Rustic Tribal Style Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner, Narrow Hallway Runner

52196 Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 03'03 x 12'08. A vivid tableau of Anatolian memory, this hand knotted antique Turkish Oushak runner unfurls like a ceremonial path, where sym...

52406 rustic style vintage Turkish Oushak runner, hallway runner 03'04 x 09'06. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features two large stepped hexagonal medallions w...

52059 Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Modern Tribal Style, Long Hallway Runner. Full of character and stately presence, this vintage Turkish Oushak runner features an intrinsic ge...

52390, vintage Turkish Oushak Hallway runner with Rustic style. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features three connected hexagonal medallions with palmette pendants spread across an abrashed brick red field. Bursting with life, an array of beautiful floral motifs adorns nearly every part of this stately Oushak runner. Rosettes, tulips, and calyxes elegantly decorate the interiors of each medallion, while lovely trefoil blooms grace the corner spandrels. Two bright orange panels containing stylized flowers bookend...

Mid century Turkish rug with beautiful geometrical Kazak style design and nice colours with a pink background, blue, yellow and white, important wears but already in a stable conditi...

An antique Persian Kurd rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 5" x 10' 2".

A vintage Turkish runner rug. Hand-knotted in Turkey in 1960s and multiple geometric medallion design. The rug is in good condition, sturdy and clean as a brand new rug. It can be us...

A vintage Turkish Oushak rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 11' 7" 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...