Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Swedish Shabby Chic Cottage Style

52437 vintage Turkish Oushak runner with Mission style and warm, Earth-Tones 04'06 x 12'05. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features three hexagonal medallions a...

50361 Distressed Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Romantic French Country Style 03’03 x 10’10. French Country and Romantic Rusticity meets timeless Anatolian tradition in this hand...

52979, vintage Turkish Oushak runner with Rustic Belgian style. With its understated elegance and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool vintage Turk...

50837 Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner, Hallway Runner, 3'10 x 9'10. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner with rustic style features three amulet-style medallions on an abrashed ecru background. It is surrounded by a delicate border and soft, gray spandrels in each corner. It combines simplicity with sophistication. Rendered in a low-contrast muted color palette in variegated shades of ecru, tan, sand, camel, khaki, beige, greige, gray, light gray, oyster gray and taupe. Invite the beauty of Oushak weaving into your home or office interior with this vintage hallway runner...

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...

This light colored rustic Anatolian runner shows an open sandy straw to pale buff field centered by a loose pole medallion of cartouches, octagons and a cruciform element. Caucasian ...

Vintage Oushak carpet with multi-medallion design, rug en-176361, country of origin / type: Turkey / Oushak, circa 1950 This vintage Oushak carpet from mid-20th century Turkey fea...

Antique Turkish Oatmeal Shabby Chic Sivas Rug Runner 2'10 x 10'5. This lovely rug is lightly distressed or shabby chic with low pile that adds to the patina and beauty of this handwo...