Modern Turkish Rugs

The Rapture Collection is the exception to our hand-woven only rule. Woven Concepts purist philosophy focuses on the creation of hand-made, high-end rugs. The Rapture Collection rugs...

A modern Turkish oversize flat-weave Kilim carpet in square rug format handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 15' 0" x 18' 0".

The Rapture Collection is the exception to our hand-woven only rule. Woven Concepts purist philosophy focuses on the creation of hand-made, high-end rugs. The Rapture Collection rugs...

The Rapture Collection is the exception to our hand-woven only rule. Woven Concepts purist philosophy focuses on the creation of hand-made, high-end rugs. The Rapture Collection rugs...

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 5' 5" x 7' 6".

A modern Turkish Oushak room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 1" x 14' 6".

Ashly Fine Rugs presents a Vintage Turkish Patchwork 6x8 area rug. This rug a is combination of multiple handmade vintage Turkish rugs that have been m...

53314 Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 05'07 x 08'11. Hailing from the serene landscapes of Turkey's Sivas region, Zeki Muren Turkish Sivas rugs serve as a tribute to the revered Turkish s...

A modern Turkish room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 11" x 12' 9".

A Decorative Neutral Earthy Tones Modern Contemporary Floral Rug, Country of origin: Turkey, Circa date: Modern

A Modern Indian Wool Area Rug with Traditional-Inspired Design This rug presents a fresh interpretation of classical patterns, with its cool blue field and vibrant geometric motifs....

Discover the elegance of India Oushak featuring Area Rugs in Circa 1990. Designed with Wool and BrownYellow, this exclusive design is perfect for enhancing your space.

Discover the elegance of India Oushak featuring Area Rugs in Circa 1990. Designed with Wool and GrayIvoryYellow, this exclusive design is perfect for enhancing your space.

Discover the elegance of India Oushak featuring Area Rugs in Circa 1990. Designed with Wool and IvoryRed, this exclusive design is perfect for enhancing your space.

Handwoven in wool, this 5x8 Kilim is from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: This modern take on classic panel-weaving enjoys a fab...

81103 Modern Blue Earth-Tone Chevron Kilim Rug, 07'10 x 09'10. Welcome to coastal chic living with our exquisite handwoven modern chevron kilim rug. Craf...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Apadana's Modern custom wool rug. Custom sizes and colors made-to-order. Material: Wool Techniques: Hand-Knotted Style: Modern Lead time: Approx. 15-16 wks available Colors...

This 9x12 contemporary rug is an exciting new addition to the Modern Collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Hand-knotted in all-natural hemp, its design explores a minimalist ...

Rug & Kilim takes pride in presenting its artistic vision of patchwork kilim that reimagines vintage yarns into unique pieces of art. This 9 x 12 collectible features a striated patt...

Handwoven in cotton, this 2x18 runner rug and flatweave is an exciting modern work by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: The textural weave plays overlapping stripes in a plaid pattern wi...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

53434 Modern Earth-Tone Turkish Oushak Rug, 09'03 x 12'01. Subtle Southwest meets luxury lodge in this hand knotted wool Turkish Oushak rug. The Aztec pattern and earth-tone colors woven into this piece work together creating a cozy, inviting and laid-back atmosphere. An allover geometric pattern composed of serrated stars and small concentric diamonds covers the abrashed brown field. It is enclosed with a lozenge Kotchanak border. ​ Perfect for a living room, front room, dining room, wine cellar, conservatory, royal suite, executive suite, bedroom, private library, state room, great room, private chambers, drawing room, billiards room, golf locker room, trophy room, playroom, nursery, game room, music room, masters retreat, formal vestibule, or hotel lobby. Rustic yet refined, this neutral Oushak rug is well-suited with a variety of styles: Southwest, Modern Mexican, Aztec, Santa Fe Desert, Pacific Northwest...

A modern Turkish Flatweave large carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 12' 6" x 17' 5"

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Handwoven in cotton, this 2x10 runner rug and flatweave is an exciting modern work by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: The textural weave plays overlapping stripes in a plaid pattern wi...

51405, vintage Oushak accent rug with stylized floral pattern. This tribal feel Oushak rug features a rectilinear field of dusty red clay with optical diamonds paired with alternatin...

Turkish Oushak Runner Rug Blue & Green Floral Accents 2'5" x 9'6" This elegant Turkish Oushak runner rug measures 2'5" x 9'6", perfect for hallways, entryways, or alongside a bed. H...

52786, new colorful contemporary Turkish Oushak rug with modern style. The bold geometric print and pops of color woven into this hand knotted wool Contemporary Turkish Oushak rug wo...

A modern Turkish Kilim room size flat-weave rug handmade during the 21st century with horizontal stripes in bright colors such as cyan, blue, teal green, coral, red, yellow, and more...

Turkish Oushak Rug Brown & Blue Floral Handmade Rug 2'10" x 5'8" Measuring 2'10" x 5'8", this charming handwoven Turkish Oushak rug showcases a refined floral medallion design frame...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Hand woven in a wool flat weave, this 10x13 patchwork Kilim rug from Rug & Kilim uses Kendir, a kind of all-natural "bast" fiber similar to jute, making it an exceptional sustainable...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 2" x 10' 7".

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 7" x 7' 4" 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...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a striped design offset on 3 stitched panels. Measures: 6' 0" x 9' 9".

A modern Turkish Deco small room size accent rug handmade during the 21st century with a plush pile in slate grey-to-blue tones. Measures: 7' 9" x 9' 9".

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

The Rapture Collection is the exception to our hand-woven only rule. Woven Concepts purist philosophy focuses on the creation of hand-made, high-end rugs. The Rapture Collection rugs...

Beautiful Paki Peshawar hand knotted wool rug with a gray color field. This modern rug has rust and golden accents in a Classic all-over floral motif. This rug measures 12'10" x 1...

Handwoven in a wool flat weave, this 10x13 patchwork Kilim rug from Rug & Kilim uses Kendir, a kind of all-natural "bast" fiber similar to jute, making it an exceptional sustainable ...

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a colorful pastel geometric large scale pattern resembling circus tents over a white-be...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...