Mid-20th Century Vintage Art Deco Wool Runner

Beautiful vintage runner rug, hand knotted wool with a tan field, multi-color accents in multi medallion design, circa 1940. This rug measures 3' 3" x 10' 10".

Beautiful vintage runner rug, hand knotted wool with a tan field, multi-color accents in multi medallion design, circa 1940. This rug measures 3' 5" x 10' 11".

Beautiful vintage runner rug, hand knotted wool with a tan field, multi-color accents in multi medallion design, circa 1940. This rug measures 2' 9" x 8' 3".

Beautiful hand knotted wool runner rug with a red field and ivory accents in a geometric pattern. This rug measures 2' 7" x 7' 10".

Beautiful vintage Turkish wool runner rug. This rug has a multicolored geometric design all-over, circa 1930. This rug measures: 2'7" x 9'7".        

Beautiful vintage runner rug, hand-knotted wool with a brown field, multicolor accents in multi medallion design. This rug measures 2' 10" x 11' 1" circa 1940.

A vintage Turkish Art Deco style runner handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures:

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 8' 1" 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...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style runner handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 0" x 8' 5".

This vintage runner is a simple study in medium brown and khaki with shadow details in golden tan. The condition is low and somewhat distressed.

This vintage hand-woven Turkish Deco rug has an aged shaded beige overall field with delicate polychrome geometric stepped lozenges, in a delicate complementary vine stripe border.

This narrow northeastern Turkish kenare features a soft coral field with a pole medallion of conjoint dark brown or ivory stepped rectangles, each enclosing a stepped lozenge in red,...