Silk Rugs and Carpets

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Beige, Silk With Textured Wool Hand Knotted, Willow And Cypress Tree Design, Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the cent...

Beautiful handwoven rug made of cactus silk with soft multi-color geometric motifs on a red - salmon color background, nicely feel to touch. Great decorative addition for any room.

This modern Custom rug features Elegant hieroglyphics courtesy of world-famous designer Kevin Walz. It is a contemporary, symbolic rug rendered in chic colorways, fine Himalayan wool...

This authentic Persian handmade Nain (6 LA) rug has wool and silk pile with cotton foundation. Nain is a city in Iran that is well known for producing Fine handmade rug. This beautif...

This vintage hand-knotted Persian Nain rug from the 3rd quarter of the 1900s showcases exquisite craftsmanship with an exceptionally fine weave and shimmering silk highlights through...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Hand Knotted Modern Design Abstract Motifs with Painter's Palette Wool Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the centuries...

Beautiful mid century Kashmir rug with nice floral design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool and silk velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ ...

Opposites. Since the dawn of time, they have existed in harmony - dark and light, joy and sorrow, strength and vulnerability. Where one ends, the other begins. Distinct entities tha...

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 contemporary Tibetan weave rug features a striking golden stripe design that immediately captures attention. Made from high-quality Tibetan wool or silk, it showcases intricate ...

This Indian wool and silk blend rug features an orange field with an abstract pattern detailing gray and golden colors. Its composed materials provide r...

An incredible vintage Egyptian Tabriz patterned woven in100% silk with a beautiful central multi-lobed floral medallion woven in pink gold, indigo, crimson, and natural colored silk....

Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this Handmade Vintage Persian Style Qum Silk Rug. This exquisite piece from the 1970s is in good condition, showcasing the intricat...

Inspired by the golden age of French royalty of the 17th and the 18th century, the French Savonneries Collection is a befitting ode to the grandeur, glamour and class of the time. Im...

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...

The ‘Lithology’ collection showcases stunning motifs that are evocative of the diverse and awe-inspiring natural surfaces of the earth. The carpets exhibit an artistic interpretation...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Blue Oceanic Wool and Pure Silk Horizontal Ombre Design Hand Knotted Oriental Oversized Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the ce...

This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional texti...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Silver with Blue, Broken Persian Erased Vase Design, Wool and Silk Hand Knotted, Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the ...

Guadalupe Collection is inspired by The New Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, one of the most visited religious sites in the world designed by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez together with four other architects in 1974; a symbol of Mexican culture...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Round Abstract with Mosaic Taupe Wool and Silk Design Hand Knotted Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the centuries-old ...

Made in unique blend of hand-knotted wool and silk, this 6x10 modern rug is a unique addition to the Modern Classics rug collection by Rug & Kilim, with this particular geometric rug...

Air Force Blue, Broken Persian Heriz Erased Design, Wool and Silk, Hand Knotted, Oversized Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inches Style: Transitiona...

This Oriental rug for sale was woven in Asian Anatolia, Turkey in the historic city of Hereke. In the mid-19th century, Sultan Abdul Majid proclaimed Hereke to be the royal weaving village. The small rugs were woven there were considered the finest in the world. All examples of this woven rug used select Borsa silk which is the finest quality carpet silk. The Sultan required that all of the silk rugs woven in Hereke had to be signed with the name Hereke. These oriental rugs were regularly woven for the aristocracy in Europe, Asia, and The Middle East. The design of this luxury rugs is unique because it is an interpretation of the famous 17th century Mughal carpet from India. The Mughal carpet was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and was illustrated in the book called Flowers Under Foot, published by the Museum. The gold rug has 1200 knots per square inch, and the entire field is woven of silver/metallic thread. The signature of these patterned rugs (see detail photos) is written in Ottoman script and says Use Ipek, which was the premier workshops in Hereke during the 1970s. Pure silk rugs, metallic pictorial Turkish...

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 is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Ivory, Striae Design Hi-Low Pile, Tone on Tone Silk with Textured Wool Hand Knotted, Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in ...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Distressed Oushak Pure Silk with Textured Wool Hand Knotted Oriental Rug. It has been woven for months and months in the centuries-old Persian w...

Fuscia Pink, Plain Solid Design, Pure Sari Silk, Hand Knotted, Soft to the Touch, Oriental Rug Primary materials: Sari Silk Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inches Style: Contemporary Pr...

Very fine Persian Silk Qum - 6.8' 4.5'

New Tabriz Goli Nami Rug in Wool and Silk 19'8 X 12'10 Key Details: Pile: Wool & Silk Foundation: Silk Origin: Tabriz goli nami Design: goli nami Approximate Age: new Quality (KPI):...

Antique Tablecloth Tapestry Kayseri Silk This elegant antique silk Kayseri carpet brings the elegance and craftsmanship of the 19th century to the presen...

REHAB 200 rug by Illulian Dimensions: D300 x H200 cm Materials: Wool 50%, Silk 50% Variations available and prices may vary according to materials and sizes. Illulian, histor...

This is a truly genuine one-of-a-kind Gray, Broken Persian Design, Hand Knotted Wool and Pure Silk, Oversized Oriental Rug. It has been Knotted for months and months in the centuries...

Nice contemporary abstract design rug with beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool and silk velvet on cotton foundation.

77308 Dark Gray Wool & Silk Tibetan Rug, 08'07 x 11'04. Abstract Expressionism meets esoteric elegance in this hand knotted wool and silk vintage Tibetan rug. The abstract linear des...

This 10x14 rug is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Moroccan rug collection. Hand-knotted in wool and silk, its design recaptures the classic tribal sensibility in a new modern quality...

Made with hand-knotted wool and silk, this 3x4 contemporary rug is an exciting new addition to the Block Print line of Rug & Kilim’s Modern Classics Collection—a sophisticated and el...

The manufacturing of these masterpieces handmade carpet Indian rugs began early the 20th century. The luxury rugs from Kashmir are known for their artistry with the pile of wool or silk. Those carpets and rugs are also often manufactured with high knot density and have varied patterns, borrowed from different areas. It is also familiar with oriental carpets produced entirely of silk, silk-Ghom. Gardens, medallions or figural handmade rugs with plant and animal motifs are common. This dark blue rug...

-Artistic Rug by DM, "Spirit" -2018 -Wool and Silk -400 x 300 cm -Signature woven on bottom right -Manufactured in Boccara workshop, Egypt; Finishing in France

Luxurious Hand-Knotted Silk & Wool Runner – Art Deco Elegance by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 5'0" × 19'5" (152 × 591 cm). An exquisite statement in contemporary design with Art Deco roo...

A beautiful contemporary modernized Persian design hand knotted rug using finest wool and silk in 8 x 10 ft By Djoharian Design. Modern desig rug in style of a Persian Heriz in...

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...

Modern Tibetan Art Deco Style Silk and Wool Rug Inspired by DaSyla Bruhns by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 9'2" × 12'2" (279 × 370 cm) Evoking the timeless sophistication of early 20th-cen...

Antique Turkish silk rug. Size: 11'3" × 17'8" (342 × 538 cm). A masterwork of early 20th-century textile artistry, this antique Turkish silk rug embodies the elegance and refinement ...

Very beautiful and fine late 19th century silk prayer rug, with a beautiful mihrab design and natural colors with orange, blue, yellow, green and purple, entirely and finely hand kno...

This Swedish style 3x4 kilim rug, handwoven in wool and silk, joins the new “Watson yarn” line of Rug & Kilim’s award-winning Scandinavian Collection. On the Design: These photos ...

This 5x8 rug is a grand new entry to Rug & Kilim’s Texture of Color Collection. Connoisseurs will note this piece is from our new Light on Loom line, which includes quicker custom ...

This contemporary 8x12 abstract rug is a bold new addition to Rug & Kilim’s modern rug designs. Further on the Design: hand knotted in a luxurious wool and silk blend, this rug e...

This custom rug features an Eastern-inspired blue field and gray geometric design. It is made with Tibetan wool and silk for an elegant and inviting look. The price is based on an 8...

Modern Wool and Silk Custom Rug: Size and color tailored to fit your space. Wool and Bamboo Silk with Hand-Knotted techniques for superior quality. Sourced from Nepal, estimated lead...

A modern Tibetan Art Deco Square large room size carpet inspired by Edward McKnight Kauffer handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 14' 2" x 14' 5"

Tabriz rugs are well known for their excellent weaving and design. One of the very famous patterns of Tabriz rugs are Fish Design known as Mahi and is one of the classis patterns pro...

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...

Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design in style of Louis XVI, featuring flower, birds and parrots, with beautiful natural colours, with a yellow background , pi...

This palace-sized 14x20 rug is a grand new entry to Rug & Kilim’s Texture of Color Collection. Hand-knotted in art silk. Connoisseurs will note this piece is from our new Light on L...

Soumak rugs (also spelled Sumak) – This construction technique produces a flat-weave rug that is thick, strong and exceptionally durable. Unlike kilims, Soumak rugs are not reversible because non-clipped yarns are left on the back. However, they are also stronger than kilims. Antique Soumak carpets are unique because the wefts are used to produce decorative patterns rather than as a structural element. Antique Soumak rugs are generally very finely woven and feature richly detailed motifs. Traditionally, these spectacular flat-weave carpets are decorated with ancient symbols, tiny birds and geometric animals. Many of these geometric patterns and tribal symbols are associated with the Shahsavan tribe. In the 17th century, these influential warriors served as the personal bodyguards to Shah Abbas according to historic legends. The Shahsavan, who used Soumak weaving techniques widely, inhabited modern-day Azerbaijan and parts of Northwest Persia near Ardabil. Because Soumak rugs were woven in various carpet producing regions, the designs they feature are exceptionally diverse. Although they are fairly rare compared to pile carpets and traditional kilims, antique Soumak rugs feature grand medallions, finely executed repeating patterns, Persian garden designs and tribal motifs that are surrounded by multiple sets of richly detailed borders. Antique Soumak rugs make outstanding floor coverings, but the technique was also used to construct bags, trappings, saddle covers, decorative bed spreads and functional household items. Like other regional handicrafts, antique Soumak rugs are highly decorative and diverse textile pieces that flatter modern furnishings and soften minimalist interiors very well. Soumak or Sumak is a type of brocading or flat-woven pile. Thicker than a kilim carpet, it is accomplished by looping the yarn horizontally around successive pairs of warps in between passes of over-under wefting. When compressed vertically with a weaver’s comb, the resultant texture looks like cabling rising slightly from the surface of the rug. Soumak is named for the village of Shemaka in the Caucasus where this technique was widely practiced, but it certainly was not invented there. Soumak has been practiced extensively across the antique rug producing world, from Central Asia to Iran, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Antique Soumak Weave Techniques: Soumak Weave – The art of fine rug weaving and making is ancient and complex. Over the centuries, a myriad of disparate cultures, from every corner of the globe, have developed methods of creating tight, long-lasting weaves, such as rugs, carpets, and kilims. As such, there is no singular, universal method for creating a fine weave; rather, there are several different, totally distinctive weaving techniques. These techniques and approaches have been developed over time and that are unique to the area, tribe and or people. One specific example of a type of weave that was developed and is still used to this day is the Soumak weave. The widespread adaptation of the Soumak weave by such a wide range of different rug-producing cultures is certainly a rather strong testament to the quality and “reproducibility” of the process — cornerstones of any long-lasted artistic technique. One of the most familiar types of antique weaving from the Caucasus region is the Soumak. These were produced in a wide array of designs, but generally they are typified by a crisp, precise drawing applied to highly abstract or stylized geometric patterns, using a rich and varied palette. In technical terms, Soumaks are flatwoven rugs. Their technique is related to that of kilims, but it is somewhat more complex, thicker in handle, and more durable as floor covering. As opposed to Kilim technique which consists of compacted weft facing simply running over and under the vertical wraps, Soumak weave runs the yarns around the warps in a serpentine pattern, over two, back one, over two back one, and so forth. The rows of this yarn facing or brocading are then separated by wefts like the rows of knots in pile carpets. The origin of this technique is hard to pinpoint, but it is attested literally from one end of the rug-producing world to the other. The term Soumak is apparently a corruption of the name Shemaka, a town in the Shirvan region of the Caucasus, where such rugs, it is often claimed, were made. However Soumaks were made in various areas of the Caucasus and the region north of Kuba seems to have been a major center of their production. Caucasian Soumaks have a very interesting design repertory, with a number of distinct types or groups. From the perspective of carpet history, the most interesting group is the one that utilizes field designs of large polygonal medallions, often in the shape of diamonds or stars. These tend to be modeled on early Turkish pile carpets, especially those of the so-called “small pattern Holbein” and “large pattern Holbein” types produced in Western Turkey during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A key feature of the Holbein rugs is the use of small squares with horn-like hooked pairs as fillers in the indentations along the edge of the main medallions. Caucasian Soumaks of this type reproduce even these details with remarkable consistency and fidelity. The various smaller motifs used as space fillers seem to come from the common tribal repertory behind most Caucasian and Turkish rugs. The borders of Caucasian Soumaks tend to be made up of small geometric medallions or stylized rosettes, although they can be surprising, as on the example shown here which is adapted from kilim designs. A second major group of Caucasian Soumaks have allover field designs made up of smaller medallions arranged closely in staggered repetition. Some of these which have multi-pointed star-like configuration (the so-called Crivelli-Star) also come from the repertory of early Turkish rugs. But the oval medallions with undulating edges are floral palmettes of classical Persian derivation. Despite the varied origins of the design elements, the Soumaks of this group still convey considerable stylistic homogeneity or integrity. The borders of this second group are much the same as those of the first, although the example shown here has a highly unusual border that derives once again from early Turkish rugs. A third group of Caucasian Soumaks stems from more local traditions. Known as “Dragon Soumaks...

This wool and silk animalia Persian carpet in indigo, pink, blue, brown, and yellow, measuring 3' x 5', is a masterwork of Persian weaving, crafted in Isfahan during the 1970s by the...

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 contemporary 14x20 palace-sized rug is a grand new entry to Rug & Kilim’s Texture of Color Collection. Hand-knotted in art silk and cotton. Connoisseurs will note this piece i...