Vintage Hand-Woven Geometric Kilim Rug with Greek Key Border

Early 20th c., tightly knotted Sarouk rug, likely Farahan Sarouk, in rich jewel tone colors with a central medallion surrounded by birds and animals with flora and fauna. Hand-knott...

21st C. a Bijar-style Indian area rug in brilliant colors, richly depicting animals flowers and Cyprus trees. The field color is a lovely chocolate brown with an off white border. Ca...

19th/20th c. Tabriz-style rug, finely woven, low pile wool-silk blend in nature inspired tones, central lozenge-shaped medallion, dark blue border. The color palette is a very attra...

21st C. French Savonnerie style wool carpet. The design is a foliate vine pattern in gold, light green and brown tones on a cream ground. The border has a rust ground with a geometric pattern of alternating stylized wheatsheaf and leaf design. Unmarked. About Savonnerie Carpets: French pile floor covering, usually large, whether made at the Savonnerie workshop or made in that manner and style. The Savonnerie factory (on the site of a former soap factory, hence the name) was established in Paris in 1627 at the Hospice de la Savonnerie at Chaillot by royal order, to provide pile carpets for use in the king’s palaces and as royal gifts. Subject to interruptions from time to time, this shop has provided carpets, seat covers, and similar weavings ever since, at first for the French court and then for government buildings. The patterns are floral and architectural Renaissance conceptions, many based upon paintings and cartoons by the same artists who designed the Gobelins tapestries. In 1826, the enterprises having been combined, the Savonnerie production was moved into the Gobelins workshops, near Paris. The styles of ornamentation have varied with the tastes of the passing reigns and regimes until in recent years the abstract or surrealist creations of modern painters have, in their turn, been reflected in the Savonnerie rugs. The various Savonnerie fashions have exercised a powerful influence upon the patterns of other Western carpet workshops. Dimensions: Approx. 105"l x 87"w Condition: Good, minor fading and discoloration. Shows well. Note: All rugs and carpets...

This vintage 11x18 Dhurrie flat weave runner is an exciting new entry in Rug & Kilim’s esteemed collection. Handwoven in wool, it originates from India circa 1950-1960. On the Desi...

Antique rugs that are called “Kilim rugs”, primarily refer to a type of flat weave rug that was produced without knotted pile. Because these antique rugs are found across the globe, each region has a different pronunciation and spelling of the name Kilim. Homers Iliad and Egyptian tomb paintings, from the same time period, depict weavers producing rugs and carpets of this kind. Since this is one of the oldest methods of rug production, it is considered to be primitive...

This vintage 16x16 Dhurrie flat weave runner is an exciting new entry in our esteemed collection. Handwoven in wool, it originates from India circa 1950-1960. On the Design: From...

Handwoven in a wool flat-weave originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this vintage Kilim rug connotes a midcentury Bessarabian Kilim rug design in a play of rich Classic brown with...