Early 1900s Rugs and Carpets

An exceptional antique Heriz rug, woven in a rare square size circa 1900. The rug features a geometrical ivory medallion on a terracotta field and pretty dark indigo border. Lovely s...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating circa 1900-1909, this 8x11 Lori Baft rug joins Rug & Kilim's Antique collection. It features a lattice of pomegranates and birds, celebrated ...

This magnificent late nineteenth-century Dabir Kashan rug is a premier example of “City Workshop” excellence, specifically originating from the esteemed Dabir looms. Historically, “D...

This is an outstanding antique French tapestry in a fantastic Verdure and Bird Design- This magnificent wool piece incorporates impeccable attention to detail- This piece utilizes ex...

For your consideration, an antique Chinese Peking rug, typically dating from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. It features a classic two-tone aesthetic with a rich, ...

One of the few remaining original Art Nouveau carpets from Vienna. Hand-knotted – the craftsmanship clearly identifies Backhausen & Sons in Vienna. The stylized floral pattern refl...

This stunning antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug features a rich navy blue field adorned with vibrant yellow accents showcasing traditional Chinese dragon designs. This ru...

1900 Antique French Tapestry Wool & Silk Game 7x7 Square 6'5" x 6'7" 196cm x 201cm "This is an outstanding antique French Aubusson tapestry in a fantastic large square size- Thi...

Impressive early 20th-century Aubusson tapestry depicting a lively pastoral hunting scene, rich in detail and color. At the center, an elegant château rises in the background, surrou...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 10x10 antique English Axminster rug is a bold new addition to Rug & Kilim’s repertoire of antique rugs. On the Design: Red and brown tones underscore m...

Hand knotted in wool, this very special Arts & Crafts 12 x 17 rug joins Rug & Kilim’s Antique & Vintage collection. Originating from Spain circa...

ntique Bessarabian Rugs / Kilims in both pile and tapestry weaving technique are some of the more beautiful carpets to have been produced in Europe. Many of the Bessarabian Kilims we...

A beautiful early 20th century Afghani Bashir rug with a repeated pattern with octagons, each woven with several stylized floral patterns in crimson and indigo set against a brown ba...

Antique Bessarabian Rugs / Kilims in both pile and tapestry weaving technique are some of the more beautiful carpets to have been produced in Europe. Many of the Bessarabian Kilims w...

Beige, Antique Lavar Kerman, Shabby Chic, Worn Down and Distressed, Hand Knotted, 100% Wool, Sides and Ends Professionally Secured, Clean, Signed, XL, Oversized, Oriental Rug Primary...

Donegal Carpet Ireland 10’4” x 13”6” - 315 x 411 Early 20th century; c. 1910 Wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation Designed by Gavin Morton The Donegal factory in Killybe...

This striking early 20th-century Sultanabad piece presents an all-over botanical pattern, forming a grid of palmettes, flowering vines, and stylized Herati motifs that project both r...

Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 17' x 19'8" - 218 x 600 )

A beautiful antique carpet from the prolific Oushak region in Western Turkey, featuring a well-known design, at least since the seventeenth century. The design is often referred to a...

This striking area rug is a vintage handwoven wool area rug. The design features a green background colour with accents of red, pink, brown and beige that make up the intricate, Anti...

Size: 5ft 6in x 4ft 5in (168 x 135cm). Antique Turkish Komurcu Kula rug of traditional desiign. Circa 1900. These scarce rugs are known as Komurcu rugs; this means coal or black, ...

Antique Central Anatolian village rug featuring a bold tribal design with high wool pile, rich earthy colors, and authentic handmade character. The rug has a striking geometric compo...

A fabulous antique Heriz runner, woven circa 1900. this runner features a geometrical design of multiple medallions on a dark indigo field and terracotta border. Lovely chunky pile a...

Handmade antique Afghan Baluch saddle bag in original condition, it has some age wear. The bag has been made in the beginning of the 20th century in original combination of colors. ...

Rug Number 32787 Size 12' 0" X 14' 6" Design Art Deco Collection Art Deco Material Wool Texture Pile Weave Origin China

An outstanding antique Malayer runner, handwoven circa 1900. The design features three large pistachio green Herati medallions on a deep indigo field of linked Botehs. Lovely wool qu...

This exceptional early 1900s rug, designed by C.F.A. Voysey for J.G. Inzkey of Maffersdorf in Bohemia, exemplifies the poetic elegance of the Arts and Crafts movement. The compositio...

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...

Beautiful antique French tapestry depicting a scenic view including magnificent art nouveau motifs, beautiful trees, and greenery. A chic, neutral antique piece to add elegance to an...

"This magnificent Antique Indian Agra rug, dating to circa 1900, is a premier example of the sophisticated weaving traditions of northern India. Measuring over 11 by 17 feet, it feat...

Early 20th Century Donegal Arts & Crafts Carpet "The Donnemara" Designed by C.F.A. Voysey 12'6" x 14'8" - 380 x 445 cm Antique Donegal - Arts & Crafts Room Size Wool Coral...

Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 10' 7'' x 12' 2'' - 322 x 370 ) Antique Oushak Turkish Hand Knotted Pile Rug, Country of Origin: Turkey, Circa Date: 1890s. This exceptiona...

Heriz was a popular source for Oushak designers and this ivory carpet in the all-over Harshang design was adapted from Bakshayesh-type Heriz carpets of th...

Oushak loves the harshang pattern and any of the 100’s of variants on it. Here the old ivory field of this circa 1900 west Anatolian carpet is decorated with a semi-detached all-over...

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....

Antique Allover Floral Wool Hand Knotted Pile Ivory Beige Cream White 1900s Rug, Circa Date: 1900s. This exceptional piece from the early 20th century represents the enduring quality...

A lovely antique Senneh rug, woven circa 1900. This rug features a Gol Farang (literally meaning ‘French flower’) design on a deep indigo field. Finely woven with great quality wool ...

Rug Number 32799 Size 9' 2" X 11' 7" Design Art Deco Collection Antique/Vintage Material Wool Texture Pile Weave Origin China

Israeli Rugs – Israel is home to a surprisingly large and well-established carpet-weaving community. Area Carpet weavers in Israel had very serious traditions that were cultural, tec...

Antique Serapi Large Room Size Wool Red Rug, , Circa Date: 1900s. This exceptional example of Serapi weaving, originating from the mountainous region of Northwest rugs, showcases the...

Elegant early 20th-century Aubusson tapestry, showcasing a charming pastoral scene in soft, muted tones. The composition features a serene countryside landscape with lush trees, a fl...

Antique Large Donegal - Arts & Crafts Ireland Geometric Knotted Rug, Circa Date: 1900s. This exceptional example of Irish weaving represents the pinnacle of the Arts & Crafts movement's influence on textile production in the British Isles. Donegal rugs are highly prized among collectors of antique rugs for their robust construction and sophisticated design pedigree. Donegal Arts and Crafts...

A pagoda, arched bridge and gazebo float in on medium blue watery clouds from one side of the light green field while a gnarled flowering prunus (plum) branch snakes in from one corn...

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 ...

This magnificent and historically significant Antique Armenian Lori-Pambak Kazak Rug is a museum-quality tribal textile from the South Caucasus. Dating specifically to 1905, as evide...

A stunning early 20th century Native American Navajo flatweave rug with two incredible large star-shaped medallions flanking a central smaller black medallion set against a natural a...

A rare and museum-quality antique Indonesian ikat textile from the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara — a hinggi kombu (men's ceremonial cloth) of exceptional age, cultural significance, and visual power, woven in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century using techniques and motifs that have remained essentially unchanged for centuries. This is a textile of genuine rarity. The central field is dominated by rows of large-scale figurative ancestor motifs — stylized human figures with outstretched arms, rendered in luminous ivory and cream against a deep chocolate-brown ground in the characteristic feathered, bleeding lines of warp ikat resist-dyeing. These figures — associated in Sumba's animist marapu tradition with ancestral spirits, noble clan identity, and the mediation between the living and the dead — represent one of the most prestigious and sought-after motif hierarchies in the entire canon of Indonesian textile art. Their presence in the central field of a hinggi of this scale and quality identifies this cloth as a prestige object, woven for a noble household and used in the most significant ceremonial contexts: mortuary rites, bride price exchanges, and the investiture of clan leaders. The textile is constructed in the traditional manner: two narrow panels, each woven on a backstrap loom, joined along the center by a fine seam — the standard construction of Sumba hinggi, which are always produced as paired panels and united into a single cloth. The border structure is complex and hierarchical: a multi-register sequence of secondary figurative and foliate ikat bands frames the central field on all sides, each border zone rendered in a different scale and rhythm — dense scrolling motifs in the inner borders, flame and arrow forms in the terminal bands — creating a compositional architecture of great formal sophistication. The palette is entirely natural dye: deep chocolate brown from soga (the bark of Peltophorum pterocarpum), ivory and cream from undyed natural wool, and accents of slate blue-indigo in the border zones — the classic three-color natural dye palette of East Sumba ikat...

A magnificent antique French tapestry depicting a scenic river with a central fountain and a large flowering tree, beautifully composed with rich verdure elements, dating to circa 19...

Made with hand-knotted wool circa 1890-1910, this 3x18 antique Serab extra-long runner enjoys a classic geometric medallion design set within an elongated field, an elegant and colle...

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9' 2'' x11' 8''

Antique Indian Rugs – Not all the rugs that were woven in India are easy to categorize. That is why we created this antique Indian rugs section. Here you will find Indian rugs of whi...

Early 20th Century Donegal Arts & Crafts Carpet " The Rose" Designed by C.F.A. Voysey 16'9" x 21' - 510 x 640 cm This Arts & Crafts Donegal carpet is a highly collectible textile, k...

Antique Bessarabian Rugs / Kilims in both pile and tapestry weaving technique are some of the more beautiful carpets to have been produced in Europe. Many of the Bessarabian Kilims w...

An exemplary antique Turkish Oushak carpet, circa 1900, size 18'2 x 15'6. This large Oushak features a particularly soft color palette, with its ivory field characterized by a combin...

Late 19th Century French Tapestry Antique Tapestry French Ivory 1890s Rug, Circa Date: 1890s. This exceptional French tapestry presents a highly detailed pastoral scene, evoking th...

Early 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 5'8" x 6'8" - 173 x 203 )

This antique Peking Chinese Art Deco rug, circa 1900, features a rare and elegant peacock motif woven in a refined palette of beige, ivory, blues, greens, and rose tones. Its fine we...

Ca. 1900 Antique Kilim Floral Design Rug

Antique Bessarabian Rugs / Kilims in both pile and tapestry weaving technique are some of the more beautiful carpets to have been produced in Europe. Many of the Bessarabian Kilims w...

Vivid Green Background Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, Country of origin: Turkey, Circa date: 1900