Ivory Sickle Leaf Design Silk & Wool Hand Knotted Oriental Rug 10'0" x 14'3"

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...

A rare, vintage French pile carpet from the famed Aubusson flatweave carpet workshops, this moderately woven piece shows a beveled red open field decorated by an oval ecru medallion with an acanthus leaf edge, and rosette and stem centre. Rococo domed corner pieces and straw border with floret stems. Perfect with any-reign Louis furniture.

Egypt has a rug-weaving tradition that dates back to at least the 16th century. After a brief period of glory, though, it seems to have gone into abeyance until after World War Two. The birth of the handmade carpet industry in modern Egypt dates to the Egyptian Revolution in 1952, when the importation of carpets from Iran ceased. Most people don’t think of Egypt as a source of Oriental rugs. New Egyptian rugs are almost never included in books on the subject because, first of all, new Oriental rugs...