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Rugs and Carpets For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 18th Century
Beautiful Antique Needlepoint Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice late 19th century French needlepoint tapestry fragment, originally made for chair cover, with a beautiful decorative design and beautiful col...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Oversized Antique Persian Tabriz Handmade wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Oversized Antique Persian Tabriz Handmade Wool Carpet
Size: 15'10" × 22'3" (482 × 678 cm)
A late 19th century Persian Tabriz rug with an overall field of concentric stripes of sand and beige around a central serrated-edge medallion with each stripe having similar small floral patterns within a sand enlarged herati border.
The origin of antique rug weaving is often disputed. Experts have uncovered splendid antique carpets in the palace of Cyrus the Great...
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Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Shirvan/Dagestan prayer rug with scarce diagonal stipe design.
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Size: 4ft 9in x 3ft 7in (145 x 109cm).
Antique Caucasian Shirvan or Dagestan prayer rug with scarce diagonal stipe design.
Circa 1870.
An outstanding example of this well document...
Category
1870s Asian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug 4'3'' x 6'8''
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mohtasham Kashan Rug 4'3'' x 6'8''. Central Persian city known for finely woven. room size and scatter rugs, with dominant reds and navy, and medallion patterns and swirling ...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Dagestan long rug with hooked medallion design. Circa 1890.
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Size: 11ft 0in x 4ft 11in (335 x 150cm).
Antique Caucasian Dagestan long rug with hooked medallion design.
Circa 1890.
A superb example of a Dagestan long rug, the central row of ...
Category
1890s Asian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Rug Pillowcase Made from a Late 19th C. Turkmen Tekke Tribe Rug Fragment
Located in Istanbul, TR
Pillowcase is made from an antique Turkmen, Tekke tribe main rug fragment dating back to 1860s.
It does not come with an insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper closure.
Dry clean is...
Category
Mid-19th Century Turkmen Tribal Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Persian Ziegler Sultanabad Rug
Located in New York, NY
Persia ca. 1870
Measures: 23'5" x 14'5" (714 x 439 cm)
Commissioned by the Anglo-Swiss firm of Ziegler & Co.
Handwoven.
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Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique South West Caucasian Brocaded Flatweave Rug, Circa 1890
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique brocaded flatweave rug, south west Caucasus
Circa 1890
This example is made using 'weft float brocading' on a plain weave ground, the design is of a classic box format with s...
Category
19th Century Caucasian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Fully Embroidered Antique Suzani from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Late 19th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
Suzanis from the regions of Tahkent and Pishkent have some astral names such az ‘moon sky’ ,
‘star sky ‘. The main characteristic of these suzanis is that of their being fully embro...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Suzani Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
Oversized Antique Axminster Rug in Red with Geometric Patterns
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool, originating from England circa 1850-1860, this oversized 18x22 special Antique Axminster rug features a play of classic geometric patterns across the rich red f...
Category
1850s English Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Goldenrod Turkish Oushak Antique Square Wool Rug Featuring a Center Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This Turkish Oushak rug is truly one of a kind! It is hand-knotted from soft wool and showcases a stunning goldenrod color scheme. The rug features a beautiful central motif surround...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Circa 1900 Tan Persian Sarouk Rug
Located in New York, NY
11' x 20'9. The western Persian Arak (Markazi) Province is the home of hundreds of villages weaving some of the most popular and desired of room size and larger 20th century carpets....
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century American Navajo Germantown Carpet ( 4' x 6' - 122 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
A crisp orangey-red field displays a central column of six side-pinched lozenges and en suite half side columns. A raspberry red fills the secondary spiky elements. A medium blue is ...
Category
1890s American Navajo Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Bakhshayesh Rug 9'5'' x 11'4''
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Bakhshayesh Rug 9'5'' x 11'4''. A type of Heriz, generally in squarish sizes, allover patterns and coarse to moderate weaves, wool or mixed constructions; woven befor...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Pink Persian Kurdish Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
61373 Antique Pink Persian Kurdish Rug Runner, 03'01 x 07'08. Embark on an evocative journey through time as you explore this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Kurdish rug runner, wo...
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Late 19th Century Persian Bohemian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Persian Meshad Botanic Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Meshad Botanic handmade wool rug
Size: 12'10" × 19'6" (391 × 594 cm)
A late 19th century Persian Meshad rug, the abrashed pale rust field with an overall palmette and floral vinery trellis within a dense sand palmette and floral vinery border.
With a good supply of soft wool and high quality craftsmen, Meshad has had a reputation as one of the most prolific, creative, and highly stylized sources of beautiful Persian carpets making them easily identified throughout the centuries. Most Mashhad carpets...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Persian Sultanabad Handmade Rug
Located in New York, NY
Oversized antique Persian Sultanabad Botanic handmade wool rug
Size: 14'7" × 27'7" (444 × 840 cm)
A late 19th century antique Persian Sultanabad rug, the abrashed beige field with an...
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Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique 18th Century Brussels Mythological Tapestry, with Diana the Huntress
Located in New York, NY
An 18th century Brussels mythological hunting tapestry, size 9' H x 8' W, depicting the Roman goddess of the hunt, Diana, reposing in a forest setting with her attendants, with one h...
Category
Mid-18th Century Belgian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Louis XV Period Fireplace Screen in Dore Wood and Tapestry 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XV Period fireplace screen in dore wood and tapestry
French work, 18th century carved and gilded wooden fireplace screen from the Louis ...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Sky Blue Antique Ziegler Mahal Persian 19th Century Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A connoisseur caliber late 19th century Sky Blue Persian Ziegler Mahal Sultanabad carpet.
Measures: 9'11'' x 13'9''
Woven in a series of village...
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Late 19th Century Persian Agra Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Lilihan Rug Antique Persian Lilihan Geometric Overall Runner handmade
Located in New York, NY
Antique Lilihann Handmade Overall Runner Traditional Mohajeran
2'3" x 15'
69cm x 457cm
Circa 1890
"This is an antique fine rug that was acquired from a New York estate. ...
Category
1890s Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Central Asian Suzani from Tashkent Uzbekistan
Located in Istanbul, TR
Suzani has well saturated colors and a very finely done embroidery.
‘Suzani’ meaning ‘needle’ so ‘needle work ‘ in Persian, refgers to a group of embroideries mainly done in Centr...
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Suzani Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk, Cotton
Pretty antique Antique French Needlepoint Panel Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 19th century needlepoint tapestry with nice design of the forest with vegetation and beautiful light colors with the hues of yellow, green, brown and white, entirely h...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk, Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet, Handmade Oriental Rug, Pale Blue Green, Yellow, Coral Rug
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine oriental rugs.
Oushak rugs su...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Distressed Antique Persian Kerman Rug with Relaxed French Provincial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77627 Distressed Antique Persian Kerman rug with relaxed French Provincial style. Cleverly composed with rustic sensibility and a hint of romantic connotations, this hand knotted woo...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century S. Persian Bakhtiari Carpet ( 15'2" x 21'6" - 462 x 655 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century S. Persian Bakhtiari Carpet ( 15'2" x 21'6" - 462 x 655 )
Category
1890s Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique 1890s Southwest Navajo Serape Textile Rug - Wool Dyed Red, Blue, Yellow
By Navajo
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional 19th-century antique Navajo textile, dating back to circa 1890, is a stunning example of Navajo weaving from the Transitional Period of Native American art. The text...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Uzbek Ikat Chapan
Located in Istanbul, TR
A very strong graphic example to the period.
Sleeve to sleeve: 64.5''.
Neck to hem: 50.7''.
Chapan has no lining.
Category
Late 19th Century Uzbek Tribal Antique Rugs and Carpets
Antique Persian Bakshaish Oriental Carpet, in Large Size with Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Bakshaish Oriental carpet, in Room Size with Soft Colors
A magnificent Persian Bakshaish oriental carpet, circa 1870, size 10'0" x 7'8". This unique carpet has det...
Category
1870s Persian Serapi Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1880s Antique Persian Kashan Rug Kork Manchester Wool, Hotel Lobby Size Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
73123 Antique Persian Kashan Palace Rug Kork Manchester Wool with Art Nouveau Style. Renowned for soft, extremely luxurious wool imported from England, this late 19th century Persian...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kashan Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Kork
Antique Turkish Ottoman Ladik prayer rug, curca 1880.
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Size: 5ft 3in x 3ft 7in (160 x 110cm).
Antique Turkish Ottoman Ladik prayer rug, a superb early example in original condition.
Circa 1800.
This is a beautifully drawn early rug w...
Category
1880s Asian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Fine Antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design featuring people having a picnic by the river , and with beautiful colours, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and s...
Category
Early 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Sewan Kazak Rug Sevan Caucasian Carpet Late-19th Century Caucasus
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a rare antique Sewan Kazak Rug from the Sewan / Sevan region in the southwest Caucasia.
This is another handsome example of the “Sewan” Ka...
Category
Late 19th Century Caucasian Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
19th Century Antique Persian Serapi Rug
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary, authentic late 19th century Persian Heriz Serapi rug. Full Pile Condition throuhgout
Measures: 7'8'' x 11'1''
The Serapi rug can be traced back to the beginning of Persian handmade rug production in 5,500 B.C., but it was not until the mid-19th century that Persian rugs began to be exported around the world. Before these rugs became an export item, they were used only in the villages in which they were produced.
Mellow colors and more minimal pattern distinguish the Serapi from other members of the Heriz family. Original Serapi rugs were created in the villages of Serapi, Sarab, Ahar, Heriz and Gorevan.
Older Heriz...
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19th Century Persian American Classical Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1880 Auhtentic Antique Turkish Oushak Geometric overall 12x15 366cm x 442cm
Located in New York, NY
1880 Auhtentic Antique Turkish Oushak Geometric overall muted
12x15
12' x 14'6"
Circa 1880
"This is an authentic Antique Turkish Oushak in rare soft colors, and a unique geom...
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1880s Turkish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Timuri Prayer Rug, 'Dokhtar-E-Qazi' Design, Circa 1890
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Timuri / Baluch prayer rug with ''Dokhtar-e-Qazi' related design, from Western Afghanistan
Circa 1890
A interesting Timuri / Baluch prayer rug with 'Dokhtar-e-Qazi' design t...
Category
19th Century Afghan Antique Rugs and Carpets
Zabihi Collection 19th century Antique Talish Runner
Located in New York, NY
a circa 1880 Tribal Talish Runner
Details
rug no. j1971
size 3' 4" x 8' 2" (102 x 249 cm)
rug type Talish
Category
Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Daghestan Rug with Chichi Style Design, Circa 1890
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Caucasian Daghestan rug with ChiChi design
Circa 1890
A superb rug that is probably from Daghestan in the North Eastern Caucasus The main star border combined with the outer...
Category
19th Century Caucasian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Zabihi Collection Blue Chinese Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese blue Peking rug.
Measures: 20'' x 20''.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Doris Leslie Blau Authentic 19th Century Persian Kirman Handmade Rug
Located in New York, NY
Authentic 19th century Persian Kirman handmade wool rug
Size: 13'10" × 21'10" (421 × 665 cm)
A late 19th century Persian Kirman (Kerman) antique carpet, the camel field with an all-o...
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Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Rustic Tapestry with a Boat Unloading Cargo
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting several villagers on either side of a large tree in the right foreground, watching the cargo being unloaded from a large vessel docked by the verdant river bank at left, with the turbulent sea at center, and other ships docked by the riverside cityscape in the left distance. Enclosed by a narrow monochromatic border. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 10’1” H x 13’9” W
This tapestry was probably woven after a design by the French painter Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), renowned for his Marines, or maybe by his student Charles Grenier de Lacroix also known as Lacroix de Marseille...
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Late 17th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Dagestan Prayer Rug with Small Boteh Design, Circa 1890
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Caucasian Dagestan village prayer rug with small boteh design on dark indigo ground
Circa 1890
An interesting prayer rug with unusual design, the field of dark indigo blue i...
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19th Century Caucasian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Late 19th Century Fine Persian Senneh Rug
Located in New York, NY
An authentic 19th-century Persian Senneh rug. Can also be used as a wall hanging.
Measures: 4'6'' x 6'
Antique Senneh rugs are one of the most distinctive of all Persian rugs...
Category
19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1870s Antique Persian Serapi Rug, Hotel Lobby Size Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
72743 late 19th century antique Persian Serapi Rug with Mid-Century Modern style. With timeless appeal, refined colors, and architectural design elements, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Serapi rug can beautifully blend modern, contemporary, and traditional interiors. It features a large octofoil medallion patterned inside with a cross motif and anchored with large palmette pendants at either end. The abrashed field is covered in an all-over geometric botanical design composed of stylized florals, serrated leaves, palmettes, rectilinear vinery, buds, blooms and rosettes. Angular corner spandrels echo the designs within the field. A Classic turtle vine scroll border with samovar-shaped palmettes flanked with a double inner and outer carnation meander guard band elegantly frame the composition, pulling together colors from throughout into a unified, harmonious design. With its relaxed Federal charm and rustic sensibility, this antique Persian rug emanates so much character and will boost the coziness factor in nearly any space. Perfect for a living room, dining room, drawing room, private library, golf locker room, billiards room, clubhouse, large home office, master retreat, private Chambers, great room, wine cellar, executive suite, conservatory, state room, royal suite, hotel lobby, music room, studio, study, loft, lounge, entertainment parlor, trophy room, large bedroom, or formal sitting room. Well-suited for a variety of interior styles: Federal, American Colonial, Traditional, Mid-Century Modern, English, Tudor, Pacific Northwest, Northwestern, English Cottage, Craftsman, Bungalow, Old World, Neoclassical, Parisian, Modern, Contemporary, Flemish, shabby chic, Artisan, Rustic, Lodge, Cabin, Urban, Cool Britannia, Industrial, and Eclectic. Bespeaking age and history, this lovingly time-worn Persian rug...
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Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Sultanabad Ziegler Persian Rug with Purple Blue Background & Soft Coral
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Sultanabad Ziegler Persian Rug. Keivan Woven Arts / rug /E-1211, country of origin / type: Iran / Sultanabad Ziegler , circa ...
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1880s Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Persian Mahal Sultanabad Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A magnificent late 19th-century Persian Mahal Sultanabad rug, woven with an intricate allover mirrored trellis design of scrolling vines and stylized florals. The pattern unfolds in ...
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1880s Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 12' x 15'6" - 365 x 472 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 12' x 15'6" - 365 x 472 )
Category
1880s Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Pretty antique 17th century French Aubusson Tapestry fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Exquisite fragment of a border of a French Aubusson tapestry from the middle of the 17th century, featuring a beautiful design of flowers and nice natural colours, entirely hand wov...
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Mid-17th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
19th Century Transitional Period Navajo Carpet ( 4'4" x 7'2' - 132 x 218 )
Located in New York, NY
Orangy-red dominates this 19th century Southwestern rustic scatter in the style of the Classic Style blankets of the 1870s. Zig-zags, single or doubled, alternate in panels with bloc...
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1890s American Navajo Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Persian Tabriz Brown Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Tabriz Brown Handmade Wool Rug
Size: 12'8" × 21'5" (386 × 652 cm)
A late 19th century Persian Tabriz antique rug with a light brown ground beneath a beige trellis of ...
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Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen kelleh carpet of exceptional size. Circa 1870.
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Size: 18ft 6in x 8ft 2in (565 x 250cm).
Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen kelleh carpet of exceptional size.
Circa 1870 or earlier.
This exceptional tribal carpet originates from the ...
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1870s Caucasian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Fully Embroidered Antique Suzani from Pishkent, Uzbekistan, Late 19th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
Suzanis from the regions of Tashkent and Pishkent have some astral names such az ‘moon sky’,
‘star sky ‘. The main characteristic of these suzanis is that of their being fully embroidered in silk and sometimes in wool in sections.
Ground cloth...
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19th Century Uzbek Suzani Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
Antique Ersari Turkmen Ensi H-319
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Ersari Turkmen ensi of traditional design with excellent colour and outstanding condition.
Ensi were door hangings used to cover the ...
Category
19th Century Turkmen Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
17th Century Large Wool & Silk English Baroque Garden Mortlake 10x13 Tapestry
Located in Houston, TX
Ashly Fine Rugs Presents AN ENGLISH BAROQUE GARDEN LANDSCAPE TAPESTRY, ROYAL MORTLAKE WORKSHOP, 17TH CENTURY, woven with silk and wool in a rectangular form centering a stone footbridge over a meandering stream with paired geese amidst a garden of various blossoming plant species beneath towering trees concealing a parrot and magpie foraging on large grape clusters, within a topiary garden hedge and spherical wall before a fountain with a forest and manor in the distance, enclosed by a spiraling acanthus leaf wrapped fruiting and flowering border framed by a lambrequin edge trimmed in a brown outer slip, surmounted by a coronet above an armorial three bar shield flanked by palm fronds centering a fleur-de-lys.
Note: The Mortlake Tapestry...
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Mid 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Rug
Located in New York, NY
Persia, ca. 1860
Measures: 18'9" x 11'3" (572 x 343 cm)
Handwoven.
Category
Mid-19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Khorassan Botanic Design Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Khorassan Botanic Design Handmade Wool Rug
Size: 11'9" × 18'10" (358 × 574 cm)
A late 19th century Khorassan rug from Persia, the caramel field with an all-over trellis of pa...
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Late 19th Century Persian Khorassan Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Aleppo Silk and Metal Thread Textile with Ottoman Multiple Niche Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
During the late 19th century Syria was an international hub for the manufacture and trade of fine hand-woven textiles. For centuries the skilled weavers located in the weaving centr...
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Late 19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Metallic Thread
Antique Circa 1900 Blue Persian Hamadan Hand Knotted Rug
Located in New York, NY
4'4 X 6'10. Hamadan town in western Iran is the ancient Persian city of Ecbatana. Around the town are located hundreds of mostly Kurdish villages weaving an incredible variety of rug...
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19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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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