Turkish Rugs

Introducing a one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug, carefully crafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. This exquisite ...

Fine Vintage Turkish Silk Hereke Rug 5’0" x 8’0". The post-WWII, finely woven  (or better), primarily silk scatters and larger rugs woven in Persian styles, often in niche (prayer) o...

52018 Distressed Turkish Sivas Rug with Shabby Chic English Country Cottage Style. With the perfect mix of romance and simplicity, this hand-knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish S...

This exquisite vintage Turkish Oushak rug is a stunning example of traditional craftsmanship and timeless beauty. Hand-knotted from premium wool fibers, this rug features intricate p...

Beautiful modern Oushak hand-knotted wool runner with a gray field. This Oushak rug has a beige designed frame and blue accents all over a gorgeous floral design. This rug measure...

An antique Turkish Oushak rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 8" x 10' 9" 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...

This modern Turkish Oushak rug is a stunning piece of art that has been handwoven using traditional techniques by skilled artisans. The rug features intricate patterns and a soft col...

Hand Knotted in wool, originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 2x3 vintage gift-sized rug is a very special piece from an exceptional mid-century curation of Oushak rugs new to ...

Introducing a one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug, carefully crafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. This exquisite ...

This vintage hand knotted Turkish rug was made in the 1960s. It has a soft, muted and earthy color palette of beige, sage green and brown. It features a medallion at its centre encir...

This Turkish oushak rug is a stunning piece of art that has been handwoven using traditional techniques by skilled artisans. The rug features intricate patterns and a soft color pale...

Vintage runner rug from Turkey with finely hand-knotted even medium wool pile on wool foundation featuring linked geometrical medallions in taupe gray and light blue in a tomato red ...

Pillow made from a vintage Traditional Turkish Kilim accents in soft red, purple, ivory and green. Measures: 19" x 20".

This is an Eastern Anatolian vintage old Cecim ( Cicim or Jijim) Kilim from the Gaziantep region with a rare and beautiful color composition. This town lies in south-eastern Turkey,...

Our Mazandaran Collection highlights the minimalist sophistication that existed long before the modern era. These rugs are inspired by the kilims that were woven by Persian women in...

A one of a kind mid-20th century primitive and abstract Turkish Art Deco Inspired rug. The quality on this one seems finer than its predecessors. The condition is great too. Might ma...

Rug & Kilim presents a contemporary 4x8 rug from their innovative new patchwork kilim collection. Further On the Design: This flat weave technique repurposes vintage yarns in polychr...

A white color Turkish Cotton Rug with a silky sheen and patina.

Our Mazandaran Collection highlights the minimalist sophistication that existed long before the modern era. These rugs are inspired by the kilims that were woven by Persian women in...

This exquisite vintage Turkish Oushak rug is a stunning example of traditional craftsmanship and timeless beauty. Hand-knotted from premium wool fibers, this rug features intricate p...

Pillow made from a vintage Turkish kilim with cotton back. Zipper closure and foam insert provided. Measures: 16" x 16".

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

This exquisite Turkish flatweave kilim rug is a stunning masterpiece of traditional craftsmanship. Each rug is meticulously handwoven by skilled artisans using age-old techniques tha...

51217, vintage Turkish Oushak Yastik Scatter rug, small accent rug 01'09 x 03'07. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak Yastik scatter rug fe...

This Turkish oushak rug is a stunning piece of art that has been handwoven using traditional techniques by skilled artisans. The rug features intricate patterns and a soft color pale...

Introducing a one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug, carefully crafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. This exquisite ...

Fine hand-knotted vintage rug with all natural dyes. Measures: 5.3x7.4 ft Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clea...

Donegal inspired oriental rug handwoven on our looms Exclusive Ashly Master Donegal production of 100% hand-spun vegetable-dyed wool. This rug is made with the exact methods from whi...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 4x6 vintage Tulu rug is an extremely rare piece like so few of its provenance. On the Design: Tulus are som...

Antique Persian rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool and colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Hamedan design featuring ...

Eclectic Turkish Anatolian rug featuring sparkling accent colors. 1'7'' x 2'7'' circa mid 20th century

A vintage Turkish rug with floral design. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washe...

This vintage 4x7 rug in art deco style is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Pasha Collection. This line is a commemoration, with rare curations we believe to hail from mult...

Beautiful contemporary Moroccan style runner rug, hand knotted wool with a pink field, ivory accents in a gorgeous all-over tribal design. This rug measures: 3'1" x 12'6".

This modern Turkish Oushak rug is a stunning piece of art that has been handwoven using traditional techniques by skilled artisans. The rug features intricate patterns and a soft col...

A vintage handwoven Kilim rug from Central Anatolia. 100% Wool. Good condition. Washed professionally. This rug is very sturdy and can be used on a high traffic area. Reversible. Me...

Introducing a one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug, carefully crafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. This exquisite ...

Introducing a one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug, carefully crafted by skilled artisans using traditional techniques passed down through generations. This exquisite ...

Very beautiful little rug with beautiful geometrical design and beautiful natural colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton founda...

74891, vintage Turkish Sivas Prayer rug. This vintage Turkish Sivas prayer rug expresses an atmospheric design in desirably time-softened pastel hues. Multiple decorative guard bands...

A finely hand knotted vintage Central Anatolian rug with a Classic garden design with flowers, spandrels, blossoms, leaves and branches with pleasant colors. Measures: 3.3 x 8.2 Ft ...

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...

78806 Vintage Pastel Tribal Turkish Kilim Pillow, 01'03 x 01'08. Elevate your interior decor with this exquisite handwoven wool vintage Turkish kilim pillow. Featuring a harmonious b...

One of a kind vintage Turkish runner with a all-over borderless design with running circles on a sweet red ground. 4'8'' x 9'10''

Pillow made from a Turkish Kilim.

A highly refined embroidery embellished by an infinite repeat of stylised leafs and palmettes typical of 16th Century Ottoman Court workshops. It belongs to a group of weavings commissioned by a British interior designer and no longer in production. It is therefore a one off, displaying the art of Ottoman silk embroidery...

Very beautiful mid century mahal rug with a garden design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury an...

Assorted pieces of 1960s hand knotted Turkish carpets were washed, sheared, re-dyed in various colors, cut into geometric shapes then stitched together by hand to create this beautif...

Made with hand-knotted wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960-1970, this 6x9 vintage rug is an exciting new piece in Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Pasha Collection—a rare curation b...

53906 Vintage Orange Kurdish Rug Runner, 03'08 x 12'00. Crafted with meticulous precision and unwavering dedication by Kurdish Herki tribes in eastern Turkey, particularly in the Hak...

51471 Vintage Turkish Yastik Rug, 01'09 x 03'04. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Yastik rug is a vibrant testament to Anatolian artistry, exuding an inviting warmth and a rich...

73717 Late 19th Century Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, 11'02 x 13'08. Woven in the twilight of the 19th century, this hand knotte...

51502 Vintage Turkish Yastik Rug, 01'09 x 03'04. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Yastik rug is a timeless example of Anatolian artistry, capturing the essence of traditional T...

Originating between 1950-1960, a rare 8x11 vintage kilim rug believed to hail from the Sarkisla lineage of Turkey. Handwoven in wool, the tones of red, beige-brown and blue play ha...

Fine vintage Gabbeh rug, hand knotted, made in Turkey, second half 20th Century. Bold colors, blue, clean center, surrounded by a frame of geometric floral design, made of natural ha...

This Turkish finewoven oushak rug is a stunning piece of art that has been handwoven using traditional techniques by skilled artisans. The rug features intricate patterns and a soft ...

Measures: 5'4 x 11'3 Vintage Turkish Gallery Kilim Rug In Earthy Tribal Geometric Pattern 5'4 x 11'3. Keivan Woven Arts / Rug / EN-15883 Country of origin / type: Turkey / Kilim V...

Narrow and long tone on tone Turkish Oushak runner. Small hints of green that can barely be seen, circa mid-20th century, measures: 2'8" x 13'5".

These flat-weaves embody the Minimalist sophistication that emerged in the mid-20th century which continues to thrive today. We bridge the elements of the past with the present using...

Nice little Turkish rug with beautiful geometrical and tribal design and nice colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epito...