Beige
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 6×6 Mid-Century Modern rug from the titular collection by Rug & Kilim—a reimagining of bold 1950s postmodern art styles. Hand-knotted in wool, cotton and silk, this design evokes...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Cotton, Silk

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Gray, Red & Pink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Handwoven in fine quality wool, a 6x8 kilim from our award-winning repertoire of Scandinavian flatweaves. The gray toned rug hosts geometric symmetry in bright red & soft pink for a ...
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2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, Sky Blue & White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Reversible Sky Blue And White Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug - 6'x9' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to the speci...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

New Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rug with Modern Spanish Colonial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53411 New Contemporary Turkish Oushak rug with Modern Spanish Colonial style. Displaying well-balanced asymmetry and eclectic refinement combined with timeless elegance of Spanish Co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

10'x10' Gray, Natural Dyes, Soft Wool, Afghan Peshawar Hand Knotted, Round Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
Battleship Gray, Natural Dyes, Soft Wool, Afghan Peshawar with Birds of Paradise, Hand Knotted, Round Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inches Style: ...
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2010s Afghan Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Tibetan Inspired Two Tigers Tan Wool Accessory Throw Runner Rug by Joseph Carini
Located in New York, NY
Two Tigers is Joseph Carini's twist on a traditional Tibetan design. Two tigers face opposite directions surrounded by bamboo shoots and flowers reminiscent of east Asian motifs. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Tibetan Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Mehraban Year of the Snake by Liesel Plambeck
Located in WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA
"This rug holds personal importance for designer, Liesel Plambeck, dedicated to her mother and her Taiwanese heritage, the mythology and imagery of a place brought to life in sto...
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2010s Indian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Mohair, Silk

Rug & Kilim’s Gradient Custom Rug Sample, Blue Ombre and Black Grid Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
The price enclosed represents our price per square foot for custom orders in this design. Please share your size and we will share CADs and custom listings to check out accordingly. ...
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2010s Indian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

New Modern Beni Ourain Berber Moroccan Carpet with Minimalist Style
Located in Dallas, TX
20762 Moroccan Beni Ourain Rug, 07'01 x 09'04. Originating from the renowned Beni Ourain tribe, an integral part of Morocco's diverse Berber community, these Moroccan rugs are crafte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian Style Kilim Rug in Red, Pink, Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Connoting a contemporary take on vintage Swedish aesthetics, a 9x11 flat weave from Rug & Kilim’s award-winning Scandinavian Collection. The modern style Kilim adopts a classic Deco ...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Hi Low Luxe Ivory-Charcoal Hand Woven Wool Rug, 10'3 x 13'11
Located in New York, NY
Hi Low Luxe Ivory-Charcoal Hand Woven Wool Rug, 10'3 x 13'11. Woven with a Hi Low style to create a visually stunning look that works in a wide variety of settings. Hand Woven using ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

The Forsyth Woolly Shag Rug - Natural, 6x9
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Introducing The Shag Rug collection. Anne and Maggie grew up with a 1970s Flokati rug their Mom shlepped home from Greece during her world travels. They've been wanting to recreate t...
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2010s Turkish Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Mohair

Turkish Vintage Anatolian Runner Rug 2'4" x 8'11" #16907
Located in Houston, TX
Turkish Vintage Anatolian Runner Rug 2'4" x 8'11" #16907 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces at , where elegance meets functionality...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

cc-tapis Uni Rug in Bamboo Silk High Pile
Located in Brooklyn, NY
CC-tapis Plain rug in 100% bamboo silk, high pile (0.05 cm). Standard measurement is 8 feet x 10 feet. Hand-loomed, 8.3000 knots/sq. ft. Available in light grey and sand. CC-tapis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Bamboo

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Style Geometric Cream and Blue Wool Pile Rug
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in texturally soft, inviting wool in a textural high-low play of pile and flat weave, this modern 9 x 12 rug hails from the latest addit...
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2010s Indian Scandinavian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Boho Gray Moroccan Style Handmade Multicolor Pattern Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful Moroccan style handmade wool rug with a gray field. This Modern rug has multicolor accents featuring a gorgeous all-over geometric boho design. This rug measures: 6'5" x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Bohemian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

The Forsyth Checkerboard Rug - Diamond Checks in Off Black, 6x9
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Our beautiful wool and jute checkerboard rugs are expertly handwoven in Jaipur, India. The diamond checkerboard pattern and neutral off black & natural coloring are chic and sophisti...
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2010s Indian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Jute

Ararat Rugs the Simonetti Mamluk Carpet 16th Century Revival Rug, Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book How to Read – Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.61,62. The five-star-medallion carpet was d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Colorful Floral Asian Inspired Orange Silk Area Rug Kapsu Pesar by Joseph Carini
Located in New York, NY
This 10' (W) x 14' (L) area rug exudes sheen with the highest quality silk. The design, Kapsu Pesar bridges the old with the new. A traditional teal and pink floral design ornaments ...
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2010s Nepalese Tibetan Rugs and Carpets

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Silk

Abstract Composition Doodles Rug by Faye Toogood for cc-tapis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Limited edition of 5 rugs, personally signed by designer Faye Toogood. Faye Toogood’s “Abstract Composition” is the third rug in a new upcoming collection of 6 designs called “Doo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage & Old Kilim Cushion Cover, Anatolian Yastik Turkish Modern Pillow 4326
Located in Tokyo, JP
We made a cushion cover using the undamaged part of the precious and high-quality old & antique kilims that cannot be repaired as a whole. Like a painting, a part of the scenery is c...
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2010s Turkish Kilim Rugs and Carpets

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Natural Fiber, Organic Material

21st Century Persian Sultanabad Masters 13x20 Ivory & Tan Handmade Palace Rug
Located in Houston, TX
Ashly Fine Rugs presents an antique recreation of an original Persian Sultanabad 13x20 Ivory, Tan, & Blue Handmade Area Rug. Part of our own previous production, this antique recreat...
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2010s Persian Sultanabad Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Dhurrie Rug in Blue Stripes
Located in Long Island City, NY
This contemporary 8x10 Dhurrie flat weave is an exciting new entry in Rug & Kilim’s esteemed custom-capable collection. Handwoven in cotton, it’s a modern ta...
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2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

Rug & Kilim’s Chinese Art Deco style rug, with Floral Patterns and Pictorials
Located in Long Island City, NY
This contemporary 8x10 Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted in wool, is the next great addition to Rug & Kilim’s repertoire of contemporary creations inspired by the Art Deco movement....
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2010s Indian Art Deco Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Early-20th Vintage Malayer Wool Runner Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful Vintage Malayer runner rug, hand-knotted wool with a bright pink field, gray and ivory accents in all-over multi medallion design. This rug measures 3' x 15' 2".   
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21st Century and Contemporary Persian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s Pictorial Tiger Rug in Beige-Brown with Blue and Red
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in wool, Rug & Kilim presents this breathtaking 6x8 piece from the latest in their classically-inspired Tiger Collection. On the Design: Inspired by rare works of fol...
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2010s Afghan Art Deco Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Cotton Flat Weave Area Rug, 6x9 Green And Tan Striped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Area Rug, Forest Green, Cream And Tan Indian Zig Zag Striped Rug-6'x9' These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn. Due to t...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

Modern Turkish Kilim Runner Rug with Orange and Navy Tiles Pattern
Located in Dallas, TX
Turkish rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool and colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Kilim flat-weave design featuring...
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Early 2000s Turkish Kilim Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s Modern Rug in Solid Beige
Located in Long Island City, NY
This palace-sized 13x15 rug is a grand new entry to Rug & Kilim’s Texture of Color Collection. Hand-knotted in art silk. Connoisseurs will note this piece is from our new Light on L...
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2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Silk

Rug & Kilim’s Scandinavian Rug In Blue And Cream, With Geometric Patterns
Located in Long Island City, NY
Made with handwoven wool, this 8x10 custom rug design represents Rug & Kilim's Scandinavian rug collection—a contemporary reimagining of Swedish Minimalism and vintage rugs and texti...
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2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Ivory Modern Moroccan Style Handmade Multicolor Dots Designed Wool Runner
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful Moroccan style handmade wool rug with an ivory field. This Modern rug has multicolor accents featuring a gorgeous all-over bohemian dots design. This rug measures: 3'2" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Bohemian Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Modern Turkish Kilim Runner Rug with Red and Blue Stripes on a Brown Field
Located in Dallas, TX
Turkish rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool and colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Kilim flat-weave design featuring...
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2010s Turkish Kilim Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

21st Century Persian Sultanabad 10x14 Ivory and Slate Blue Wool Rug
Located in Houston, TX
Ashly Fine Rugs presents a 21st-century hand-woven Recreation of an antique Persian Sultanabad wool living room or great room rug. Created by our in-hou...
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2010s Persian Other Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 5'7" x 6'5" #4507
Located in Houston, TX
Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 5'7" x 6'5" #4507 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces, where elegance meets functio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Theoretical Color 42 Carini Carpets x Michelle Weinberg Wool and Silk Area Rug
Located in New York, NY
This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional textile artistry. Their shared enthusiasm for dynamic compositions and the rich history of handmade textiles laid the groundwork for this collaboration. Each piece is a handwoven carpet, meticulously crafted in Nepal through bespoke production, ensuring unmatched quality and artistry. This collection celebrates the duo’s passion for color and striking graphics, with only 10 pieces available for each design. Each carpet is customizable in size, material, and color to suit individual tastes. “The carpets inspired by my Theoretical Color drawings are a sublime translation of these works which began as a mundane cataloging of the colored pencils I use. The bands of color gradients begin and end on surprising notes, and as handmade rugs they have a wow! impact. Precise color relationships always give me joy. The neutral tones setting up little explosions of fully saturated color are truly alive rendered in silk.” --Michelle Weinberg Shown here in a wool and silk twill, this 10x14 area rug...
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2010s Nepalese Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Natural Fiber, Silk

Contemporary Abstract Oceanic Modern Area Rug Aquarium Dove by Joseph Carini
Located in New York, NY
Aquarium is a mainstay in Joseph Carini's signature collections and is one of his most sought after designs. A luxurious and sophisticated carpet, this design is versatile for many d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Organic Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Silk

28 x 14 ft Palace Size Rug in Style of Persian Tabriz by Djoharian Collection
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
28 x 14 ft Palace Size Rug in Style of Persian Tabriz by Djoharian Collection A huge sized floral rug with design in style of Persian Tabriz Carpets. This beautiful rug was hand kno...
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2010s Afghan Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

9'2"x11'6" Blue Yonder Soft Wool Fine Peshawar Mahal Design Hand Knotted Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Peshawar All Over Mahal Design, Hand Knotted, Pure Wool, Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the centuries-old weaving cr...
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2010s Afghan Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Handmade Cotton Area Flat Weave Rug, 20"x22" Cream, Red Scalloped Indian Dhurrie
Located in Jaipur, IN
Cotton Vegetable Dyed Cream, Green And Coral Scalloped Striped Indian Dhurrie Rug - 20"x22" (50x55cm) These special flat-weave dhurries are hand-woven with 15 ply 100% cotton yarn...
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2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

Gotland Sheepskin Rug
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Rare to be found in the U.S., these beautiful sheepskins are of the oldest race of sheep in Sweden. Unique to the island of Gotland, they are renowned for their silvery-grey colored wool, silky-to-the-touch curls (or ‘purls’ as they are known), and supreme suppleness. The fleece is fine, long, lustrous and dense and can appear in all shades of grey, from almost white to silver to charcoal-grey and dark enough to be almost black. A luxuriously decorative accessory, the Gotland sheepskin...
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2010s Swedish Rugs and Carpets

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Sheepskin

Ararat Rugs Western Theme Azeri Folk Life Rug, Turkish Carpet, Natural Dyed
Located in Tokyo, JP
Western Theme Azeri Folk Life Rug This unique design rug is interpreted by our designers with a composition of pictorial western-style life. Color summary: 17 colors in total, the m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material

Rug & Kilim’s Custom Flatweave Rug Sample with Yellow and Pink Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
The price enclosed represents our price per square foot for custom orders in this design. Please share your size and we will share CADs and custom listings to check out accordingly. ...
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2010s Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

New Modern Pink Turkish Oushak Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53972 New Modern Pink Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 03'01 x 13'07. An exceptional expression of Anatolian heritage reimagined for the discerning eye, this hand-knotted wool modern Turki...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Small 'Shade' Hand-Loomed Outdoor Rug for Nanimarquina
Located in Glendale, CA
Small 'Shade' Hand-Loomed outdoor rug for Nanimarquina. The 'Shade' collection is inspired by magical moments in nature where colors melt elegantly into one another and speak for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Polyester

12 x 15 Room Size Modern Moroccan Designed Wool Rug In Beige
Located in Norwalk, CT
This hand-knotted organic Moroccan wool rug features a beige background with geometric designs and fringes. It serves as a stunning centerpiece for any room. This rug measures 12' x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Organic Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

6'x8'9" Ruddy Blue, Hand Knotted Afghan Angora Oushak Wool Oriental Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
Ruddy Blue, Hand Knotted Afghan Angora Oushak with All Over Vines and Floral Pattern, Natural Dyes 100% Wool, Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inches...
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2010s Afghan Oushak Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Gomez Zebra Hide Rug Trimmed in Light Brown Italian Leather
Located in Saint Louis, US
Come and browse our selection of South African Zebra Rugs. With our superb craftsmanship and quality stock, we can assure you that this stable luxury item will last for years to come...
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2010s American Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Leather, Zebra Hide

Rug & Kilim’s Contemporary Kilim Runner in White and Black Textural Stripes
Located in Long Island City, NY
A 2x10 runner Kilim design from our more durable modern flat weave selections, handwoven in wool and originating from Turkey, features black, white and rich brown accents in the warp...
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2010s Turkish Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

cc-tapis Lunar Addiction Rectangle Undyed Rug by Studiopepe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave, a Himalayan wool and linen, coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 89.000 indiv...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton

Mosaico Hand-Tufted Modern Wool Rug with Multicolor Pattern By Apadana
Located in Norwalk, CT
This beautiful, modern hand-tufted wool rug is part of our Laura Gottwald for Apadana Collection and features brown, blue, pink, and green fields. This Mosaico design: A kaleidoscopi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Rug & Kilim’s French Art Deco Style Rug in Beige-Brown & Gray Geometric Patterns
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool, this 8x10 rug by Rug & Kilim is a new addition to the French Art Deco rug collection—a contemporary ode to the 1920s style moderne, with geometric patterns in t...
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2010s Indian Art Deco Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Oriental Hand Knotted Vintage Turkish Mini Rug 1'6" x 2'11" #8707
Located in Houston, TX
Oriental Hand Knotted Vintage Turkish Mini Rug 1'6" x 2'11" #8707 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces, where elegance meets function...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Rugs and Carpets

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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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