Vintage Turkish Silk Herekeh Rug

A vintage Turkish Herekeh carpet from the mid-20th century with silk highlights.

A vintage Turkish Herekeh rug from the mid-20th century.

An antique Turkish Herekeh accent rug handmade during the turn of the 20th century. Measures: 7'0" x 10'5".

An antique Turkish Herekeh room size carpet handmade with silk during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 7" x 13' 6".

A vintage Turkish carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

A vintage Turkish carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

A rather unique Turkish rug with beautiful burgundy, pink and lavender colors. The graphic and design on this rug make it even more extraordinary. In the early 19th century, on the...

Fine Turkish silk flower vase Niche prayer rug from the 20th Century.

An antique Turkish silk Hereke woven rug, circa 1970. These fine handmade rugs feature a lustrous short silk pile with a tree of life design at one end of the ivory centre field, beautiful flower heads at the centre and an arch at the other end. The central frame of the floral rug is enclosed within a beautifully rendered foliate border with a little weaver's mark at one end before the long fringe. Extremely fine weave with a high knot count and a sheen to the silk pile. This cream rug is in excellent condition. This geometric rug is suitable either as a decorative floor covering in a little traffic area or as wall decor. This carpet rug is a fantastic find and a definite boost to your home decor! These antique patterned rugs look beautiful and are ideal for living room rugs and bedroom rugs. Antique rug pure silk rugs...

The handmade carpet manufacturing of these masterpieces luxury rugs began late the 19th century. This oriental rug was woven in Asian Anatolia, Turkey in the historic city of Hereke. In the mid-19th century, Sultan Abdul Majid proclaimed Hereke to be the royal weaving village. The silk rugs were woven there were considered the finest in the world. All examples used select Borsa silk which is the finest quality carpet silk. The Sultan required that all of the silk rugs woven in Hereke had to be signed with the name Hereke. These carpets were regularly woven for the aristocracy in Europe, Asia, and The Middle East. The design of this rug is unique because it is an interpretation of the famous 17th-century Mughal carpet from India. The Mughal carpet was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and was illustrated in the book called Flowers Under Foot...

Vintage Herekeh rug measures 4'10'' x 7'11''.

Vintage Herekeh rug measures 6'5'' x 9'6''. A lightly-toned, finely woven Turkish city small carpet in as strongly Kirman-influenced style. The sandy-straw semi-open field shows a co...