Charming Antique Oushak Runner, c. 1900

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...

The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era – as the 14th Century explorer Marco Polo once wrote, ‘here they make the most beautiful silks and carpets in the world, and with the most beautiful colours.’ During the 19th Century, these pieces were highly sought after in the West, inspiring many of the designs of European weavings of the period, and can be found in grand historic homes across the UK and Europe. This late-19th Century Oushak rug boasts a charming, warm colour palette, all in gracefully aged vegetable dyes, with saffron, salmon, and ivory tones over a light terracotta ground. The design employs scrolling floral and botteh motifs in the spandrels...

This antique, circa 1900, Oushak runner has a brick-red field with diagonal rows of ice-blue stellar flowerheads, in an ice-blue border of meandering floral vine between brick-red ri...

This antique, circa 1900, Oushak runner has an olive-green field with an central column of terracotta-pink serrated panels and pistachio-green hooked lozenges linked by angular serra...

Antique Turkish Oushak runner, circa 1900, 2'11 x 12'. Handwoven in Turkey where rug weaving is the culture rather than a business. Rugs from Oushak are known for the high quality of...

This antique, circa 1900, Oushak rug has a soft terracotta-pink field with bold paired sandy-yellow trees at each side alternating with paired vases issuing angular floral sprays, in...

The Oushak rugs have become the rugs of choice for many of the top interior decorators in the world today. Just open any copy of architectural digest and you will see these magnifice...

51559, distressed vintage Turkish Oushak runner, hallway runner. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features a unique medallion design with the outline of two verti...