Antique Donegal Carpet, Soft Tones, circa 1920s

The sandy beige field shows an all-over one-way textile pattern of pomegranate palmettes enclosed by a lozenge lattice. Zig-zags mark out the main border with its knobby baton orname...

This heavy, thick pile European carpet shows offset rows of sketchy floral bouquets on a beige ground. No linear border, but a line of beaded acanthus fronds instead. Restricted pale...

The tomato red field displays a navy octogramme medallion amidst semi-geometric flowers and leaves. The light blue corners show unusual scalloped edges while the navy border features...

The sand ground of this well-woven NW Persian city carpet shows a small scalloped straw medallion set within a pattern of large sickle leaves, petal rosettes, ragged palmettes and fl...

The light maize field displays a layered medallion in rust, maize and medium blue while palmettes and flowering stems swirl about. The rust, straw and blue corners accurately repeat ...

Softer and imaginative designs that were not derived from known historical prototypes emerged in Europe during the modernist movement of the early 20th century. The floral elements i...

A luxurious royal carpet with a stylized motif design and all over field. This carpet comes from the most beautiful part of Ireland, Donegal. An area that despite appearing isolated has been able to maintain its traditions like weaving rugs. The first Donegal carpets...

Antique Irish Donegal carpet Ireland, circa 1900 Design known as the Doorin Handwoven.

Antique Donegal Carpets, woven in the town of Killybegs, County Donegal, from the 1890s onwards, represent some of the most unique and highly sought-after European weavings - originally, a Western interpretation of earlier Turkish Oushak carpets, incorporating a wide array of design elements borrowed from both the Arts and Crafts movement and traditional Celtic art. These pieces are also known for their remarkably high quality, thanks to the centuries-old tradition of wool-working belonging to the people of Donegal - early examples can be found in places as prestigious as Dublin Castle, the University of Notre Dame, and the US Whitehouse. This piece, dating to the early 20th Century, features a wonderfully fresh colour palette, and an elegant composition inspired by Arts and Crafts textiles...

An antique Austrian piece with Art Nouveau touches in the border system at the ends. Tan field with open long, slender cartouches above palest blue green flower bedecked hillocks. Ec...

This generally soft-toned west Turkish square town carpet features an open grey-green field with an ivory medallion and corners. The sand main border shows bottehs and related flowers.

This is an antique Donegal carpet woven in Ireland during the beginning of the 20th century circa 1920's and measures 354 x 245CM in size. it h...