Wool Turkish Rugs

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 7" x 10' 4"

74173 Antique Turkish Oushak Area Rug with Weeping Willow Tree Design. This hand-knotted wool colorful antique Turkish Oushak rug features a red cusped lozenge medallion anchored wit...

This contemporary Kilim represents a selection of distinct new patterns joining Rug & Kilim’s new and modern collection, uniquely handwoven from the yarns of Classic textiles and Kil...

50906 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Modern Style. Give your home modern style with the dynamic and dramatic look found in this vintage Turkish Oushak rug. This Turkish Oushak rug b...

Add personality to your space with a modern take on eclectic style. This vintage Turkish Oushak runner with modern contemporary style manages to maintain its true mid-century credent...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 4' 11" 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...

50107 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 03'04 x 10'10. Enter a realm where tribal enchantment and Anatolian charm intertwine, weaving this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak r...

Hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960 - 1970, this 7x10 vintage Müren Art Deco rug is a playful take on French Deco sensibilities in a mid-century modern fashion. On the design; Conno...

This striking vintage hand-knotted wool rug features a bold, geometric tribal aesthetic rooted in early-20th-century village weaving traditions. The rug’s strong architectural compos...

This geometric lattice pattern rug has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have o...

50768 Vintage Turkish Oushak Gallery Rug with Mid-Century Modern Style 04'05 x 10'10. Featuring four "tarantula" amulets in hues of taupe, slate and chocolate embellished with styliz...

52839 Distressed Antique Turkish Overdyed Rug with Heriz Design and Industrial Style. With a lovingly timeworn appearance and blissful b...

Hand knotted in high-quality wool originating from Turkey between 1870-1880, this antique Oushak wool rug presents an intriguing combination of...

a fun Mid-20th Century Tribal Turkish Kilim Measures: 3'5'' x 4'4”

60762 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 09’05 x 12’10. Get ready for a design tango where Colonial Revival meets the softer side of Modern Industrial – it's like the ultimate dance-off f...

51916 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Traditional English Rustic Style Style 02'09 x 06'03. Warm and inviting, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas runne...

52368 New Colorful Blue Turkish Oushak Rug,11'02 x 14'10. Turkish Oushak rugs, originating from the Western region of Oushak in Turkey, are celebrated for their intricate designs, tr...

74372 Vintage Brown Turkish Oushak Rug, 08’09 x 11’09. In this hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug, the marriage of Biophilic Design and earth-tone elegance creates a captiv...

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a colorful geometric pattern resembling interconnected serrated edged vases in an abstr...

Rug Number 31626 Size 4' 11" X 12' 8" Design Kars Collection Antique/Vintage Material Wool Texture Pile Weave Origin Turkey Age Antique/Vintage

51723, vintage Turkish Oushak Accent rug, entry or foyer rug. This vintage Turkish Oushak rug features a modern traditional style. Immersed in Anatolian history and refined colors, t...

52468 Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with American Colonial Style, muted Hallway runner. Showcasing timeless elegance in a demure color palette this hand knotted wool Vintage Turkish ...

60783 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 09'04 x 13'01. Colonial Revival meets Bridgerton Regencycore in this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish overdyed rug. A French inspired floral med...

Hand Knotted in wool, this distressed vintage 4x9 Turkish rug, which is inspired by Saf rugs, a particular kind of prayer rug, features a red field and geometr...

73891, vintage Turkish Oushak runner with French Provincial style, wide hallway runner. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features three connected scalloped hexago...

53422, new contemporary Turkish Oushak rug with modern Cape Cod Coastal style. Blending coastal elements from the modern world with earth-tone colors, this hand knotted wool contempo...

52103, vintage Turkish Oushak accent rug, entry or foyer rug with Arts & Crafts style. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug features a paneled design with large repeated...

The peach field displays a centrally positioned spacious design of rough palmettes and fringed acanthus leaves, accented in goldenrod, pale tangerine, rust and green. Pale pink borde...

52501, vintage Turkish Oushak rug with monochromatic Mission style and subdued colors. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug features a subtle central medallion in an ope...

77287, vintage Turkish Oushak rug for entry, kitchen, foyer, or bathroom. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak accent rug features a cusped central medallion dotted with Ana...

50129 Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'05 x 06'09. Steeped in Anatolian heritage, this hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug is a resplendent display of traditional artistry and...

51569 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03’05 x 03’11. Step into a world where every step is a dance amidst a garden of exquisite blooms, where the air is filled with the heady scent o...

50054 vintage Turkish Oushak accent rug with Retro Art Deco style. With a bold geometric form and retro flair, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug astounds with its bea...

51921 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Rustic English Traditional Style 03'00 x 06'03. Lovingly timeworn with understated elegance, this hand knotted wool distressed Turkish...

73845, vintage Turkish Oushak accent rug for kitchen, foyer, bathroom or entry rug. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak rug features a serrated center medallion with large ...

50245 Antique Turkish Sivas Rug, 04'03 x 06'06. With warm spice-tones and lovingly rustic appearance, this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Sivas rug embraces English Manor style. I...

51075 Vintage Turkish Striped Kilim Rug, 07'06 x 13'03. Woven with the essence of Anatolian tradition, this handwoven wool vintage Turkish kilim rug is a masterpiece of simplicity an...

52076, vintage Turkish Oushak Accent rug, entry or foyer rug. This vintage Turkish Oushak rug features a modern traditional style and all-over pattern of ram horn motifs. Immersed in...

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

53041 vintage Turkish Oushak rug Warm Mediterranean Coastal style. Effortless beauty and simplicity meet warm beiges and deep blues with a subtle Mediterranean style in this hand kno...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian long tribal room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 16' 2".

60601 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 07'03 x 10'03. French Industrial meets laid-back luxury in this vintage Turkish overdyed rug. The nostalgic brick design and monochromatic earthy...

60618 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 09'04 x 12'04. The Brutalist Movement meets Modern Industrial style in this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish overdyed rug. The faded botanical d...

This vintage 2x6 Art Deco runner rug, hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960-1970, features a mid-century take on Art Deco and cubist sensibilities, with Zeki Müren’s sought-after sense of...

The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.198. This is a dramatic and unique field design 16th...

51742 Colorful Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug, 02'11 x 04'10. A Yuntdag rug is a Turkish rug originating from the Yuntdag region in western Anatolia. Handwoven by skilled artisans, these...

Vintage hand-knotted wool Turkish Oushak rug with modern tribal style featuring a hexagon shape center medallion in an abrashed brick red field with blue quarter panels surrounded by...

51947 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 03'05 x 06'07. With a lovingly timeworn appearance reminiscent of Gustavian grace, this hand-knotted wool distressed Turkish Sivas runner ...

80600, new contemporary colorful blue Oushak rug with modern pastel style. Blending elements from the modern world with pastel colors, this hand knotte...

52100, vintage Turkish Oushak Directional Prayer rug with Modern Jacobean style. With its striking appeal and saturated color palette, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak r...

Pillow made from a vintage turkish oushak rug 16'' x 23'

73965, antique Turkish Oushak rug in a classic amulet design. This hand-knotted wool antique Oushak rug features triple amulets centered with diamond patterns that represent the "evi...

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size rug handmade during the 21st century with a colorful horizontally striped pattern. A statement piece with its bright and whimsical colors....

A stunning vintage Turkish wool flat-weave, composed of four panels, each composed of a succession of parallel horizontal stripes arranged in pairs. These stripes are sometimes in th...

51906 Zeki Muren Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Accent Rug with Rustic Arts & Crafts Style 02'09 x 05'07. This hand-knotted wool distressed vintage Sivas rug features a floral latt...

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a geometric design in colorful tones perfect for a children's playroom. Measures: 12' 2" x 15' 1" Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian...

52720 Distressed Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Romantic Georgian Style 03'05 x 08'11. Romance and rusticity collide in this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Oushak r...

An antique Turkish Oushak room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 3" x 12' 10" 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...