Oushak Turkish Rugs
OUSHAK STYLE
Turkish rugs are as widely loved today as they were in the 13th century, and antique and vintage Oushak rugs and carpets are known specifically for their bold geometric patterns and fine quality. With a name derived from the town of Uşak, Turkey, in western Anatolia, the Oushak textile style — also spelled Ushak — originated in the 15th-century Ottoman Empire, but its aesthetic has influenced weaving around the world, especially through the export of rugs to Europe.
The distinctive Oushak “medallion” pattern has two types of rounded shapes alternating against a rich red or blue background created with natural dyes, while the elaborate “star” pattern involves large eight-pointed shapes in diagonal rows alternating with diamonds. Traditionally, the edges and empty spaces are filled with arabesque details or floral motifs. Both patterns can repeat in infinite directions, allowing for versatility in diverse sizes of hand-knotted authentic Oushak carpets, wall hangings and rugs. It’s believed that similar Iranian designs inspired the artistry of Turkish weavers, possibly through commissions by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.
While production of Oushak rugs accelerated for an international audience, they also maintained domestic popularity, including covering the floors of palaces and mosques. Owing to their deep colors and exemplary construction, Oushak area rugs woven by hand became status symbols abroad, with Henry VIII depicted standing astride an Oushak rug in a 16th-century portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The rugs and carpets made for export had rougher weaves while European copies proliferated as demand expanded into the 19th century. And beyond the authenticity of antique and vintage rugs in general, the geometric styles of Oushak rugs are appealing to interior designers because they work so well in today's homes.
The market has changed with a global increase in machine-fabricated carpets, yet handmade designs continue to be produced in Uşak with contemporary rug companies like Kirkit working with skilled artisans in the area.
Find vintage Oushak rugs and carpets, folk art and other Oushak furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Oushak
Period: Early 1900s
Bobyrug’s pretty antique small Turkish oushak rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice small antique distressed Turkish oushak rug with a decorative design and nice light colours with white on background, blue, green, yellow, pink and red, entirely hand knotted wi...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Rugs Pure Silk Rugs, Turkish Rugs Oriental Handmade Carpet from Turkey
Located in Hampshire, GB
This is an example of handmade carpet finely hand-knotted vintage rugs from Central Anatolia with a Classic all-over floral rug design of small patterns. The high-quality wool pile on a strong silk foundation and excellent original condition let this deep purple rug...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Organic Material, Silk
Antique Palace Turkish Ushak Carpet 555 X 375 cm
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
Hand-knotted carpet from Turkish Ushaku or Oushaku. Wool on a cotton warp. The carpet has a pleasant warm color and a geometric pattern. The carpet has a calming effect. In this area...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Carpet (DK-104-71)
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful antique carpet from the prolific Oushak region in Western Turkey, featuring a well-known design, at least since the seventeenth century. The design is often referred to a...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Charming Antique Oushak Runner, c. 1900
Located in London, GB
The weaving workshops of Western Anatolia, where Oushak carpets such as this piece were originally made, have a rich history, stretching back at least as far as the Early Modern era ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Rug 14.10x10.7
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug 15.4x11.5
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug 8.6x6.6
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug 9.3x9.0
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug 18.7x13.2
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
1900 Antique Turkish Oushak
Located in Los Angeles, US
The Oushak rugs have become the rugs of choice for many of the top interior decorators in the world today. Just open any copy of architectural digest and you will see these magnifice...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Turkish Oushak Floral Design Rug 11'6''x10'8'
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Turkish Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Historians attributed to them many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish...
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Early 1900s Unknown Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Distressed Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, Red and Gold
Located in New York, NY
Distressed with areas of foundation showing, the Turkey red Sub-field displays a yellow palmette medallion with tripled pendants
enclosed within a yellow field in a "bookcover" layo...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet, Salmon Field, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
The salmon open field is centered by a small hexagonal green hook edged medallion which matches the field corners. The green border displays octogramme ros...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Red Oushak Carpet, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This Oushak carpet is very bold and direct, with an abrashed garnet red field centered by a giant pointed cross medallion positioned by huge, hooked volutes devolving from the nearly...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
1900s Rare Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, Rusty Red Allover Field, Green Borders
Located in New York, NY
In a loose version of the popular Harshang allover pattern, there are five implicit columns of ragged palmettes, fringed rosettes and textured plaquettes on the rust-red field, all a...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Square Turkish Oushak Carpet, Pink Allover Field, Mustard & Green Border
Located in New York, NY
The boiled shrimp field displays a variable array of dark brown open lozenges and diamonds, and V-shapes, with a central ragged palmette and further rayed lozenges, and a scatter fil...
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven. This town has been a major weaving center for rug production since the reign of the ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9' 9''x 12' 6'' - 297 x 381 cm )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9' 9''x 12' 6'' - 297 x 381 cm )
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven. This town has been a major weaving center for rug production since the reign of the ...
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Handmade Medallion Designed Tan And Red Oversize Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful Vintage Turkish hand-knotted wool rug with a tan field. This rug has a designed frame with accents of red in a gorgeous all-over medallion floral design.
This rug measur...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9'2'' x 13'8'' - 280 x 416 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9'2'' x 13'8'' - 280 x 416 )
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
20 Century Antique Turkish Oushak Rug in Beige All over Pattern by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Oushak rug from Turkey dating back to the early 1900s, now joining Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique & Vintage collection. Hand-knotted in fine quality wool, the runner derive...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 4'4" x 11'6" - 132 x 350 )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 4'4" x 11'6" - 132 x 350 )
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug. Size: 14 ft 3 in x 14 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Large and Decorative Antique Square Size Turkish Oushak Rug, Country of Origin: Turkey, Circa Date: 1900. Size: 14 ft 3 in x 14 ft 8 in (4.34 m x 4.47 ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, Light Blue Field, Citron Border & Plum Accents
Located in New York, NY
This west Turkish workshop carpet is in the Persian style with an atmospheric light blue field supporting a closely stepped pale green medallion decorated with a semi-geometric roset...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Rug Red and Gold Angora-Wool Geometric Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in notoriously sheen angora wool originating from Turkey between 1900-1910, this antique rug connotes an early 20th century medallion-style Oushak design in a rich tradi...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Rugs Pure Silk Rugs, Turkish Rugs Oriental Handmade Carpet from Turkey
Located in Hampshire, GB
This is an example of handmade carpet finely hand-knotted vintage rugs from Central Anatolia with a Classic all-over floral rug design of small patterns. The high-quality wool pile on a strong silk foundation and excellent original condition let this deep purple rug...
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Silk, Organic Material
Antique Oushak Rug in Red with Paisley Patterns, from Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool, an antique 13x16 Oushak rug from Turkey circa 1900-1910 - making way to Rug & Kilim’s antique collection.
On the Design:
The design is like a few of its perio...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 17' x 19'8" - 218 x 600 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 17' x 19'8" - 218 x 600 )
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Rugs Pure Silk Rugs, Turkish Rugs Oriental Handmade Carpet from Turkey
Located in Hampshire, GB
This is an example of handmade carpet finely hand knotted vintage rugs from Central Anatolia with a Classic all-over floral rug design of small patterns. The high-quality wool pile on a strong silk foundation and excellent original condition let this deep purple rug...
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Silk, Organic Material
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, Orange All-Over Field, Ivory Borders, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
The apricot-peach field displays an all-over design of tilted, upright and lazy palmettes, and ovals sprouting twin "goosenecks" in a loose version of the Harshang ("crab") layout. A...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Tribal Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, Cream Allover Field, Pink and Orange Borders
Located in New York, NY
The cream ground of this attractive western Anatolian workshop carpet displays a spacious jagged palmette, petal rosette and thick vine design centred by a complex cruciform motif, a...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 17'6" x 19'6" - 533 x 594 )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 17'6" x 19'6" - 533 x 594 )
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 3'3" x 34'6" - 99 x 1052 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 3'3" x 34'6" - 99 x 1052 )
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Kilim ( 9'9" x 12'6" - 297 x 381 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Kilim ( 9'9" x 12'6" - 297 x 381 )
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Antique Anatolian Wool Runner Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Turkish Anatolian runner rug, hand knotted wool with a red field, brown frame and tan accents in all-over multi medallion design.
This rug measures 3' 6" x 10' 1".
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Antique Anatolian Wool Runner Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Turkish Anatolian runner tug, hand knotted wool with a multi-color field in an allover geometric design,
circa 1900s.
This rug measures 5' 2" x 12' 6".
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 14'2" x 18'4" - 432 x 560 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 14'2" x 18'4" - 432 x 560 )
Category
Early 1900s Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Pink Oushak Carpet, Pink All-Over Field, Green and Yellow Border
Located in New York, NY
The pink field shows a broken version of the "Vase carpet" Classic Persian pattern (no vases present), accented in orange and cream, within an appropriate slate blue green rosette an...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20 Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 13' x 16'4" - 395 x 498 )
Located in New York, NY
Heriz was a popular source for Oushak designers and this ivory carpet in the all-over Harshang design was adapted from Bakshayesh-type Heriz carpets of th...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 10'8" x 11'10" - 325 x 360 )
Located in New York, NY
A light lime green open field is centred by a pale salmon medallion and is clasped by en suite quarter corners. The edges of these elements are roughly and irregularly drawn as if th...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
1930s Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 8'5" x 13'5" - 257 x 410 )
Located in New York, NY
1930s Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 8'5" x 13'5" - 257 x 410 )
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 11'9" x 14'9" - 358 x 450 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 11'9" x 14'9" - 358 x 450 )
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug with Multi-Medallions in Ivory, Orange, Red & Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Turkish Oushak Rug with Multi-Medallions in Ivory, Orange, Red & Blue and gray,. Keivan Woven Arts / rug 17-0202, country of origin / type: Turkey / Oushak, circa 1900
Meas...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Rug ( 3'3" x 7'3" - 99 x 221 )
Located in New York, NY
Not every Oushak is room sized. This snappy little rug with an imaginative segment of the harshang pattern on an attractively variegated sapphire blue ground is uncommon among these ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 10'6" x 13'2" - 320 x 402 )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 10'6" x 13'2" - 320 x 402 )
The bold pattern is a creative adaptation of the 17th century Caucasian “Dragon” design, with giant palmettes, s...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Antique Turkish Floral Oushak Rug in Cream, Rust Red, Orange and Green
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Turkish Floral Oushak Rug in Cream, Rust Red, Orange and Green, Rug 17-0103, Origin/Turkey. This finely woven antique large Oushak rug...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 5' x 6'9" - 152 x 206 )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 5' x 6'9" - 152 x 206 )
Botehs (Paisley) are unusual in Oushak rugs and as a sole, all-over pattern they are rarer still. Botehs in yellow a...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Wool Pile Rug Large Size
Located in Savannah, GA
Rare antique Oushak large sized rug of the Turkish family featuring a pronounced abrash (original die color variation or differing color patterns, colorations, and various shades or ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Various styles of vigorously drawn leaves in light blue and orange decorate the centrally organized red field of this circa 1900 Oushak from west Turkey. The light blue main border s...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9' x 11' - 275 x 335 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 9' x 11' - 275 x 335 )
Four giant light blue palmettes in an extended cross-pattern dominate the tomato-red field of this circa 1900 Oushak carp...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Oushak Rug
Located in New York, NY
Oushak loves the harshang pattern and any of the 100’s of variants on it. Here the old ivory field of this circa 1900 west Anatolian carpet is decorated with a semi-detached all-over...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Early 20th Century Turkish Borlou Oushak Carpet ( 15'4" x 19'6" - 467 x 594 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Borlou Oushak Carpet ( 15'4" x 19'6" - 467 x 594 cm )
Lots of palmettes on the sandy beige ground, but only a few are accented in Dark amber. There are further det...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
Located in New York, NY
In a Persian Heriz style, the open beige field displays a tall, lozengoid green medallion presenting cypress and palmette pendants, with en suite goldenrod corners, all set within a ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Antique Turkish Oushak Mansion Carpet, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent west Turkish carpet is in the classical Ottoman style somewhat removed with d closely dotted red-brown field displaying a central hexagon medallion and pendanted fra...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Sivas Carpet with Prayer Design in Light Silver and Copper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Turkish Sivas Antique with Prayer Design rug/ 13-0303 origin/turkey
This lovely and finely woven rug displays a prayer design set on a light silver/blue background and framed by ...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Gorgeous Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, Circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This unusual western Turkish workshop carpet displays five columns of giant hooked palmettes, and Yaprak and color sampler diamonds on an old ivory field with jade green and Turkey r...
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Early 1900s Turkish Antique Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Oushak turkish rugs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Oushak turkish rugs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage turkish rugs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, folk art, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Oushak turkish rugs made in a specific country, there are Asia, West Asia, and Caucasus pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original turkish rugs, popular names associated with this style include Keivan Woven Arts, Ararat Rugs, Ashly Fine Rugs, and Mehraban Rugs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for turkish rugs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $250,000 while the average work can sell for $4,502.
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