Zabihi Collection Elegant Antique Turkish Ghiordes Floral Rug

Mid 20th Century Turkish rug with an all-over floral design Measures: 5'5'' x 10'

3rd quarter of the 20th Century Turkish Kars rug with 2 floral medallions on a brown color ground Measures: 7' x 9'4''

a mid 20th century turkish rug with a floral design on an ivory color ground 2'1'' x 3'9''

3rd quarter of the 20th Century Turkish Kars rug with an all over floral design on an ivory field Measures: 5'7'' x 8'1''

Measures: 4'7 x 9'11. Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Soft Tan Field and Navy Blue Floral Medallions. Keivan Woven Arts / rug/EN-86026 / origin/turkey mid-20th Century Vintage Turk...

A vintage Turkish Ghiordes accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 5' 1".

The manufacturing of these masterpieces luxury oriental rugs began late the 19th century. This handmade carpet was woven in Asian Anatolia, Turkey in the historic city of Hereke. In the mid-19th century, Sultan Abdul Majid proclaimed Hereke to be the royal weaving village. The silk rugs were woven there were considered the finest in the world. All examples used select Borsa silk which is the finest quality carpet silk. The Sultan required that all of the silk rugs woven in Hereke had to be signed with the name Hereke. These carpets were regularly woven for the aristocracy in Europe, Asia, and The Middle East. The design of this rug is unique because it is an interpretation of the famous 17th century Mughal carpet from India. The Mughal carpet was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and was illustrated in the book called flowers under foot, published by the Museum. The carpet has 1200 knots per square inch, and the entire field is woven of silver/metallic thread. The signature (see detail photos) is written in the ottoman script and says Use Ipek, which was the premier workshops in Hereke during the 1980s. Magnificent floral silk rugs...

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...