Rustic Rugs and Carpets

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 7' 11" x 10' 1".

Late 19th Century Antique Caucasian Alpine Kuba rug Measures: 3'6'' x 5'3''.

The light blue overdye is both distressed and abrashed. A few darker ivory details appear.   

An antique Persian Heriz room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 7' 7" x 11' 3".

53914 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'03 x 12'02. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Originating from the Oushak re...

53389 Antique Persian Mashhad Rug Hotel Lobby Size Carpet 10'11 x 17'08. With a timeless botanical pattern and lovingly timeworn appearance, this hand knott...

72936, rustic style antique Persian Tabriz accent rug for Kitchen, Foyer or Entry Rug. This hand knotted wool antique Persian Tabriz accent rug features an orange cusped medallion wi...

Midcentury tribal rug with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

An antique Persian Malayer rug from the early 20th century. The slate and brown field is very closely covered by a particularly dense 'Herati' allover pattern in ivory and dark brown...

Faded Distressed Khotan rug in a gallery format, circa late 19th century, measures: 6'3" x 12'6" Khotan rugs were produced in Eastern Turke...

53911 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'03 x 12'01. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Turkish Oushak carpet runners ...

Little vintage Pakistani runner with beautiful decorative design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

21303 Distressed Vintage Boujad Moroccan Rug, 05'11 x 10'00. Embark on a journey into the captivating charm of modern rustic design with this hand-knotted wool vintage Moroccan rug, ...

An antique Persian Senneh Malayer accent rug handmade during the early 20th century with a pictorial design of a lion. Measures: 4' 10" x 8' 2".

77011 Distressed Antique Persian Mahal Rug, 04'05 x 06'05. With a timeless design and nostalgic charm, this hand knotted wool distressed antique Persian Mahal rug can beautifully ble...

A vintage Caucasian Karabagh accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with an informally rendered pictorial depiction of a tiger. Measures: 4' 4" x 5' 11".

early 20th Century Persian Heriz Runner Details rug no. r5867 size 2' 11" x 11' 7" (89 x 353 cm)

A vintage Turkish Ghiordes accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 5' 1".

Beautiful midcentury rug with a geometrical and stylized floral design, and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

53303 distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug with rustic English country style. Take a floral design and understated elegance, mix in a dash of romantic connotations and rustic sensibi...

Very beautiful and colorful Anatolian Kilim with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...

61018 distressed vintage Persian Viss rug 07'04 x 10'05. Emanating nomadic charm and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Persian Vis...

Hand hooked in wool from a renowned workshop in Germany circa 1920-1930, this 18 x 24 antique rug is a particularly rare palace size rug of its period—both collectible and well suited to discerning projects in its large size as well as its rich, intricate play of red and green with an all over floral pattern. Further to its rarity, Josh has seldom seen an antique palace size rug...

60620 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 09'07 x 12'06. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish overdyed rug seamlessly integrates a stylish aesthetic with subtle French Country influences, coupled with distinct and raw elements. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this vintage overdyed Turkish rug...

75979 vintage Persian Mahal rug with Rustic English Country style. Boasting a floral bounty in a range of warm hues, this hand knotted wool vintage Persian Mahal rug is a delightful ...

73282, rustic style antique Persian Bakhtiari rug with Four Seasons Garden design. Traditional colors integrated with an intimate patina, this antique Persian Bakhtiari rug features ...

An antique Persian Bidjar small room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 7' 4" x 11' 0".

An antique Persian Malayer throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 5' 11" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country with ...

A vintage Persian flatweave Kilim square accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 10" x 6' 0".

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 7" x 14' 1".

A vintage Persian flat-weave Kilim zebra print small room size accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Black, brown, and cream stripes, among other shades, create the rustic...

An antique Persian Heriz runner handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 3" x 12' 2".

77572 distressed antique Persian Mahal rug with Modern Rustic English style 08'02 x 11'08. With its perfectly worn-in charm and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed ...

Very beautiful and decorative Moroccan rug from Rabat mid-20th century, geometrical design and nice colors with pink, blue, purple, yellow, green and orange, entirely hand knotted wi...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century in the rustic style. Measures: 11'2" x 13'10".

Pretty 19th century tribal rug with nice geometrical Caucasian design and nice natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome...

60938 Distressed Antique Persian Turkaman rug with Modern Rustic Style 09'09 x 12'04. Emanating sophistication and nomadic charm with rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distr...

51968 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Runner with Arts & Crafts Cottage Style 02'10 x 06'09. Reflecting elements of nature and Biophilic design, this hand knotted wool distressed vi...

An antique Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 5"

78577 Distressed Antique Worn Persian Hamadan Rug, 03'01 x 04'01. Weathered finesse meets rustic sensibility in this distressed antique Persian Hamadan rug. ​The faded geometric des...

An antique Persian Bibikabad accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 4" x 6' 0"

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 6" x 10' 4".

Beautiful 19th century rug with nice design and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and craf...

An antique Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 9" x 11' 6" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large co...

Exquisite 20th-century Afghan rug featuring a captivating geometrical design and stunning colors, including beige, red, green, purple, and black. Meticulously hand-knotted with wool ...

Midcentury rug with tribal design and red field color with blue, green and black, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

An antique Persian Malayer accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 4" x 6' 7".

An antique Persian Sultanabad large carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 14' 3" x 17' 8".

Are you looking for an antique carpet to uplift your home? Then look no further! This Fine Antique Rug is a beautiful example of traditional rugs wov...

Late 20th century Turkish Yagcibedir runner with nice design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.

73071 Distressed Antique Persian Hamadan Rug, 03'05 x 06'00. With its perfectly worn-in charm and edgy elements, this distressed antique Persian Hamadan rug will create a warm, lived...

Very beautiful midcentury rug with nice geometrical tribal design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation Size: 160 x 218 cm.

60963 distressed antique Persian Afshar rug, 05'00 x 06'02. Rendered in variegated shades of camel, cerulean, tan, Aegean, beige, browns, an...

An early 20th century Turkish Sivas. Sivas is a city in North Central Turkey, which is a major production site of Turkish rugs based on Persian designs. Often finely woven, Sivas rug...

A vintage Persian Serab rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 11" x 14' 10" Persian Rugs & Carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country with a very long history and an enormous art...

77563, distressed antique Persian Mahal rug with modern Rustic English style. With its perfectly worn-in charm and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed antique Persi...

A vintage Persian Hamadan rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century with the traditional Persian 'Herati' pattern over a red field. The overall aesthetic is quite bri...

A vintage Persian Malayer throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 5' 8" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country with a ve...

21367 Distressed Vintage Moroccan Beni Ourain Rug, 06'02 x 10'02. With its simplicity, plush pile and tribal style, this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Beni Ourain Moroccan rug is ...

An antique Persian Senneh throw rug handmade during the early 20th century with an overall rustic appeal in shades of grey, red, and cream. Measures: 3' 8" x 4' 8" Persian rugs & c...

20907, vintage Berber Moroccan rug with Warm, rustic Mid-Century Modern style. This hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan rug emanates function and versatility while staying true...

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 vintage Persian flatweave Kilim square accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 10" x 6' 0".

Rare square size Persian Heriz Serapi rug from the 1900s Measures: 5' x 6'

A vintage Persian Shiraz throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 2' 2" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country with a ve...

An English Baroque rustic tapestry from the second quarter of the 18th century, centrally woven, featuring a rustic scene in the manner of David Teniers II, in which several villager...

73481, distressed antique camel hair Persian Malayer runner with warm, Feminine Rustic style. Warm, feminine rustic style meets unpretentious and simple. This hand knotted wool distr...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 4' 11" Turkish Rugs & Carpets: Until the Great Persian Carpet Revival in the later 19th century, the “Oriental rug” was Turkish. For nearly six centuries, Turkish rugs, both scatter, room size, and even larger, thoroughly dominated the European import market. Whereas the Persian carpet can be divided into urban, village, and tribal types, in Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire, rugs almost exclusively came from village weavers and from a small number of urban workshops. Ninety percent village, nine percent city, one percent tribal. Turkish weavers have, with very few exceptions, always worked with the symmetric (Turkish) knot. Wool foundations are standard practice among both town and village weavers. The exceptions, very finely woven 20th century and recent Herekeh silks from near Istanbul, and early 17th century Ottoman Court rugs from Bursa, constitute only a tiny part of the total. Always pricey, they appealed and still appeal to the clients who want lots of knots and perfect execution instead of individual personality. The urban workshops have been centered around the western Turkish city of Oushak and its attendant port town of Smyrna. Oushak weaves with the trends in fashion. When color saturated medallion carpets were needed, Oushak was ready in the 17th and 18th centuries. When coarse red and blue carpets were required, Oushak and Smyrna in the 19th century wove them by the boatload. When tastes changed again, and the European dealers in Smyrna wanted room size carpets with lighter and unusual colors, and with Persianate designs, production ramped up in nearby Oushak. Those antique, all-wool construction turn-of-the-century carpets are still in high demand with designers. Antique carpets with allover, roughly drawn patterns on grounds of shrimp, rust, straw, cream, pale blue, and pale and pea green, hitherto unavailable colors, are in such demand today that contemporary Oushaks have attempted to mimic them with soft palettes, extra-large scale drawing and coarse weaves. Oushaks woven for the Turkish market, for palaces, houses and mosques were often oversize with large, repeating medallions, all in shades of (Turkey) red, dark blue, light blue-teal, and ivory, with lemon and green accents. Turkey, along with India, invented standard sizes. By vertically repeating the medallion, one could get one medallion, one with two end halves, two, three, etc. medallions, up to thirty or so feet in length. The process spared making new cartoons for each length and allowed a quicker turnaround time. Oushak, from the time of 15th century “Holbein” rugs onward, has always been a commercial center. The prayer niche directional rug is primarily a Turkish development. In the towns and villages east of Oushak, in Ghiordes, Kula, Ladik, Kirsehir, Mucur and Konya, among others, arch pattern scatters with bright palettes and weaves varying from relatively fine to moderate were almost the entire production. Antique examples were particularly popular in America around 1900. Other centers of village weaving were situated on the western coast and adjacent islands with the town of Melas and neighboring villages weaving geometric prayer rugs and scatters with a characteristic khaki green and lots of yellow. The other large region was in the northwest of Anatolia, near ancient Troy, with the sizable town of Bergama at its center. The satellite towns of Ezine, Karakecilli, Yuntdag, and Canakkale all wove colorful scatters with moderate weaves in all wool with geometric designs and cheerful palettes. Near to Istanbul, these were among the first Turkish rugs to reach Europe in the Renaissance. The earliest Turkish pieces depicted in Italian Old Master paintings display the so-called “Memling gul”, an allover panel pattern with hooked and stepped elements within the reserves. This pattern continues for centuries in the Konya area and in the Caucasus as well. Turkey is a land of villages and much of the most interesting Turkish weaving comes from one undiscovered village or another. The Konya-Cappadocia region of central Turkey includes the active towns of Karapinar, Karaman, Obruk, Sizma, and Tashpinar, all weaving Konya-esque scatters and long rugs. Karapinar has been active the longest, since the 17th century. The mosques in and around Konya have preserved locally-made rugs from the fourteenth. In the 20th century, the extra-long pile, many wefted Tulu rug was devised, with limited palettes and color block patterns. These are not really antique Tulus, but they must be a product of long-standing village tradition. There are thousands upon thousands of rural Turkish villages, almost all with easy access to local tribal wool. Rug students are discovering new names and rug types almost daily. The common denominators are bright colors, geometric designs, wool construction, moderate to coarse weaves and symmetric knots. Synthetic dyes hit the Turkish rug industry quickly and hard after 1870, and they penetrated to even the most off-the-beaten-track villages. This development was almost entirely negative. The village weavers used fugitive or overly bright dyes which ruined the color harmonies built up over centuries. Characteristic types disappeared or were negatively transmuted. The Turkish village rug of the 1870 to 1920 period is nothing to be proud of. In the eastern provinces, the semi-nomadic Kurdish tribes, collectively called ‘Yuruks’, weave all wool, geometric pieces with medium to medium-coarse weaves, as well as kilims and other flatweaves. The rugs employ cochineal instead of madder for the reds, mustard yellows, greens, and various blues. They are under-collected like the Persian Afshars. Their rugs are in scatter and long rug formats. The far eastern Turkish town of Erzerum has a long tradition of idiosyncratic, semi-workshop rugs and further to the east is Kars with a tradition of rugs in the Caucasian Kazak manner. One Turkish specialty is the Yastiks or cushion cover, made in pairs for the public living rooms of village houses. These are larger rugs in miniature and good ones are highly collectible. Like other Turkish rustic weavings, ones with synthetic dyes are almost totally undesirable. Only the tribal Baluch make similar cushion covers, known as pushtis or balishts, in the same small, oblong format. Yastiks always have a back, usually in plain weave, so that they can be easily stuffed. When the Imperial Carpet Factory at Herekeh near Istanbul closed in the early 20th century, the highly proficient Armenian master weavers set up in the Kum Kapi district of Istanbul where they wove all-silk, exquisitely fine and elaborately detailed small pieces, sometimes enriched with metal thread, for the most discriminating European buyers. Today the best, signed Kum Kapi pieces, usually in the “Sultan’s head” prayer niche design, can fetch upwards of $100,000. They are strictly for the wall. An Interwar all-silk room size Kum Kapi carpet is both exceedingly rare and stratospherically priced. The workshops closed in the 1930s, but the weaving of extremely fine, all-silk small rugs in Herekeh was revived in the 1960s. There has been a recent vogue for larger Turkish village vintage...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. A reversing 'turtle palmette' border in red encloses a blue field decorated by an angular floral des...

51002 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 02'08 X 05'10. Zeki Müren Turkish Sivas rugs, named after the esteemed Turkish singer Zeki Müren, originate from Turkey's Sivas region. Ce...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 7" x 10' 4"

76796 Distressed Antique Persian Sultanabad rug with Rustic Artisan Industrial style. With its time-softened color palette and weathered charm, this hand knotted wool distressed Pers...

A vintage Persian Veece small room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 10" x 10' 2".