Mid-20th Century Rugs and Carpets

78798 Vintage Blue Greek Kilim Rug, 01'06 x 03'10. Handwoven Greek kilim rugs from Crete are traditional textiles known for their intricate designs and vibrant colors. Made using a c...

An incredible mid-20th century 100% hand-woven silk Persian Qum rug depicting myriad animals including deer, rabbits, jaguars, rhinos, birds, and so many more, living amidst a forest...

This is a Central Asian Old Tekke Bukhara Turkmen Runner Carpet from Turkmenistan with a rare and beautiful color composition. Bukhara carpet (Turkme...

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...

Ashly Fine Rugs presents a 1930s Antique Persian Tabriz 9x13 Wool Handmade Rug. Tabriz is a northern city in modern-day Iran and has forever been famous for the fineness and craftsm...

Beautiful midcentury rug with a nice decorative floral design and beautiful light colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

Morocco, circa 1940 Measures: 16'10" x 11'2" (513 x 340 cm) Handwoven.

The design is based on the dome of a mosque, if you can imagine standing under and looking up to see this spectacular scene. The central circular emblem is surrounded by ever larger ...

This vintage rug is called "Filikli" in Turkey which is a word for a "flokati" style long piled handmade rugs produced for daily use by Nomads in Central Anatolia. This particular on...

This vintage 4x4 square rug is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s midcentury Pasha Collection. This line is a commemoration, with rare curations we believe to hail from multidisciplinar...

A vintage Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Three sections of Zebra printed black and white are conjoined by red stitching. The left column is...

This antique vintage Moroccan rug came from the Beni Mguild tribe from the central middle Atlas mountains. This rug features beautiful dye, exhibiting great color and movement. It wa...

This is a Hand made Swedish country Rag Rug out of cotton.

Vintage Spanish needlepoint carpet with repeating square floral motif in neutral tones.

An early 20th Century Persian Kashan rug Measures: 1'3'' x 2'6''.  

74643 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 07'09 x 09'08. Like an ember preserved in loom and lore, this hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug radiates warmth, power, and ancestral mem...

74582 Vintage Persian Mahal Rug with Rustic English Country Cottage Style 04'07 x 06'06. Boasting a floral bounty in a range of warm hues, this vintage Persian Mahal rug is a delight...

Nice vintage Turkish Kayseri rug with a beautiful mihrab design and nice colours with a green field with blue, orange and pink in design, entirely hand knotted with silk on cotton fo...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 3" x 12' 7", features a striking, minimalist landscape design with a bold, modernist aesthetic. The composition is dominated ...

A hand-knotted vintage Turkish runner rug for hallway decor. The rug is made of medium wool pile on wool foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition wi...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Turkish area rug from 1950s featuring a geometric design. The rug is made of medium wool pile on wool foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor...

This 3x5 vintage Aubusson tapestry is a rare and special new curation from Rug & Kilim—a signed mid-century original by French artist Jean Picart Le Doux, entitled “Musique de Chambr...

A compelling Mid-20th Century American hooked rug. Measures: 2'11" x 3'2''.

Hand-knotted in wool and originating in East Turkestan circa 1930-50, this 5x9 Vintage Samarkand Rug is among the most exciting new curations from Rug & Kilim’s collection of rare cl...

Colorful mid-20th century Turkish accent size kilim 4'10' x 7'

A striking vintage hand-woven flat-weave kilim rug from the mid-20th century, beautifully designed in the mid-century modern aesthetic. This unique textile depicts a whimsical and ri...

A vintage Turkish rug. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on wool foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed professionally). S...

A vintage Central Anatolian area rug re-dyed in charcoal gray color for contemporary interiors. Finely hand knotted, low wool pile on cotton foundation. Professionally washed. Sturdy...

A Large Vintage Persian Sarouk Rug. A fine hand knotted wool pile in Persian knot tightly woven on a cotton foundation. A floral and foliate design consisting of a central 5 tiered r...

72297, vintage Persian Mahal rug with rustic Mediterranean Italian style. Imbued with sunbaked earthy hues and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Persian M...

This exquisite vintage Navajo rug, dating to the Trading Post era circa 1930, exemplifies the masterful craftsmanship of Native American weaving traditions. Handwoven from native han...

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 stunning early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a gorgeous cobalt blue field with an asymmetrical composition of multi-colored flowers including peonies, lotus, and chrysanth...

An antique so called "Bergama Rug" from the village of Ayvacik in North West Turkey, Ca early 20th Century. The rug has medium wool pile on wool foundation. It is heavy and lays flat...

79041 Vintage Swedish Rollakan Rug, 06'01 x 09'08. This handwoven wool vintage Swedish rollakan rug embodies the essence of Scandinavian Modern style with its minimalist charm and ti...

Very beautiful mid century French tapestry with beautiful design of nature with birds and a palace, with beautiful colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool. ✨✨✨ "Experience...

76318 Vintage Persian Mahal Rug with English Traditional Style 09'01 x 12'02. With its timeless design and architectural elements of naturalistic forms, this hand knotted wool vintag...

Handwoven in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this item is a vintage Kilim rug connoting a midcentury Anatolian rug design emerging in this period, known for producing modern, almost maximalist rugs in the plays of color and pattern. Among many hues alternating in rows between stripe patterns, the variations of bright green and rich red radiate with a notable allure bringing out the range of accenting gold-yellow, pink, blue, and earth tone hues creating the tribal, celebratory nature of this warm and vibrant Kilim...

Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite mid-century French Aubusson tapestry. Adorned with a captivating design featuring a charming flowerpot on a tablecloth, it showcases ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 9" Chinese Rugs & Carpet: 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...

Rustic stitches on the pillowcases are hand done and in wool. They do not come with inserts. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry clean is recommended.  

A finely hand-knotted vintage Central Anatolian rug from 1960s. The rug has even low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition wi...

Exquisite mid-century Chinese Beijing rug, featuring a captivating design and vibrant colors. Hand-knotted with meticulous craftsmanship, this rug boasts a blue field adorned with st...

A happy cheerful Suzani from mid-20th century all cotton.

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Morocco circa 1950-1960, this 3x6 vintage Moroccan rug is an extremely rare piece like so few of its provenance. On the Design: Admirers...

The carpets of the Tuareg, who are cattle herding nomads inhabiting a vast expanse of the Sahara desert, are among the most exciting group of weavings to appear on the market. These ...

Compelling Chinese rug with a motif full of happy foo dogs, circa 1940. The field is a peach tone, with navy and light blue accents Measures: 5'3" x 8'2".

It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert materials Cotton in the back Zipper closure Dry cleaning recommended.

An early 20th century one of a kind Turkish Sirt rug woven with mohair wool. These pieces are inspired by traditional tribal weaving's but they are used mostly for decorative purpose...

Mid-20th century anatolian mat with a peculiar facial motif on a lavender field. Measures: 1'7" x 2'7”.

Quirky Gallery size Vintage Tribal persian gallery Runner. Measures: 4'8'' x 10'5''

20721 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 07'02 x 08'05. This vintage Berber Moroccan rug is a stunning example of Midcentury Modern style, hand-knotted with wool and imbued with the authen...

This antique vintage Moroccan rug is unique and rare in its design composition. It is a collectible piece because it is a very rare example of color inversion. The top portion has a ...

75149 Vintage Persian Khorassan Rug, 01'10 x 04'08. This captivating hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Khorassan rug is a testament to the intricate artistry and meticulous craftsman...

A bold and beatiful vintage Moroccan rug with a repeated diamond pattern surrounded by a repeated geometric patterned border, and all woven in bright o...

These type of Russian prints that are also called 'trade cloth' since they were made for Central Asian markets. They were used to make blankets and dresses, and also used for the lin...

Vintage Handmade Persian Bidjar Rug This is a large, handmade vintage Persian Bidjar rug from the 1960s, crafted from durable wool. Bidjar rugs are renowned for their robust construc...

A beautiful vintage Turkish runner featuring a red field and a tribal geometric design that covers the entire rug, with light brown and yellow accents. This rug measures 2'4" x 6'11...

Wonderful mid century polish tapestry with a native design of town and beautiful light colors, entirely hand woven with wool on cotton foundation Name...

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...