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Rugs and Carpets For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 18th Century
Antique Late 19th Century Red Bakhshaish Rug from North West Persia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Bakhshaish rug has a shaded brick-red field with an overall design of bold polychrome palmettes and tendrils, in a medium-blue border of lush serra...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Navy Blue Field Antique Persian Fine Sarouk Rug
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century navy field Sarouk Ferehan Rug
Details
rug no. j4270
size 8' 6" x 11' 10" (259 x 361 cm)
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Agra Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Untouched Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Rug circa 1890s - RR5128 MUST SELL
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is an Antique Persian Levar Kerman rug from the late 1890s. It is in excellent condition with no repairs or any loss to the rug. Great all-over design with great natural dyes,...
Category
1890s Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$3,120 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
The Older Antique Chinese Rugs, as opposed to most other productions of Chinese goods, were woven almost exclusively for internal consumption. Since ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Large Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug in Gray, Gray/Green, Lime Green & Rust Red
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large antique Persian Sultanabad rug in gray/green, lime green, light blue, yellow, cream, faded gold, salmon, light green and rust/red, rug 18-0301, country of origin / type: Iran /...
Category
1890s Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Hand-Woven Turkish Late 19th Century Wool Oushak Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The terracotta red field with an overall angular shaded green and ivory palmette and floral vine, in an eau-de-nil border with stylised cypress trees alternating with a delicate flor...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Kula Prayer Rug, c. 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kula Prayer Rug, c. 1800
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 5'7" L x 4'3" W
Origin: Anatolia
Period: 1800
Rug ID: 19187
Category
18th Century Turkish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$2,500
Antique Large 100% Wool Tabriz Persian Rug Carpet 390x310cm 13ftx10ft
Located in London, GB
This very elegant large antique fine quality Tabriz Persian rug dates from the mid 19th century.
This beautiful carpet was hand woven in Iran and has a 100% wool pile based on a cot...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Austrian Savonnerie Arts and Crafts Viennese Secession Rug c. 1890s
Located in New York, NY
This a rare and pristine Antique Austrian Savonnerie Arts and Crafts Viennese Secession Rug in jewel tones dating back to c. 1890.
It measures 5 x 8.6 ft with full pile.
Complimen...
Category
1890s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkmen Tekke Ensi Carpet ( 4' 1'' x 4' 6'' - 125 x 137 cm )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkmen Tekke Ensi Carpet ( 4' 1'' x 4' 6'' - 125 x 137 cm )
Category
1890s Russian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$2,025 Sale Price
25% Off
Doris Leslie Blau Oversized Antique Persian Kirman Rug
Located in New York, NY
Oversized Antique Persian Kirman Rug
Size: 16'2" × 17'0" (492 × 518 cm).
This magnificent 19th-century Persian Kirman rug is a testament to the height of Persian textile artistry dur...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Sultanabad Rug. Size: 9 ft x 12 ft 2 in
Located in New York, NY
Ivory Background Antique Persian Sultanabad Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Rugs, Circa Date: 1880 – Size: 9 ft x 12 ft 2 in (2.74 m x 3.71 m)
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
18th Century Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish verdure tapestry from the 18th century, depicting two exotic birds within a profuse landscape, with acanthus plants in the foreground, bloomin...
Category
18th Century European Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$69,996 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Ikat Panel from Uzbekistan, 1860s
Located in Istanbul, TR
It is silk warp cotton weft , madras irate panel. Their quarter 19th century Lined with a Russian roller printed cotton.
Category
Mid-19th Century Uzbek Islamic Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
Zabihi Collection Antique Persian Bidjar Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A Late 19th Century Antique Persian Bidjar Rug
Details
rug no. j4138
size 9' 1" x 12' (277 x 366 cm)
Category
Late 19th Century Persian American Classical Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century Persian Malayer Pictorial Carpet ( 12'4" x 15'10" - 375 x 483 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Persian Malayer Pictorial Carpet ( 12'4" x 15'10" - 375 x 483 )
Around a classic Azerbaijan medallion, eight castles are lifted by horned Djins (evil mythological crea...
Category
1890s Persian Malayer Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$29,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Hand-Woven Late 19th Century Wool Bakhshaish Rug from North West Persia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Bakhshaish rug has a shaded ocean blue field counterposed by broad geometric palmettes issuing complementary floral motif, in a coral red border of...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Artisan Made Moroccan Berber Carpet, 7' 11" x 9' 8"
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
A vibrant red moroccan handmade wool carpet. Berber people, known for their nomadic lifestyle, pass down the art of weaving through generations, with each tribe having it's distinct...
Category
19th Century Moroccan Tribal Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1850s Antique Bessarabian Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Bessarabian Kilims and carpets are flat woven rugs that originate in the Russian provinces of the Ukraine and Moldova in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. While most carpet expert...
Category
19th Century Other Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Doris Leslie Blau Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Size: 16'10" × 21'0" (513 × 640 cm).
A masterful example of late 19th-century Persian craftsmanship, this exceptional Antique Tabriz Rug from circa 1880 em...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Authentic Hand-Knotted Wool Antique Persian Serapi Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Serapi rug features an extremely fine shaded green field of ivory acanthus vine lozenge lattice with inner rust lozenge lattice, each enclosing pol...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Hand-woven Wool Red Floral Persian Faraghan Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Fereghan rug has an extremely fine tomato-red field with an overall design of polychrome flower heads issuing prominent blue-green and ivory vines ...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Persian Kerman Rug with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
79259 Late 19th Century Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 03'03 x 04'10. Woven in the twilight of the 19th century in the storied workshops of Kerman, this hand-knotted wool Persian rug is...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Tekke Turkmen Rug of Traditional Design
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
Antique Tekke Turkmen rug of traditional design and pleasing colour.
The rug has a traditional Tekke gul design with 3 rows of 11 guls. The rug has a soft warm colour with cochineal...
Category
19th Century Turkmen Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson Biblical tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba seated on a throne at center, flanked on either side by attendants, to t...
Category
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Beautiful Antique French Fine Needlepoint Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century needlepoint tapestry with beautiful design of a scene of an elderly lady teaching a young girl to sew, and with beautiful natural colors, entirely an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$1,201 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tekke Main Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Tekke Main carpet or rug. A handsome antique tribal carpet, woven by the Tekke Turkmen tribal groups in Central Asia. Featuring one of the mo...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkmen Tribal Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$13,500
Alriz collection Rare and important Camel hair shield Baksaish
Located in Harrington Park, NJ
Rare Bakhshayesh camelhair carpet from the 19th with bold tribal geometry and subdued, organic color. The field—woven in lustrous, undyed camelhair—displays a striking lattice of ste...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Amazing Antique Oushak Carpet
Located in Evanston, IL
Pleasant and amazing antique Oushak carpet with unique colors and excellent size with great fine weave.
Ushak rugs have been in production since the...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Beige Silk Tabriz Rug 4'2 x 5'7
Located in New York, NY
4'2 x 5'7. This is a Classic silk Tabriz from the most desirable period of Tabriz weaving. The complex layered medallion is framed by extended quarter motives in the traditional styl...
Category
19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
18th Century Antique Indian Medieval Tapestry after the Battle of Karnal in 1739
Located in Dallas, TX
74417 18th Century Antique Indian Medieval Wall Tapestry after the Battle of Karnal in 1739. This beautiful antique Indian painted tapestry is done on a canvas. It features a hunting battle scene with kings, kingsmen and royalty with multiple types of animals ranging from horses, elephants, lions, birds, peacocks and leopards. This tapestry is possibly in relation to The Battle of Karnal in 1739. The Muhammed Shah fought with Nader Shah...
Category
18th Century British Indian Ocean Territory Medieval Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Fabric
Late 19th Century Antique Hadji Jallili Persian Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique Hadji Jallili rug has a shaded royal-blue field with an angular apricot and brick-red arabesque vine linking bold stylized trees and plants surrounded by delicate shaded green leafy plants and a dense profusion of floral sprays and flowerheads, the brick...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Serapi Carpet, Handmade Wool Oriental Rug Ivory, Rust
Located in Port Washington, NY
Extremely Rare size, which leads us to believe this carpet originally was a custom order for a Nobel Family.
Antique Serapi carpets are one of the most sought after rugs particularly in America and England for many years. Antique Serapi rugs are a major draw particularly in big city America. Serapi carpets were woven on the level of small workshop with multiple weavers working several years to complete each rug. Highly skilled artisans, they continually reinterpreted the design as they wove, creating highly spontaneous and inventive artistry. Measures: 16'2" x 18'2".
Serapi is a term that is a mystery in the Persian antique carpet market. There is no location or tribe of this name. Sarab, also spelled Saab, a town in northwestern Persia, is known for weaving only runners with a camel hair pile during the nineteenth century. "Serapi" may be a nickname given by American dealers...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$90,749 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Hand-Woven Traditional Floral Persian Kerman Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Kerman rug has a saffron field of dense floral branches enclosing a magnificent arabesque medallion, with similar regal golden spandrels, in a dens...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s Beautiful Antique French Needlepoint Round Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice antique French tapestry with beautiful design and nice colors, entirely hand embroidered with needlepoint method with wool and silk, assembled on a wooden panel.
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"Experienc...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
$1,144 Sale Price
20% Off
4x5.5 Ft Fine Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug. Yellow Ground. Excellent Condition
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Fine antique Caucasian Shirvan rug, All natural dyes.
Excellent original condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed professionally).
Size: 4 x 5.5 ft.
Category
Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$4,620 Sale Price
30% Off
Late 19th Century, Antique Ziegler Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique Ziegler carpet has a shaded royal-blue field with an overall design of bold polychrome palmettes around a central column of simila...
Category
Late 19th Century Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau Oversized 1880s Antique Persian Kirman Rug
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite 1880s Antique Persian Kirman Rug
Size: 14'0" × 22'6" (426 × 685 cm).
A masterwork of Persian textile artistry, this 19th-century Kirman rug stands as a testament to the ref...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late-19th Century Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Samarkand Rugs: The desert oasis of Khotan was an important stop on the Silk Road. The people of Khotan were expert carpet weavers who produced high quality antique rugs and ...
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Late 19th Century Empire Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 1890s Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug, Medallion Design, Wool, 4' x 6'
Located in New York, NY
This 1890 Haji Jalili Persian Tabriz rug consists of a cotton warp, handspun wool weft and hand-knotted handspun wool pile. The bright copper hues, soft blues, indigos, cream and bei...
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19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Runner Antique Persian Malayer Runner 1890 4x10ft
Located in New York, NY
Antique Geometric Tribal Rug Handmade Runner Rug 1890 3'6" x 9'8" 107cm x 295cm
"This is a beautiful antique rug with a beautiful geometric pattern and unique motifs. A cool, tribal...
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1890s Persian Khorassan Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
17th Century Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry, with Trees, Bushes and Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish verdure landscape tapestry from the 17th century, depicting verdant hills with two large blossoming trees in the foreground, a stream and a large domicile in the middle gro...
Category
17th Century European Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
$7,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Mongolian Chinese Carpet with Longevity Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
The rare carpets of Mongolia have in recent years achieved a stature of their own. They differ from traditional 19th century Chinese carpets in that they typically employ stylized pa...
Category
1870s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
17th Century Brussels Mythological Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Brussels mythological tapestry from the first half of the 17th century, woven by Peter van den Berghen, depicting an interior scene from the st...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$54,995 Sale Price
59% Off
Vintage Tuareg Runner Mat, Brown and Beige Striped Patterns - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This vintage runner rug and floor covering is a 3x15 Tuareg mat from the nomadic tribe of the same name. Handwoven with reeds and camel leather in Mauritania circa 1950-1960, its nat...
Category
1850s Mauritanian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Leather, Reed
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Persian Area Rug - Oushak Design - Ivory Blue Red
Located in Dallas, TX
The Enduring Charm of an Oushak Masterpiece
Step into a world of timeless design with this stunning Oushak-style area rug, a piece that beautifully bridges the gap between historical...
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Mid-19th Century Persian Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late of 19th Century Antique Persian Heriz Carpet
Located in Sultanahmet, 34
This rare and collectible Heriz carpet was woven by master craftsmen in the Heriz region of northwestern Iran in the late 19th century. This unique hand-made piece combines the bold ...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
11 x 18 Antique Persian Malayer Beige Wool Rug Floral-Designed (Circa 1880s)
Located in Norwalk, CT
This exquisite antique Persian Malayer rug showcases a stunning floral design that embodies the artistry of the 1880s. Crafted from high-quality beige wool, this piece features intri...
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Late 19th Century Persian Malayer Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$40,500 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Late 19th Century Authentic Wool Handwoven Persian Sultanabad Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The shaded mid-blue field with an overall design of bold light blue, taupe and mole-brown palmettes linked by delicate floral vine and by bold serrated leaves enclosing smaller palme...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Handwoven Wool Late 19th Century Serapi Rug from North West Persia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Serapi rug has a warm beige field of angled palmette vines and tendrils enclosing a magnificent ruby rust radiating lozenge medallion enclosing sim...
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Late 19th Century Persian Serapi Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson tapestry from the 19th century, depicting several young courtiers spending a leisurely afternoon gaily dancing and carousing within the splendidly maintained verdan...
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19th Century French Aubusson Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$8,995 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug 13’6” x 18’7”
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug 13’6” x 18’7”. The well-woven to finely knotted 1890 to 1910 pieces woven in the eponymous workshop or its copyists, in Tabriz, in formats ran...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Doris Leslie Blau 19th Century Persian Khorassan Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Authentic 19th century Persian Khorassan handmade wool rug
Size: 13'8" × 19'5" (416 × 591 cm)
This tribe-specific traditional Persian Khorassan rug was woven on a larger sized loom c...
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Late 19th Century Persian Khorassan Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug, Circa 1880s, Wool, 9’ x 12’
Located in New York, NY
This Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz carpet circa 1880 consists of a cotton warp and thread, hand-knotted wool pile and natural vegetable dyes. It is an exceptional piece from the workshi...
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19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Late 16th Century Brussels Historical Tapestry, with Famed Roman General Scipio
Located in New York, NY
A Brussels historical tapestry, attributed to Martin Reymbouts, late 16th century. From the Story of Scipio series, the renowned Roman general, victorious after the Punic War, with k...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$149,995 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Circa-1880 Wool Tomato-Red Bold Floral Anatolian Oushak Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique, circa 1880, hand-woven Anatolian Oushak rug features a tomato-red field with a large ivory linked lattice forming bold lozenges containing light blue serrated lozenges ...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
17th century Antique Aubusson/Gobelin tapestry, France Architectural land, silk
Located in Berlin, DE
17th century Antique Aubusson/Gobelin tapestry, France Architectural landscape, silk
Antique Museal Aubosson tapestry made of silk and partly wool. Very fine and antique design. Dep...
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
18th Century Greek Island 'Epirus' Embroidery
Located in Istanbul, TR
A rare item in pretty good condition in silk embroidery on silk background cloth with zoomorphic imagery.
Category
18th Century Greek Tribal Antique Rugs and Carpets
Antique Persian Mahal Rug Antique Sultanabad Rug Rust Geometric, 1880 10x12
Located in New York, NY
Antique Mahal Rug Sultanabad Rug Handmade Rug 9'8" x 11'5"
295cm x348cm Circa1880
"This is a magnificent Antique Sultanabad Mahal. It has a rare artistic bold decorative design. Thi...
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1880s Persian Antique Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Doris Leslie Blau 19th Century Persian Kirman Handmade Wool Rug 'Size Adjusted'
Located in New York, NY
Authentic Persian Kirman handmade wool rug (Size Adjusted)
Size: 18'4" × 23'4" (558 × 711 cm).
Rich in heritage and artistry, this handmade rug exemplifies the high standards of Dori...
Category
Late 19th Century Persian Kirman Antique 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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