Early 20th Century Persian Rugs

An airy antique Persian Hamadan decorative rug, size 6'4" x 3'4", circa 1930. This lovely rug features a sparse abstract floral design in the softly hued central field, enclosed with...

A sweet early 20th century Turkish Sparta rug with a wonderful tribal pattern containing stylized flowers woven in indigo, green, and gold, on a crimson background, on another backgr...

An Anatolian Turkish prayer rug with a fantastic stylized floral and geometric pattern woven in myriad primary colors including indigo, cr...

Early 20th century antique Persian Hamadan rug from Western Iran. Features a modern tribal style geometric design in jewel-toned shades of deep garnet red and blue topaz. The field i...

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A vintage Persian Hamadan carpet from the mid-20th century with a pictorial folk design of Safavid ruler, Shah Abbas. Measures: 1' 6" x 2' 4".

Usak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak carpets (Turkish: Usak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Usak, Turkey, one of the larger towns in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th century (although these patterns were woven in other regions also. After the 17th century, Ushaks (Ovshaks), development of Oushak rug weaving is less well known. Late 17th century saw a decline in the Oriental rug market as European consumers tended to purchase rugs of European origin – primarily Aubusson, Savonnerie and Axminster. The wane in the European market meant that Ovshak production declined. Those that were still made throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries were manufactured for upper-class people in the Turkish territories on Eastern Europe. Towards the end of the 19th century, when the European market began to be interested in Persian carpets once again, the Ushak (Ovshak) population did not have enough weavers still skilled in the traditional Ovshak craft. Manufactories had to turn to neighboring villages and their craftsmen who still maintained traditional techniques. Ushak carpets, particularly those known as lotto carpets...

A vintage Persian Hamadan rug from the mid-20th century. A very folksy rendition of the traditional Persian Sarouk pattern in a more contempory...

Antique Turkish Melas Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'7" W x 5'2" L Origin: Turkey Period: 19th Century

Nice new rug with beautiful Persian design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

A bold vintage Turkish Bessarabian Kilim woven with a large central floral medallion woven in light and dark crimson, light and dark green, white, orange, and black wool, against a s...

An antique Persian Serapi 15' x 22 oversize rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 15' 2" x 22' 0".