Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 11'4" x 12'11" #5380

Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 9'4" x 12'11" #7477 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces, where elegance meets funct...

Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 3'3" x 12'11" #4228 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces at , where elegance meets fu...

Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 3' x 11'4" #4208 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces at , where elegance meets funct...

Oushak Rug Oriental Hand Knotted Turkish Oushak 9'3" x 11'4" #5373 Explore a curated collection of hallway runners, wool rugs, and handmade masterpieces at , where elegance meets fun...

53563 Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, 09'05 x 12'11. In a mesmerizing display of intricate artistry, this antique Turkish Oushak rug beckons with its rich palette and tribal-inspired des...

Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug Kelleh 5'1 X 11'4. Oushak's are known for their soft palettes combined with eccentric drawing. Oushak in western Turkey has the longest continuous rug weav...

Vintage Turkish Oushak Runne 3'3 X 11'4. These attractive rugs are suitable for a wide variety of places, but the significant effect of Oushaks is that they bring space together, mak...

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...