Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Runner with Romantic Arts & Crafts Style

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...

53074, vintage Turkish Sivas rug with Romantic Northwestern Artisan style. Balancing romantic connotations with rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Persian ...

52568 distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas rug with Rustic Arts & Crafts style. Lovingly time-worn with a traditional medallion design and subdued elegance, this hand knotted wool distre...

53375 distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug with Rustic Arts & Crafts style. This hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug features a polychromatic all-over floral patte...

53311 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Rustic Arts & Crafts Style. This hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug features an all-over checkered pattern compris...

73912 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Rustic Cottage Arts & Crafts Style. With architectural elements of curved forms and decorative detailing, this hand knotted wool vinta...

Narrow Turkish Sivas runner with icy blue field and deep reds.

A one-of-a-kind Turkish Sivas runner from the early 20th century. Measures: 3'5'' x 12'5''.

An early 20th-century fine colorful Turkish Sivas runner Measures: 3'3'' x 9'1''.

An early 20th-century antique Oushak runner featuring a pumpkin orange field, the green border with an all-over design attributed to the Arts & Crafts movement. Measures: 4'”x 14'9”.

A vintage Turkish Sivas carpet from the mid-20th century. Thin vines and swirls of tiny leaves are the main ornamentations of the ivory g...

A vintage Turkish Sivas rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 10" x 7' 4" 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...