Vintage Turkish Oushak

Oushak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak carpets (Turkish: Oushak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Oushak, T...

Ousak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak Carpets (Turkish: Usak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Usak, Turkey...

Oushak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak Carpets (Turkish: Oushak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Oushak ,...

Usak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak carpets (Turkish: Usak Kilimi) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Usak, Turkey, one of the larger towns in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th century (although these patterns were woven in other regions also. After the 17th century, Ushaks (Ovshaks), development of Oushak rug weaving is less well known. Late 17th century saw a decline in the Oriental rug market as European consumers tended to purchase rugs of European origin – primarily Aubusson, Savonnerie and Axminster. The wane in the European market meant that Ovshak production declined. Those that were still made throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries were manufactured for upper-class people in the Turkish territories on Eastern Europe. Towards the end of the 19th century, when the European market began to be interested in Persian carpets once again, the Ushak (Ovshak) population did not have enough weavers still skilled in the traditional Ovshak craft. Manufactories had to turn to neighboring villages and their craftsmen who still maintained traditional techniques. Ushak carpets, particularly those known as lotto carpets...

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A simple yet chic Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak rug with an all-over geometric pattern woven in muted pinks, golds, oranges, and natural colored wools, and all surrounded by a bord...

A vintage Turkish Oushak rug with a beautiful pattern woven in orange, gold, brown, and cream colored wool. The border is exceptional, with large-scale wide stylized floral and leaf ...

A vintage Turkish Oushak rug with a beautiful pattern woven in orange, gold, green, and cream colored wool. The border is exceptional, with large-scale wide stylized floral and leaf ...

A vintage Turkish Oushak rug with a beautiful diamond medallion amidst a field of flowers woven in gold, indigo, brown, and cream color wool. The border is exceptional, with large-sc...

52129 Distressed vintage Turkish Oushak runner. French Country and Romantic Rusticity meets timeless Anatolian tradition in this han...

Nice late 20th century Turkish Anatolian rug, with beautiful geometrical oushak design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience th...