Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
Fantastic Early Geometric Hand-Hooked Mounted Rug, Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful salmons and multicolored shades in this geometric hand-hooked rug from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania .This wonderful multiple saw-tooth borders rug with an outlined border...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Midcentury Handmade Persian Accent Rug in Cream and Blue-Green
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a cream-colored field and a border with color variations from greyed out blueish green tones.
Measur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Pictorial Animal Human Turkish Rug, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Eclectic Vintage Turkish Pictorial rug from the middle part of the 20th century.
2'2'' x 3'6''
Category
20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Double Lion Vintage Turkish Gallery Size Runner
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful Turkish Anatolian gallery size rug depicting a pair of large lions with other pictorial figures and humans. The inscriptions on the rug makes us believe the rug was given a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Pictorial Hamadan Rug
Located in New York, NY
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".
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
20th Century White Yellow Red Squared Swedish Rag handwoven Rug Folk Art
Located in Firenze, IT
Handcrafted carpets made with a loom using the "pezzotto" technique, circa 1940. These artifacts are products of peasant culture and come from various European locations. Made to pro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Vintage Flat-Weave Stripe Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Authentic Vintage Moroccan flat-weave Kilim rug.Large size blanket textile vintage Moroccan rug, handwoven by Berber women in Morocco for their own use. This rug was made using flat-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Pictorial Turkish Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Turkish pictorial rug woven in central turkey depicting two large camels and a small horse.
3'6'' x 6'4''
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1960s Moroccan Authentic Vintage Flat-Weave Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan flat-weave Kilim rug.Large size blanket vintage Moroccan rug, handwoven by Berber women in Morocco for their own use. This authentic M...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Contemporary Handmade Tribal Folk Persian Flat-Weave Rug
Located in New York, NY
A modern Persian 'Souf' Kilim flat-weave rug from the 21st century. The artist behind this Persian folk rug used a tribal flat-weave handmade during the mid-20th century and hand-kno...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Malayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Malayer rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Pictorial Bakshaish Animal Motif Rug, Northwest Persia
Located in New York, NY
Rare pictorial Bakshaish rug with different animals woven within the field.
The best Bakshaish carpets offer a unique combination of geometric all-over design formats with unparal...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Pictorial Antique Persian Tabriz Carpet
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Persian Tabriz pictorial carpet. Orangy red field with navy border and some light blue accents.
Measures: 10' x 12'6''.
Category
20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Modern Turkish Pictorial Tantra Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A modern Turkish tantric carpet from the 21st century with a pictorial design of a flayed man over a black field.
Original versions were employed by Vajray...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1960s Vintage Red Ethnic Moroccan Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s authentic vintage tribal Moroccan Berber rug from the Middle Atlas mountains.
Monochromatic red rug with variations in color intensity typical for this tribe.
This is a good ex...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Midcentury Handmade Persian Runner in Taupe, Light Blue, and Grey
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. The taupe field is encased by a light blue and grey border. The motifs are outlined in brown.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Ardebil Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Ardebil rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
20th Century Hook Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
20th century Folk Art hook rug with several crimson floral medallions with stylized flowers woven in indigo, gold, cream, pink, and green on a cream colored ground. The border is sim...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Anatolian Turkish Rug
Located in New York, NY
A one of a kind vintage Anatolian Turkish rug.
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Anatolian Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Eclectic style vintage Turkish Anatolian rug featuring bright pink accents sparkling throughout.
Category
20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Persian Folk Rug With Cerulean Blue, Grey, Pink, And White Tones
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Hamadan rug from the mid-20th century. This off white Persian Hamadan rug has a Persian Karajeh-style octogramme medallion made with co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Caucasian Rug
Located in New York, NY
A Vintage rug woven in the Caucasus mountains.
4'10'' x 7'2''
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1960s Authentic Vintage Moroccan Large Pile Tribal Rug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1960s authentic Large vintage Moroccan rug, hand-woven. Wonderf work of Art, purples hues geometrical losanges design. Great hand-woven vintage clector Moroccan runner.Great hand wov...
Category
1960s Moroccan Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Abstract Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Berber rug from the Boujad region, located on the foothills of the central High Atlas mountains of Morocco, with a background in polychrome stripes onto which are asym...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Zabihi Collection Lion Turkish Runner
Located in New York, NY
Surreal Vintage Turkish Lion Pictorial Runner
3'9'' x 9'5''
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Hamadan Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Hamadan rug from the mid-20th century. A very folksy rendition of the traditional Persian Sarouk pattern in a more contempory...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Distressed Vintage Persian Malayer Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Malayer carpet from the mid-20th century.
Measures: 2' 9" x 6' 3"
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Bakhtiari Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Bakhtiari pictorial rug from the mid-20th century.
Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 8"
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Antique Angora Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century angora wool Oushak rug with a saffron gold colored ground on an open field and center medallion.
4'1'' x 6'3''
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Angora
Pictorial Karabagh Rug
Located in New York, NY
Astonishing long gallery size Karabagh rug.
Category
19th Century Russian Antique Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Pictorial Kelardasht Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful vintage pictorial Persian Kelardasht rug with two camels, one kneeling and one standing, amidst a desert landscape with myriad flowering pla...
Category
1960s Persian Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Anatolian Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Tribal Wedding Rug with Sequins North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Tribal Wedding Rug With Sequins. Moroccan vintage tribal rug flat woven by the Zaiane Berber women from Morocco.Moroccan summer rugs are light flat Kilim, easy to carry arou...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Persian Hamadan Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Hamadan rug. Although somewhat worn to shabby chic condition, this scatter presents an attractive light blue field with a doubly-pendant medallion with a complex ec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pictorial Turkish Sivas Animal Rug
Located in New York, NY
Square size pictorial Turkish sivas carpet from the early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Mahal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Mahal rug from the mid-20th century. On a subtly abrashed (natural color striations), saturated crimson red open field are two widely separated, stepped and straigh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Pictorial Animal Figure Antique Persian Serapi Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th century Persian serapi carpet featuring some human elements and pictorial figures.
Measures: 11'1'' x 15'1''
The finest antique Persian Serapis are geometric or styli...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Handmade Turkish Abstract Pictorial Accent Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish Anatolian 5' x 8' accent rug handmade during the late 20th century. Featuring a whimsical and abstract zig-zag pattern with nautical Folk Art elements on the lower ...
Category
Late 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat Weave Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th Century Swedish Flat Weave Carpet
Sweden, circa 1950s
Swedish Flat-weave Technique
Initialed: 'SCE'
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Fantastic and Colorful Mounted Hand-Hooked Rug from Lancaster, PA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful variations of PA. Dutch colors and typical of Lancaster Co. colors. Super geometric hand-hooked rug sewn on linen stretcher frame. The colors of salmon, orange, tan and gre...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Rare Large Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Antique Turkish Ghiordes Small Rug With Shades of Grey-Blue, Purple, and Beige
Located in New York, NY
An antique Turkish Ghiordes carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century in shades of light blue, purple, red, and yellow sitting atop a nude-beige field and a grey-blue border.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Unusual Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Dramatic Moroccan Berber Boucherouite Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with the exclusive use of recycled yarns of various type, ranging from cotton to lurex, this represents 'art brut' within the domain of the textile arts. Weavings such as this ...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Persian Hamadan Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Hamadan carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century with cotton highlights.
Measures: 2' 8" x 4' 9"
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Handmade Persian Runner with Brown, Green, and Rust Tones
Located in New York, NY
An antique Persian Serab runner from the early 20th century. The light camel brown colored field employs twelve sawtooth lozenge medallions, with no two color patterns matching, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Horse Pictorial Persian Wall Kilim
Located in New York, NY
Accent size Persian Kilim from the late 20th century with what looks like a horse riding on a dark ground color
Measures: 4'10'' x 7'9''.
This was originally belonging to a private...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Lavender Dragon Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
mid 20th Century lavender tone Tibetan Rug
Measures: 3' x 5'9''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Danish Flatweave Wall Rug, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Danish flatweave wall rug made of wool, in beautiful earthenware natural die colors. Geometric stylized floral design. Fringes in good condition. Mounted on wooden bar for ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Scenic American Hooked Rug ( 1'6'' x 2'9'' - 46 x 84 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Scenic American Hooked Rug ( 1'6'' x 2'9'' - 46 x 84 )
Category
1920s American Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Jute
Late 19th Century American Hooked Rug ( 2'6" X 4'2" - 76 x 126 )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century American Hooked Rug ( 2'6" X 4'2" - 76 x 126 )
Category
1890s American Antique Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 4' x 6' - 122 x 183 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 4' x 6' - 122 x 183 )
Category
1910s American Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Prayer Kilim
Located in New York, NY
This prayer kilim is approximately 40-50 years old and was made with the highest quality materials. This rug is woven very tightly using Fine yarn and is stunning condition. It would...
Category
1970s Turkish Vintage Folk Art Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Folk Art rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage rugs and carpets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art rugs and carpets made in a specific country, there are Asia, West Asia, and Iran pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original rugs and carpets, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, Desso, hettler.tüllmann, and Joseph Carini Carpets. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for rugs and carpets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $200 and tops out at $70,000 while the average work can sell for $2,875.
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