20th Century Pink and Blue Floreal with Medallion Samarkand Rug, Ca 1920

From the unusual style is recognized this beautiful Chinese carpet of the Art Deco period in bright colors and rather unusual. On the salmon pink background there is a cascade of flo...

The term Savonerie identifies a series of carpets knotted with Turkish knot and adorned with floral designs, made in Europe in various manufactories. The most famous and the one that gives the name to these carpets was settled in Paris in an ancient soap factory. Its foundation was an attempt by France in the seventeenth century to reproduce the expensive oriental carpets, but the main feature of these carpets is the Western style decor, which introduced an absolute novelty in the furnishings of the time. The productions of Savonerie over the years have become multiple, the most popular in addition to the French are the Spanish and Austrian. They were manufactories created specifically to produce large carpets intended for sumptuous noble palaces. Since the end of the 19th century many manufactories have also begun to produce carpets of different sizes, always with a decoration dictated by a Western style furniture...

Refined Chinese rug of small size, characterized by a full blue field surrounded by a rich border decorated with flower pots and birds of various shapes. The dominant theme of the de...

The traditional weaving of "Kilim Bessarabia" carpets probably dates back to the late Ottoman period between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kil...

An early 20th century central Asian Samarkand rug with a large circular medallion woven with a pomegranate motif on a pale indigo background, amidst a field of pomegranates in a natu...

An antique, early 20th century, central Asian Samarkand rug with unusual diamond medallion amidst a field of flowers on a crimson background, surrounded by multiple contrasting flora...

An unusual late 20th century central Asian Samarkand rug woven with multiple shades of indigo beginning with a large light-blue central medallion with a stylized pomegranate motif, o...

An early 20th century Central Asian Samarkand rug with large diamond and floral medallion, amidst a field of flowers, surrounded by a complementary floral border, all woven in crimso...