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Technique: Hand-Knotted
Antique Afghani Tribal Rug or Kitchen, Bath, Foyer or Entryway
Located in Dallas, TX
74647, antique Afghani tribal rug or kitchen, bath, foyer or entryway. This hand-knotted wool antique Afghani tribal rug features a geometric pattern i...
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Early 20th Century Afghan Tribal Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Beautiful 20th Century Moroccan Rabat Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage Rabat rug with beautiful geometrical design and red field with green, blue, orange and yellow, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Tribal Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Craftsman Style, Short Hallway Runner
Located in Dallas, TX
51721, vintage Turkish Oushak runner with craftsman style, short hallway runner. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features an all-over geometric boteh pattern spr...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
cc-tapis Double Slinkie Rug by Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave and Himalayan wool coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 152.000 individual kno...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Cotton
21st Century Carpet Rug Panther in Himalayan Wool and Silk Black, Yellow
By Illulian
Located in Milan, IT
Panther by Illulian Design Studio. After Makan and Lionheart, another feline joins the Limited Edition collection. With a strong visual impact and majestic appearance, this rug portr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Silk
Vintage Turkish Carpet, Timeless Appeal Meets Stylish Durability
Located in Dallas, TX
51476 Vintage Turkish Yastik Rug, 01'08 x 03'02. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Yastik rug is a captivating blend of traditional motifs and warm, earthy tones, reflecting the...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Boujad Moroccan Rug, Cozy Nomadic Charm Meets Bohemian Rhapsody
Located in Dallas, TX
74781 Vintage Boujad Moroccan Rug, 06'00 x 13'00.
Embark on a journey through the vibrant city of Boujad, renowned for its eccentric and artistic designs, as you step into the warmt...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Colorful Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
53030 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 02'10 x 06'01. Steeped in centuries-old tradition and meticulously crafted by skilled artisans, antique-washed Turkish Oushak rugs originate from th...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Antique Rug, Quba Kilim Rugs, Azerbaijani Handmade Geometric Oriental Rug
Located in Wembley, GB
This fine decorative handmade carpet colourful rug is an Azeri carpet rug woven by very skilled weavers in Azerbaijan who used the highest quality wool on wool. The exclusive flat-we...
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1910s Azerbaijani Kilim Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Organic Material, Wool
Rare 16th Century Alcaraz Rug Fragment from Spain 1'6" x 1'11"
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 16th Century Alcaraz Rug Fragment from Spain, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Spanish Rugs, Circa date: 16th Century
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16th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
1970’s Pink Turkish Oushak Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53930 Vintage Turkish Pink Oushak Rug, 02'08 x 04'04. Turkish Oushak rugs, hailing from the Western region of Oushak in Turkey, have earned acclaim for their intricate patterns, gent...
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Late 20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Moroccan Boucherouite Rug with Postmodern Bauhaus Cubism Style
Located in Dallas, TX
20884, vintage Moroccan Boucherouite rug with Postmodern Bauhaus Cubism style. This hand knotted wool and cotton vintage Berber Moroc...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Bauhaus Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Cotton
Vintage Turkish Oushak Prayer Rug with Craftsman Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53092 vintage Turkish Oushak Prayer rug with Craftsman style. With its luminous warm hues and beguiling beauty, this hand knotted wool vintag...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Persian Shiraz Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
78155 Antique Persian Shiraz Rug, 05'06 x 06'05. Persian Shiraz rugs, hailing from the villages surrounding the historic city of Shiraz in Iran's Fars province, epitomize the essenc...
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Late 19th Century Persian Tribal Antique Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Antique European Austrian Rug, Neoclassic Elegance Meets French Chateau Style
Located in Dallas, TX
76605 Late 19th Century Antique European Austrian Rug, 10'07 x 14'02. Like a whisper from a bygone era, this extraordinary hand-knotted wool Austrian rug c...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
1920's Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
77585 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Rug, 02'04 x 04'07. This exceptional hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug captures the essence of classical Chinese symbolism and a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Spanish Needlepoint
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Spanish needlepoint carpet with repeating square floral motif in neutral tones.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Cotton
Vintage Turkish Yastik Oushak Carpet, Timeless Appeal Meets Stylish Durability
Located in Dallas, TX
50790 Vintage Turkish Yastik Rug, 01'07 x 02'10. Vintage Turkish Yastik rugs are the creme de la creme of small Anatolian rugs. Originally used as pillow covers, these beauties have ...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Persian Mahal Rug with Rustic Romantic Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77598 vintage Persian Mahal rug with rustic Romantic Traditional style. Traditional style and rustic sensibility with romantic connotations, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Ma...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Kirman Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Tony Duquette - 'Malachite' Rug Size All Silk Hand Knotted Carpet 9x12 ft RARE
Located in Long Island, NY
Tony Duquette - 'Malachite' Rug 9 x 12 feet
Material: 100% Silk
“Beauty not luxury, is what I value” was Tony Duquette’s refrain. Hutton Wilkinson provided Via Como with designs fr...
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Early 2000s Chinese Baroque Revival Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Silk
Worn Turkish Deco Rug
Located in New York, NY
A worn circa mid-20th century rustic color Turkish Deco rug
Measures: 6'11'' x 10'4”.
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1960s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
6x9.7 Ft Vintage Turkish Wool Rug, Rustic Country House Style, Handmade Carpet
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our sun-faded rugs are all one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted, 50-70 year-old vintage pieces. They each boast their own singular handmade aesthetic drawn from the centuries-old Turkish rug-...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Cotton
Small Pattern Turkish Deco Runner
Located in New York, NY
Turkish deco small runner with faded predominant accents in rose, brown green, circa mid-20th century.
Measures: 3'6" x 6'11".
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1960s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Traditional Style Antique India Agra Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
76839 Antique Indian Agra Rug 08’10 x 14’08. With its timeless elegance and decadent beauty, this hand-knotted wool antique Indian Agra rug is poised to impress. The abrashed field i...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Nichols Chinese Art Deco Wool Rug
By Nichols
Located in Ferndale, MI
Deep red field Chinese Deco Nichols rug. Bright colored floral design in two corners. One or two small discolorations (shown) but truly excellent overall c...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Colorful Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Pictorial Tabriz Square Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Tabriz throw rug in square format handmade during the mid-20th century with a colorful pictorial design.
Measures: 3' 1" x 3' 6".
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Mid-20th Century Persian Bohemian Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Early 20th Century Handmade Persian Heriz Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
An antique Persian Heriz room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century.
Measures: 7' 7" x 11' 3".
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Early 20th Century Persian Rustic Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
7.5x10.2 Ft Plain Solid Black Turkish Area Rug. Modern Handmade Large Carpet
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...
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20th Century Turkish Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Cotton
New Modern Cerulean Blue Turkish Oushak Carpet with Contemporary Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53554 New Colorful Oushak Turkish Rug, 09'08 x 11'06. A mesmerizing interplay of color, texture, and heritage, this hand-knotted wool modern Turkish Oushak rug is a celebration of ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug with Rustic Mediterranean Tuscan Style
Located in Dallas, TX
76376 Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug, 09'08 x 12'07. Radiating timeless elegance and a comforting array of earthy hues, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Tabriz rug exudes the rusti...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Tabriz Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Midcentury Turkish Anatolian Runner
Located in New York, NY
Colorful vintage one of a kind narrow Turkish Anatolian runner.
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
1960's Persian Lori Harlequin Diamond Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
78880 Vintage Persian Lori Harlequin Diamond Rug Runner, 03'07 x 11'01. Persian Lori rugs, crafted by the nomadic Lori people of southwestern Iran, are renowned for their distinctive...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Mid-Century Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
1900's Persian Malayer Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
60960 Distressed Antique Persian Malayer Rug, 03'04 x 08'07. Antique-washed Persian Malayer carpet runners are long, narrow rugs handcrafted in the Malayer region of western Iran and treated with a special antique washing process to achieve a distressed or aged appearance. These runners often feature intricate designs such as geometric patterns, floral motifs, or medallions, woven into a rich color palette. Antique-washed Persian Malayer carpet runners are prized for their unique aesthetic, durability, and ability to complement a variety of interior styles, from traditional to contemporary, adding warmth, texture, and visual interest to any space.
With rugged beauty and warm earth-tones, this hand-knotted wool distressed antique Persian Malayer runner exudes a rustic sensibility that transcends time. Its weathered appearance lends it a curated, lived-in look, evoking a sense of nostalgia and comfort while infusing the space with warmth and welcomed informality. Iconic in its styling, this distressed Persian hallway runner...
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Early 20th Century Persian Spanish Colonial Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Feraghan Sarouk Rug, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Feraghan Sarouk Rug, c. 1900
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 4'3" W x 6'6" L
Origin: Persia
Period: c. 1900
Rug ID: 20228
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19th Century Persian Antique Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
2'x3' Faded Gold Antique Mohojaran Sarouk Mat Hand Knotted All Wool Oriental Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
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...
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Early 1900s Persian Medieval Antique Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Rust Aubusson Rug Runner Floral Livingroom Rugs Magnificent Home Decor Carpet
Located in Wembley, GB
This fantastic area runner rug has been handwoven with a beautiful all-over floral design on an ivory rust background with pink, cream-green, and ivory accents and two beautiful designs of columns as borders. This elegant piece's colour and design make it the perfect accent rug.
This rug style is best known as Aubusson and is recognized today as one of the most influential designs of European Rugs and Tapestries. Weavers replicate the same traditional techniques in the antique pieces in Aubusson, central France. Aubusson's designs frequently reference Art Nouveau and Renaissance styles and can be paired with other decorative arts from 1890 to 1910 and the modern styles of the 21st century.
Style this beautiful wool needlepoint as a wall hanging or as a floor rug in your bedroom, kitchen, dining room, living room or entranceway. Suitable for any room in your home and easy to style with modern and Classic interiors.
Rust Aubusson Rug Runner Floral...
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1990s French Aubusson Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Vintage Brown Tibetan Accent Rug with Minimalist Style
Located in Dallas, TX
76593, vintage brown Tibetan accent rug with Minimalist style. This hand knotted wool vintage brown Tibetan accent rug with Minimalist style features a lustrous, plush wool pile in v...
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Late 20th Century Tibetan Minimalist Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Colorful Abstract Moroccan Rug, Abstract Expressionism Meets Nomadic Charm
Located in Dallas, TX
21132 New Contemporary Berber Moroccan rug 02'08 x 05'04. Showcasing an expressive design, incredible detail and texture, this han...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Tribal Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
21616 Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug, 02'08 x 06'00. With its simplicity, Mid-Century Modern style, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan ...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Mid-20th Century Handmade Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Dragon Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field.
Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6"
The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains.
When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings.
Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is.
There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches.
The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet.
Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Modern Moroccan Rug Inspired by Gunta Stolzl, Tribal Enchantment Meets Cubism
Located in Dallas, TX
80697 Modern Moroccan Color Block Rug Inspired by Gunta Stolzl, 10'05 x 13'10. Presenting a resplendent testament to artistic audacity and daring creativi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Post-Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
cc-tapis Giudecca Rug by Zanellato/Bortotto
By cc-tapis
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 pure silk coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 152.000 individual knots per square meter approximately. The sale of every rug supports cc-foreducation. Size: 5' x 7.9' ft. A+ (152.000 knots/sqm approx.)
From a photo of a flight of stairs in Venice, came the idea to reinterpret the iconic image of the steps covered in water by the lagoon. The different tones of gray of the wool create the stone steps...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Silk, Wool
Vintage Turkish Carpet, Timeless Appeal Meets Stylish Durability
Located in Dallas, TX
50984 Vintage Turkish Yastik Rug, 01'08 x 03'04. This enchanting hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Yastik rug tells a story woven with rich symbolism and tradition. The open red fiel...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Early 20th Century Handmade Persian Kurd Throw Rug In Light Brown And Blue Green
Located in New York, NY
An antique tribal throw rug handmade by the Kurdish tribes of Persia during the early 20th century. An unusually large-scaled classic "Herati" pattern, for a small throw rug, over a ...
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Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Antique Blue Chinese Peking Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
77544 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 09'00 x 11'05. This antique Chinese Peking rug, meticulously hand-knotted from wool, showcases a striking design with a rounded medallion gracefully...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Blue Beni Mrirt Moroccan Rug, Cozy Nomad Meets Bohemian Enchantment
Located in Dallas, TX
21305 Vintage Blue Beni Mrirt Moroccan Rug, 06'03 x 09'07. Beni Mrirt rugs epitomize a treasured tradition of Moroccan weaving, renowned for their luxurious texture, geometric design...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Antique Gold European French Carpet
Located in Dallas, TX
73348 Antique European French Rug, 12’04 x 13’09. European French rugs are high-quality rugs made in France, known for their exquisite craftsmanship, luxurious materials, and intrica...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Contemporary Turkish Tulu Room Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind late 20th century Turkish Tulu room size wool rug. A fun rug to work around.
Measures: 8'6'' x 10'8''.
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Late 20th Century Turkish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Brown Sheared Low Worn Wool Hand Knotted Bohemian Vintage Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
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...
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1960s Persian Medieval Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Old Persian Baluch Distinct Abrash Evenly Worn Pure Wool Hand Knotted Clean Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
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...
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1960s Persian Medieval Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
5.7x7.4 ft Vintage Handmade Vintage Floral Pattern Turkish Wool Area Rug
Located in Spring Valley, NY
A finely hand-knotted vintage Turkish rug. The rug is made of medium wool pile on wool foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition with no issues. It h...
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1970s Turkish Oushak Vintage Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Ivory THE COLORFUL WAVES Sari Silk with Textured Wool Hand Knotted Oriental Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
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...
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2010s Indian Modern Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Silk
Old Spanish Savonnerie Exc Cond Hand-Knotted Oversize Rug
Located in Carlstadt, NJ
This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Old Spanish Savonnerie Exc Cond Hand-Knotted Oversize Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the centuries...
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20th Century Spanish Medieval Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Wool
Vintage Persian Silk Nain Rug with French Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77663 Vintage Persian Silk Nain rug with French Cottage Style 06'07 x 10'01. Characterized by the cozy simplicity of French cottage style and romantic connot...
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Late 20th Century Persian Tabriz Hand-Knotted More Carpets
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Silk
Early 20th Century Handmade Chinese Ningxia Square Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
An antique Chinese Ningxia square throw rug handmade during the early 20th century.
Measures: 2' 3" x 2' 4"
The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains.
When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings.
Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is.
There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches.
The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet.
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