Armenian Turkish Rugs

:: Single column center medallions with unique character variations between all similar shape and relief. Colors and shades include: Saffron yellow, pale tangerine orange, silver, na...

Little elegant rare antique runner: for Your bed bottom or bookcase in front or on the wall to be admired. Beauty keeps company for a long time. The blue color has a special long pre...

A Turkish Karabagh flat weave wool runner rug circa 1920. Hand woven in warm natural colors, the center is decorated with an all over geometric floral pattern in straight rows, surro...

1960 Vintage Karabagh rug with a multicolored field and lion pictorial design. Measures 4.09x7.10.

Repeating column of hook and latch medallions with interior geometric floral guls atop an abrashed ground. Colors and shades include: Dusty raspberry red, pale rust, tangerine orange...

These pillow cases made from an early 20th C. armenian Karabagh kilim, have been backed with vintage jand loomed wool and cotton textile. Dry clean or spot cleaning only. Insert for...

Armenian Kazak Rug – A Geometric Wonder from Central Caucasus Step into a world of vibrant colours and ancient design with this exquisite Armenian Kazak rug. Picture its seven rows ...

51332, vintage Turkish Kilim rug. This handwoven wool vintage Turkish Kilim rug features a series of stripes in soft colors on a dark contrasting background. This flat-weave Kilim rug displays symbols of running water, burdock and a small hook. The symbols represent marriage (hook), abundance, protection (burdock) and the continuity of life (running water). Blending nomadic charm, ancient symbolism and Folk Art warmth, this vintage Turkish Kilim rug reflects generations of cultural beliefs and serves many design purposes. Perfect for extra-wide and long hallways, corridors, galley kitchens and Bohemian decor...

This fine pink rug is a traditional handwoven wool area rug constructed in the 1950s. The central design has been intricately woven on a rich pink background in blue, beige, and ivor...

A vintage Persian tribal Turkoman rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Although this rug is of Persian origin, the roots of Turkoman rugs originated in the Central Asian region. Measures: 1' 6" x 10' 4" Central Asian Rugs & Carpets: Central Asia is a vast area stretching from Northeastern Persia to western China, and from northern Afghanistan to the southern edge of Russia. The carpets can be usefully divided into three groups: the nomadic Turkmen rugs of Turkmenistan, northern Afghanistan, and northeastern Persia; the non-Turkmen tribal pieces from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kirghizstan; and the urban creations of Khotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar, oasis cities of Western China (Xinjiang Province). Commercially, the most important group is from Khotan, the easternmost of the Chinese Turkestan cities. The craft of rug weaving is primarily in the hands of Muslim Uighurs. Khotan carpets mix purely Central Asian design themes with Chinese elements. Native Khotan devices include pomegranate trees, upright flowers, round medallions, and yellow or red grounds. Chinese motives include triangular fretwork corners, swastika fretwork, and Yun-Tsao Tou (clouds and rain) diagonally striped polychrome borders. Cotton foundations, asymmetrical (Persian) knots, and medium weaves are standard. Some vintage Khotan are in horizontal, pictorial layouts with multiple various vases and plants. Saphs (multiple prayer niche panel carpets) are also a Khotan specialty. Others employ stepped and layered lozenge medallions, singly or in pairs. Still others, almost all antique, feature a stylized version of the allover Persian Herati design. Many of the oldest pieces employ brown wool wefts. Antique and vintage Khotans are almost always in the k’ang (double square) layout, conforming to the local household plans. Only relatively recently has the 6’ by 12’ or 7’ by 16’ format been replaced by the 9’ by 12’ size. As a result, an antique room size Khotan carpet is very uncommon. Reds are cinnamon, tomato and rust, never wine reds, crimson, or scarlet. Yarkand, farther west on the old Silk Road specializes in multi-medallion long carpets while Kashgar, farthest west and most under Persian influence, has traditionally knotted allover pattern pieces with finer weaves, often with silk piles, and enriched with medal thread, on cotton foundations. Extant Kashgars go back to the 17th century, but the carpet craft in Chinese Turkestan must be much older as fragments have been recovered from local tombs of the early C.E. period. Kashgars are the rarest of all East Turkestan rugs. Most available vintage East Turkestan carpets are interwar Khotans, many with pleasingly soft decorative palettes. The non-Turkmen nomads include the Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uzbek, and Karakalpak groups. Like the Turkmen, they were once all seasonally migratory, dwelling in round felt tents (yurts), but have been settled, at least partially, in the villages, and have taken up crafts and agriculture instead of sheep herding. As a result, carpet production has transitioned from domestic tent use to commercial sale, but the roots of long traditions are still evident. The Uzbeks weave...

79247 Antique Caucasian Karabagh Rug, 04'03 x 08'08. Woven beneath the mist-veiled peaks and vine-draped valleys of the storied Karabakh region, this exceptional early 20th-century C...

Beautiful antique handwoven Caucasian rug from the Karabagh region, all made with intriguing geometric motifs, four center medallions and exceptional three borders. Muted antique colors...