Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
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Period: Early 20th Century
1900s Antique Khotan Samarkand Rug-6'1'' X 2'6''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Up for sale is an Authentic Khotan Samarkand Rug 6'1'' X 2'6'', tribal and traditional rug and made with wool on cotton foundation back in the early-19th century by tribes from north...
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Asian Tribal Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Authentic Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
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Empire Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Abstract Design Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920s Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
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Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 1920 Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Mid-19th Century English Woolen Rug 5'6'' X 5'5''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Mid-19th Century English Woolen Rug 5'6'' x 5'5'', Made in England (UK) in mid 19th century and has been passed around generations and it has a royalty fam...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-19th Century Authentic Khotan Samarkand
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 carpets for both interna...
Category
Empire Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 carpets for both interna...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Authentic Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Empire Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Authentic Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Empire Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Mid-19th Century Persian Zanjan Rug 5.6x4.1
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Zanjan Rug 5.6x4.1, handmade and hand-knotted, wool on cotton foundation, tribal carpet, authentic Persian carpet, vegetable dyes, tribal carpet from mid-19th Century
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Flatweave Kilim Geometric Design
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
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Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Tribal Persian Shirvan Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Shirvan rugs – The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in...
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Tribal Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mid-19th Century Khotan Samarkand
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Mid 18th Century Antique Bessarabian Floral Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 1900 Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920 Antique Flat Weave Kilim Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
Category
Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Malayer Rug 6.6x4.2
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique MALAYER Rug 6.6x4.2, handmade and hand-knotted, tribal carpet, authentic Persian woolen carpet
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Gabeh Rug 6.2x4.0
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Gabeh Rug 6.2x4.0, handmade and hand-knotted,
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 19th Century Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Samarkand Rugs: The desert oasis of Khotan was an important stop on the
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Antique Bessarabian Floral Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 1920 Floral Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Kilim Bessarabian Rug 9'5'' X 5'5''
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 were woven around the mid to late 19th century, though some do date back to the 18th century as well. This production that carried into the early twentieth century under late Ottoman Turkish rule in an area corresponding to modern Bulgaria and Romania, they stand right on the cusp of European and Oriental carpet weaving. Many of the designs are floral patterns made in a naturalistic western style utilizing brown or black ground, not unlike certain Karabaghs from the Caucauses. But others, particularly flat weaves, reflect the tradition of Turkish kilims from nearby Anatolia, although in a distinctive Bessarbian palette. In either case they are supremely decorative rugs.
History Of Antique Flat Woven Bessarabian Kilim Rugs from Romania
Bessarabian Kilims and carpets are flat woven rugs that originate in the Russian provinces of the Ukraine and Moldova in the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. While most carpet experts will classify the flat woven rugs as Bessarabian they will often refer to the knotted pile carpets as Ukrainian.
The Bessarabian carpets differ from antique Persian carpets in many ways. For example, unlike Persian carpets, Bessarabian rugs cannot be classified to a region according to the way the rugs were woven. Their weaves provide indications regarding the area for which they were created rather than for their classification. The markets these antique rugs were designed for could have fallen into different categories such as a rural market or an urban one. But all other attributes were dismissed and all the Romani made area rugs and carpets are referred to as Bessarabian instead.
Antique Romanian Bessarabian kilims are ornate and they come in a variety of designs as well color combinations. It’s not uncommon for some Bessarabian kilims to be more floral while others may feature more geometric patterns. Bessarabian carpets are made on carpet weaving looms similar to the ones used to make the French Aubusson rugs.
These looms are wooden, and the rugs are flat woven / kilims. The best of these rug types were created in the 1700’s. The Russian Imperial Tapestry Factory was where these Romanian rugs were made, and the factory was created by none other than Peter the Great. He established the Russian Imperial Tapestry Factory following his return from England and France. He was inspired to create the factory after being in awe of the splendid Aubusson carpets, Savonnerie rugs, and Axminster carpets he saw while abroad.
The beautiful carpets he admired while in Europe had already caught the eyes of his Russian contemporaries, and importing them was triggering a financial drain for the Russian treasury. For this reason, the Russian Imperial Tapestry Factory was used as a location for copying the French and English carpets Peter the Great and the Russian nobility desired.
Demand for these lavishly luxurious rugs grew, and additional factories were created in villages. This region is from where these rugs got the name Bessarabian. The region is divided between two territories: the Republic of Moldova and Romania. Bessarabian rug weavers were country people who had a country taste. Though they were tasked with replicating the elaborate motifs of the European rugs, they added their own unique country’s flair to their borrowed rug patterns and designs. This more folksy or traditional approach to the European patterns...
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Neoclassical Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Antique Needlework Floral Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Needlepoint rugs were created using the traditional needlework weaving technique that is used to make everyday items from furniture to carpets and artwork. However, it has a fascinat...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900 Fine Antique Chinese Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Chinese Rugs, as opposed to most of the antique rug productions, were woven almost exclusively for internal consumption. Since they were mostly sheltered from European and We...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Floral Bessarabian Kilim Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
Category
Other Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Geometric Shirvan Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Shirvan rugs – The historic Khanate or administrative district of Shirvan produced many highly decorative antique rugs that have a formality and stylistic complexity that is found in...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Tribal Muted Colored Flat Weave Kilim
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Bessarabian Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique 1920 Floral Samarakand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900 Antique Animal Design Bessarabian Flat Weave Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Traditional Flat Weave Bessarabian Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Samarkand Rug 1900 -8'7'' X 4'8''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Samarkand Rug 1900 -8'7'' X 4'8''
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Asian Tribal Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Besarabian Kilim Floral Design Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920s Antique Patchwork Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
Category
Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Botanical Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920s Antique Geometric Kilim Rug 6'8''x 3'5''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
Category
Asian Tribal Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Bessarabian Tribal Runner - 12' X 4'1''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Bessarabian Tribal Runner Rug 12' X 4'1''
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Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Bessarabian Runner
Located in Los Angeles, US
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...
Category
Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Tan Kirman Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Kerman Rugs – Since the seventeenth century, Kerman has been one of the major weaving centers where some of the finest high-quality Persian carpets were woven. The so-called Vase Car...
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Persian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900s Antique Floral Spanish Rug - 6'8'' X 5'0''
Located in Los Angeles, US
Spanish Rugs – Although Spain is not generally thought of as a rug producing region, Spanish rugs represent the most venerable and honored tradition of rug production in Europe, goin...
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
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Wool
Early 20th Century Antique Kilim Floral Design Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Ca. 1900 Antique Kilim Floral Design Rug
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Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Needlework Floral Design
Located in Los Angeles, US
Needlepoint rugs were created using the traditional needlework weaving technique that is used to make everyday items from furniture to carpets and artwork. However, it has a fascinat...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920s Antique Swedish Kilim Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, ...
Category
Asian Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1920 Antique Floral Needlework Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
Needlepoint rugs were created using the traditional needlework weaving technique that is used to make everyday items from furniture to carpets and artwork. However, it has a fascinat...
Category
Other Vintage Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900 Antique Central Asian Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
19th Century Antique Floral Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Central Asian Style Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century Muted Style Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Antique Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900 Vintage Khotan Samarkand Rug
Located in Los Angeles, US
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 ...
Category
Other Antique Early 20th Century Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
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