Rustic Turkish Rugs

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 4' 11" 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...

Pillow made from an early 20th century Turkish rug in a soft colors with a geometric motif. zipper closure and poly-fill insert provided. Measures: 19" x 37".

Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this traditional vintage hand knotted Turkish area rug, crafted from 100% premium wool. This exquisite piece captures the essence o...

It does not come with an insert. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry Cleaning is reccommended.

A vintage Turkish Kula carpet from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century in brick red, ivory, brown and gray Measures: 4'3'' x 7'4''.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian small room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 4" x 10' 3".

A vintage Turkish accent rug. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed profession...

Beautiful midcentury rug with geometrical decorative design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury ...

Rustic stitches on the pillowcases are hand done and in wool. They do not come with inserts. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry clean is recommended.  

These pillows are made from vintage Angora Siirt (a city in the South East of Turkey) . Siirt is famous for these blankets made from the hair of angora goat. Angora is believed to n...

Pillow made from a vintage turkish Kilim with cotton back. Zipper closure and foam insert provided. Measures: 19'' x 20''.

52853, distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug with modern rustic Artisan style. This hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug features an all-over trellis pattern compose...

These pillows are made from vintage Angora Siirt (a city in the South East of Turkey). Siirt is famous for these blankets made from the hair of angora goat. Angora is believed to na...

Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this traditional vintage handmade Turkish runner rug, meticulously hand-knotted by skilled artisans using a luxurious blend of wool...

They do not come with inserts. Linen in the back, Zipper closure. Dry clean recommended.

Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this traditional vintage hand knotted Turkish area rug, crafted from 100% premium wool. This exquisite piece captures the essence o...

This vintage Central Anatolian rug features two linked medallions in deep-saturated gold with cross-shaped motifs inside against a plain field in soft muted soft red. The corner-piec...

Add a touch of heritage and charm to your home with this vintage hand-knotted Turkish scatter rug, crafted from a luxurious wool and cotton blend. Designed by skilled artisans using ...

Beautiful early 20th century rug with a decorative design and nice natural colors with red, blue, green, yellow, pink and purple, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton fou...

Beautiful mid century Hamadan rug with nice geometrical design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 12' 0".

Pillow Cover is made from a hand woven cotton fabric, woven in Anatolia, Turkey. It does not come with an insert. Cotton in the back. Zipper closure. Dry clean is recommended.

One of a kind, hand knotted Turkish tribal Kilim flat-weave from the second quarter of the 20th century with a rustic all-over geometric design predominantly in brick orange. Measures: 7'9" x 13' Kilims, primarily refer to a type of flat-woven rug that was produced without knotted pile. Since this is one of the oldest methods of rug production, it is considered to be Primitive...

53912 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'03 x 12'01. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Turkish Oushak carpet runners ...

A one of a kind 1950s oriental rug from Central Anatolia. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on wool foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy...

51998 Zeki Muren Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 05'03 x 07'09. Nestled amidst the tranquil landscapes of Turkey's Sivas region, Zeki Muren Turkish Sivas rugs pay tribute to the esteemed ...

Turkish Kilim from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a rustic-like pattern. Measures: 5' x 8'.

Nice Hamadan rug with beautiful geometrical tribal design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury an...

77156 Antique Turkish Sivas Rug, 11'10 x 14'07. From the heart of central Anatolia, Turkey, emerge the enchanting Sivas rugs, renowned for their flawless artistry and mesmerizing des...

A vintage Turkish area rug. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed professional...

A finely hand-knotted vintage Central Anatolian rug from 1960s. The rug has even low wool pile on cotton foundation. It is heavy and lays flat on the floor, in very good condition wi...

Infuse your home with the timeless beauty of this traditional vintage handmade Turkish rug, a hand-knotted masterpiece crafted from a luxurious blend of wool and cotton. Woven by ski...

"Discover the timeless elegance of our exquisite midcentury runner featuring a captivating blend of geometrical and tribal design. Hand-knotted with care, this masterpiece boasts a v...

51925 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 03'07 x 06'04. Named in honor of the celebrated Turkish vocalist, Zeki Müren, Zeki Muren Turkish Sivas rugs hail from the Sivas region of Turkey. These rugs are revered for their exquisite craftsmanship, boasting intricate designs and vibrant color schemes often adorned with geometric patterns, floral motifs, and detailed borders. Crafted from locally-sourced wool and dyed with natural pigments, they stand as a tribute to the rich cultural heritage and artistic legacy of the region. Zeki Müren's association with luxury and sophistication has heightened the desirability of these rugs, making them highly coveted for their aesthetic allure, enduring quality, and cultural significance within the realms of interior design and carpet collection. Infusing the essence of French Provincial charm, this hand-knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug epitomizes the allure of French Country Cottage style. Adorned with a timeless floral motif and imbued with traditional sensibility, the rug boasts a lovingly timeworn patina that adds to its rustic elegance. Across the weathered field, large cabbage rose motifs dance upon an abrashed striped checkerboard backdrop, creating a picturesque scene reminiscent of idyllic countryside landscapes. Drawing inspiration from European designs, such as those found in the Savonnerie rug workshops of France, this vintage Turkish rug pays homage to the intricate craftsmanship and naturalistic beauty of French floral motifs. The painterly appearance of the rose bouquets, with their well-defined petals and leaves, evokes a sense of timeless romance and sophistication. Meanwhile, the alternating vertically and horizontally striped squares within the field impart a striking optical effect, akin to antique parquet...

53061, distressed vintage Turkish Oushak rug with Romantic Swedish Cottage style. Effortless beauty and romantic connotations meet soft, bespoke vibes ...

53921 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 03'07 x 11'05. Turkish Oushak carpet runners, originating from the Oushak region in western Turkey, are renowned for their intricate desi...

53915 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug Runner, 03'02 x 11'05. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Hailing from the Oushak...

Midcentury tribal rug with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

53914 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'03 x 12'02. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Originating from the Oushak re...

52005 Zeki Muren Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 05'07 x 09'01. Originating from the tranquil Sivas region of Turkey, Zeki Muren Turkish Sivas rugs honor the esteemed Turkish singer of th...

53911 Vintage Red Turkish Oushak Rug, 03'03 x 12'01. Please note this listing is for one piece. There is a matching piece available adds to its rarity. Turkish Oushak carpet runners ...

60620 Vintage Turkish Overdyed Rug, 09'07 x 12'06. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish overdyed rug seamlessly integrates a stylish aesthetic with subtle French Country influences, coupled with distinct and raw elements. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this vintage overdyed Turkish rug...

Beautiful midcentury rug with a geometrical and stylized floral design, and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

Very beautiful and colorful Anatolian Kilim with beautiful geometrical design and nice colors, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxu...

Beautiful 19th century rug with nice design and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and craf...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a field in several shades of light and dark brown and white dots. The ivory medallion consists of a yellow a...

Infuse your home with the timeless beauty of this traditional vintage handmade Turkish rug, a hand-knotted masterpiece crafted from a luxurious blend of wool and cotton. Woven by ski...

Bring a touch of timeless elegance to your home with this vintage hand-knotted Turkish scatter rug, crafted from 100% wool by skilled artisans. Perfect as a doormat, accent rug, or s...

A finely hand-knotted one of a kind vintage Turkish rug from 1920s. The rug is made of plant dyed medium wool pile on wool foundation. The red is dyed with madder and the blue is ind...

Late 20th century Turkish Yagcibedir runner with nice design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.

53303 distressed vintage Turkish Sivas rug with rustic English country style. Take a floral design and understated elegance, mix in a dash of romantic connotations and rustic sensibi...

Very beautiful midcentury rug with nice geometrical tribal design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation Size: 160 x 218 cm.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 6" x 10' 4".

51968 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Runner with Arts & Crafts Cottage Style 02'10 x 06'09. Reflecting elements of nature and Biophilic design, this hand knotted wool distressed vi...

An antique Turkish Oushak rug from the early 20th century with a distressed appeal, but in strong and durable condition. Measures: 2' 8" x 3' 9"

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 Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 7" x 10' 4"

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 4' 11" 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...

51002 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug, 02'08 X 05'10. Zeki Müren Turkish Sivas rugs, named after the esteemed Turkish singer Zeki Müren, originate from Turkey's Sivas region. Ce...

51916 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Traditional English Rustic Style Style 02'09 x 06'03. Warm and inviting, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Sivas runne...

51921 Distressed Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug with Rustic English Traditional Style 03'00 x 06'03. Lovingly timeworn with understated elegance, this hand knotted wool distressed Turkish...

50245 Antique Turkish Sivas Rug, 04'03 x 06'06. With warm spice-tones and lovingly rustic appearance, this hand knotted wool antique Turkish Sivas rug embraces English Manor style. I...

53074, vintage Turkish Sivas rug with Romantic Northwestern Artisan style. Balancing romantic connotations with rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Persian ...

52101, distressed vintage Turkish Oushak rug with Modern Rustic Northwestern style. Warm and inviting combined with a lovingly time-worn field, this hand knotted wool distressed vint...

An early 20th century Turkish Sivas. Sivas is a city in North Central Turkey, which is a major production site of Turkish rugs based on Persian designs. Often finely woven, Sivas rug...

A one of a kind vintage Central Anatolian rug made of hand-dyed and hand-spun wool. It has soft medium pile. Very good condition. It's soft and warm color palette has a vibrancy to i...

73663, distressed vintage Turkish Oushak rug with rustic Adirondack lodge style. This hand knotted wool distressed vintage Turkish Oushak rug features...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 1" x 13' 2".

An antique Turkish Oushak large room size carpet in square format handmade during the early 20th century. The tone-on-tone design incorporates a gold background with only light sketc...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 12' 0".