Tribal Furniture

A wonderful Javanese Suar wood stool featuring an array of wood textures and shades. The subtly curved seat adds to its charm. This item features an age related patina that has devel...

Introducing the awe-inspiring "Painting of a Native American Child" by the renowned artist Carol Theroux (1930-2021). This captivating piece show...

Outstanding Benin Oba and his Queen, Lost Wax 'Bronze' Sculptures from the late 20th century Superbly cast and highly decorative contemporary pieces, not historical The centuries ol...

21619 Vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal Rug, 02'10 x 04'02. Nomadic Charm collides with esoteric elegance in this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal rug. The eye-catching...

21462 Vintage Berber Boujad Moroccan Rug, 06'00 x 09'09. Boho ​Jungalow meets Wabi-Sabi in this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan rug. The esoteric symbolism and vibrant colo...

21552 Vintage Boucherouite Moroccan Rag Rug, 04'00 x 04'10. Cozy boho meets wabi-sabi in this hand knotted vintage Boucherouite Moroccan rag rug. The intrinsic chevron design and ea...

Lakai are people residing in parts of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikstan. Even though they are nomadic, i.e. on the move all the time they produced exclusive embroideris done in ...

A vintage Central Anatolian rug with a geometric design and unusual border pattern. Even medium wool pile on wool foundation. Excellent original condition. Washed professionally. Ide...

Lakai are people residing in parts of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikstan. Even though they are nomadic, i.e. on the move all the time they produced exclusive embroideris done in ...

Lakai are people residing in parts of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikstan. Even though they are nomadic, i.e. on the move all the time they produced exclusive embroideris done in ...

Rugs named after the town of Boujad were woven by Arab or Arabised Berber tribes, who are principally located on the southwestern foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains, in a region...

Lakai are people residing in parts of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikstan. Even though they are nomadic, i.e. on the move all the time they produced exclusive embroideris done in ...

21563 Vintage Boucherouite Moroccan Rug, 02'06 x 05'00. Nomadic charm meets stylish stripes in this hand knotted vintage Berber Bouch...

Lakai are people residing in parts of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikstan. Even though they are nomadic, i.e. on the move all the time they produced exclusive embroideris done in ...

21566 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 02'06 x 06'02. Neutral bohemian meets cozy nomad in this hand knotted wool vintage Moroccan rug. The distinctive tribal elements and earthy neutral colors woven into this piece resulting in a rich, warm and comfortable feeling. The richly striated field features three diamonds dotted with floral motifs. Cozy and collected, the neutral hues take a fun twist when ambiguous tribal motifs become part of the equation. Reflecting elements of natural elegance with layers of joy, this small Moroccan rug...

21554 Vintage Moroccan Azilal Rug, 02'06 x 04'05. ​Nomadic charm meets tribal style in this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan Azilal rug. The perfectly imperfect chevron desi...

Theodore Alexander, founded by Paul Maitland Smith, an industry legend who developed high end furniture production throughout Asia, is one of the leading...

Hand knotted in wool circa 1970s, this vintage 5x8 Turkish rug, features traditional designs with an inspiration from Azerbaijani tribal rugs and similar provenances On the Design:...

This nomadic object has been diverted from its original use. It is a unique genuine old piece with undeniable authentic charm. The signs of wear, scars and repairs testify to the ric...

Hand Knotted in wool, this vintage 6x10 Oushak rug with tribal motifs and references to floral symbols in the geometric patterns, is from a distinct collection of young end-of-the-mi...

Outstanding vintage native tribal room divider. Features a hand painted and carved, veneered, exterior. Exceptional shades of green, blue and purple accentuate the designs over a sil...

21326 Vintage Moroccan Rug, 06'10 x 07'09. Boho Chic meets Wabi-Sabi in this hand knotted wool vintage Moroccan rug. The perfectly imperfect tribal design and vibrant colors woven in...

A stunning late 20th century Indian Gabbed-inspired rug with an abrash beige ground with a brown abstract line drawing covering the field.

Beni Ourain are the seventeen Berber nomad tribes coming from the mountainous regions of the Middle Atlas in Morocco. Local sheep are much prized for its most thin and warm wool. Rugs making became a traditional activity and weaving skills were given from mother to daughter. Special knowledge of knot-tying techniques to form a carpet required long practice and a knack for it. It is now very popular for the clean and minimalist style it offers and for its aesthetics and comfort. This stunning vintage Beni rug...

Beni Ourain are the seventeen Berber nomad tribes coming from the mountainous regions of the Middle Atlas in Morocco. Local sheep are much prized for its most thin and warm wool. Rugs making became a traditional activity and weaving skills were given from mother to daughter. Special knowledge of knot-tying techniques to form a carpet required long practice and a knack for it. It is now very popular for the clean and minimalist style it offers and for its aesthetics and comfort. This stunning vintage Beni rug...

Group of ten Louis Mendez (American, 1929-2012) diminutive Studio Art Pottery ceramic sculptures comprising two horned busts, two glazed ceramic abstracted heads, one unglazed abstra...

21346 Vintage Beni MGuild Moroccan Rug, 05'04 x 10'01. Woven with the enchanting expertise of Berber women from the Ait M'Guild tribe in the mystical Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Beni...

21323 Vintage Red Moroccan Rug, 05'09 x 08'05. Reflecting elements of Wabi-Sabi and nomadic charm, this hand knotted wool vintage Moroccan rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty...

Beni Ourain are the seventeen Berber nomad tribes coming from the mountainous regions of the Middle Atlas in Morocco. Local sheep are much prized for its most thin and warm wool. Rugs making became a traditional activity and weaving skills were given from mother to daughter. Special knowledge of knot-tying techniques to form a carpet required long practice and a knack for it. It is now very popular for the clean and minimalist style it offers and for its aesthetics and comfort. This stunning vintage Beni rug...

An impressively large jade sculpture for table or desktop. In Māori style from New Zealand, the heavy jade Nephrite slab (also known as “pounamu”)...

Indigo cloth perfect as a wall hanging or trow.

This large vintage handwoven Moroccan Berber kilim rug is handcrafted from hand-spun wool. It features a natural cream field with ivory and b...

21308 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 05'08 x 09'10. Eclectic jungalow meets colorful boho in this hand knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan rug. The intrin...

21343 Vintage Moroccan Rug, 04'10 x 10'02. Nomadic charm collides with sunbaked elegance in this hand-knotted wool vintage Berber Moroccan rug. The intrinsic tribal design and faded ...

21344 Vintage Red Boujad Moroccan Rug, 05'04 x 10'08. Embrace the vibrant essence of Boujad rugs, hailing from the Khouribga region in the Mid Atlas Mountains, are renowned for their...

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...

An African Shona Stone Sculpture titled "Sheltering Soul" by Norbert Shamuyarira (Zimbabwean, Born 1962), depicting an abstract polished Shona stone figure of a crouched and bowing h...

Soumak rugs (also spelled Sumak) – This construction technique produces a flat-weave rug that is thick, strong and exceptionally durable. Unlike kilims, Soumak rugs are not reversible because non-clipped yarns are left on the back. However, they are also stronger than kilims. Antique Soumak carpets are unique because the wefts are used to produce decorative patterns rather than as a structural element. Antique Soumak rugs are generally very finely woven and feature richly detailed motifs. Traditionally, these spectacular flat-weave carpets are decorated with ancient symbols, tiny birds and geometric animals. Many of these geometric patterns and tribal symbols are associated with the Shahsavan tribe. In the 17th century, these influential warriors served as the personal bodyguards to Shah Abbas according to historic legends. The Shahsavan, who used Soumak weaving techniques widely, inhabited modern-day Azerbaijan and parts of Northwest Persia near Ardabil. Because Soumak rugs were woven in various carpet producing regions, the designs they feature are exceptionally diverse. Although they are fairly rare compared to pile carpets and traditional kilims, antique Soumak rugs feature grand medallions, finely executed repeating patterns, Persian garden designs and tribal motifs that are surrounded by multiple sets of richly detailed borders. Antique Soumak rugs make outstanding floor coverings, but the technique was also used to construct bags, trappings, saddle covers, decorative bed spreads and functional household items. Like other regional handicrafts, antique Soumak rugs are highly decorative and diverse textile pieces that flatter modern furnishings and soften minimalist interiors very well. Soumak or Sumak is a type of brocading or flat-woven pile. Thicker than a kilim carpet, it is accomplished by looping the yarn horizontally around successive pairs of warps in between passes of over-under wefting. When compressed vertically with a weaver’s comb, the resultant texture looks like cabling rising slightly from the surface of the rug. Soumak is named for the village of Shemaka in the Caucasus where this technique was widely practiced, but it certainly was not invented there. Soumak has been practiced extensively across the antique rug producing world, from Central Asia to Iran, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Antique Soumak Weave Techniques: Soumak Weave – The art of fine rug weaving and making is ancient and complex. Over the centuries, a myriad of disparate cultures, from every corner of the globe, have developed methods of creating tight, long-lasting weaves, such as rugs, carpets, and kilims. As such, there is no singular, universal method for creating a fine weave; rather, there are several different, totally distinctive weaving techniques. These techniques and approaches have been developed over time and that are unique to the area, tribe and or people. One specific example of a type of weave that was developed and is still used to this day is the Soumak weave. The widespread adaptation of the Soumak weave by such a wide range of different rug-producing cultures is certainly a rather strong testament to the quality and “reproducibility” of the process — cornerstones of any long-lasted artistic technique. One of the most familiar types of antique weaving from the Caucasus region is the Soumak. These were produced in a wide array of designs, but generally they are typified by a crisp, precise drawing applied to highly abstract or stylized geometric patterns, using a rich and varied palette. In technical terms, Soumaks are flatwoven rugs. Their technique is related to that of kilims, but it is somewhat more complex, thicker in handle, and more durable as floor covering. As opposed to Kilim technique which consists of compacted weft facing simply running over and under the vertical wraps, Soumak weave runs the yarns around the warps in a serpentine pattern, over two, back one, over two back one, and so forth. The rows of this yarn facing or brocading are then separated by wefts like the rows of knots in pile carpets. The origin of this technique is hard to pinpoint, but it is attested literally from one end of the rug-producing world to the other. The term Soumak is apparently a corruption of the name Shemaka, a town in the Shirvan region of the Caucasus, where such rugs, it is often claimed, were made. However Soumaks were made in various areas of the Caucasus and the region north of Kuba seems to have been a major center of their production. Caucasian Soumaks have a very interesting design repertory, with a number of distinct types or groups. From the perspective of carpet history, the most interesting group is the one that utilizes field designs of large polygonal medallions, often in the shape of diamonds or stars. These tend to be modeled on early Turkish pile carpets, especially those of the so-called “small pattern Holbein” and “large pattern Holbein” types produced in Western Turkey during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A key feature of the Holbein rugs is the use of small squares with horn-like hooked pairs as fillers in the indentations along the edge of the main medallions. Caucasian Soumaks of this type reproduce even these details with remarkable consistency and fidelity. The various smaller motifs used as space fillers seem to come from the common tribal repertory behind most Caucasian and Turkish rugs. The borders of Caucasian Soumaks tend to be made up of small geometric medallions or stylized rosettes, although they can be surprising, as on the example shown here which is adapted from kilim designs. A second major group of Caucasian Soumaks have allover field designs made up of smaller medallions arranged closely in staggered repetition. Some of these which have multi-pointed star-like configuration (the so-called Crivelli-Star) also come from the repertory of early Turkish rugs. But the oval medallions with undulating edges are floral palmettes of classical Persian derivation. Despite the varied origins of the design elements, the Soumaks of this group still convey considerable stylistic homogeneity or integrity. The borders of this second group are much the same as those of the first, although the example shown here has a highly unusual border that derives once again from early Turkish rugs. A third group of Caucasian Soumaks stems from more local traditions. Known as “Dragon Soumaks...

Antique Persian Bakhtiari rugs are among the more intriguing and distinct styles of antique Persian rugs, boasting a fascinating historical heritage and expressing a unique aesthetic...

A playful and whimsical late 20th century Mexican Otomi textile with myriad gold embroidered animals and plants including rabbits, deer, horses, and peac...

Vintage African Artwork, depicting women dancing by artist Buchi Upjohn. Print is gallery framed , double matted . Signed by the artist on the lower left

Beautiful and unique ceremonial mask from the Sepik River area of Papua New Guinea made of wood, cowrie shells, feathers, clay, pigment and grass. Small parts are missing on the u...

21306 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 06'00 x 10'02. Cozy nomad meets Maximalist style in this hand knotted vintage Moroccan rug. The intrinsic tribal design and lively colorway woven i...

77201 Oversized Vintage Moroccan Rug, 13'10 x 18'07. Representing an exclusive category of Moroccan carpets and a sign of wealth, this palatial Rabat Moroccan rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty. The detailed tribal design and vibrant colorway woven into this piece work together to. Clevery composed and colorfully curated, this oversized vintage Moroccan rug features six superimposed stepped diamond-shaped medallions in bright lime, sunflower yellow and tomato red spread across a creamy-biege field. A variety of ambiguous tribal symbols decorate the field between the medallions, including combs and burdocks. Combs and darts grace the corner spandrels, while stepped hexagons with diamond centers line the edges. The attractive border echoes the graphic designs of the central area and features fetter motifs in alternating colors separated by thin bars with diamond end-caps. Fetters traditionally symbolize family union, while combs, diamonds, and burdocks are seen to protect against evil. Not exactly subtle but enough to make a statement, this colorful Moroccan rug is charming and fun. Unlike most other Moroccan rugs, Rabat city rugs exhibit Anatolian designs and influence, though it is unclear how these designs came to Morocco many centuries ago. According to Indianapolis Museum of Arts, The Fabric of Moroccan Life, the women weavers of Rabat tell a legend that one day 'a stork dropped into the courtyard of a house a piece of rug- whose colors and design were hitherto unknown in the land- the women weavers of the house saw it as a gift from heaven, a talisman, and a good omen, and so were inspired by it. The people of Rabat consider wool to be as precious as gold and a variety of rituals surround the making of their rugs. They are known to be able to create bright and saturated polychromatic color schemes with a narrow palette. Perfect for a large entertaining space, hotel lobby, lounge area, drawing room, country club, academic library, golf locker room, trophy room, private Chambers, great room, wine cellar, executive suite, conservatory, state room, royal suite, billiards room, owners retreat, dining room, living room, or formal sitting room. Rustic yet refined, this oversized Moroccan rug would complement mountain living for luxury ski chalets, secluded hunting lodges and rustic ranches found in Montana, Colorado, Lake Tahoe, Wyoming, or the Adirondacks. Rendered in variegated shades of beige, red, blue, green, amethyst, and yellow with other accent colors. Tag on the back reads: Morocco, Rabat. Abrash. Made by the Rabat Village Women. Made in Morocco. Measures: 13'10 x 18'07. Hotel Lobby Size Carpet 14 x 19 Rug...

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

21331 Vintage Blue Moroccan Rug, 06'01 x 13'07. Modern style meets nomadic charm in this hand knotted wool blue Moroccan rug. The eye-catching tr...

Charming Benin King Oba and his Queen. Terrific pair of Benin hand carved ebony hardwood figures. Intricate detailing on each of these super West African carvings Circa Mid 20th c...

74168 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 08'04 X 10'07. Emanating nomadic charm with incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Moroccan rug is a captivating vision of ...

61247 Vintage Persian Shiraz Rug, 03'07 x 04'11. Emanating nomadic charm with incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Persian Shiraz rug is a captivating vision...

74570 Vintage Berber Moroccan Rug, 03’08 x 06’0. The Stark shades of yellow, orange and red woven into this piece work together to create a truly unique look. The variegated design...

78605 Vintage Persian Shiraz Tribal Kilim Rug, 09'10 x 12'11. Emanating nomadic charm with incredible detail and texture, this handwoven vintage Persian Shiraz kilim rug is a captiv...

21313 Vintage Beni MGuild Moroccan Rug, 06'07 x 09'08. Hailing from the Beni M'Guild tribe nestled in Morocco's Middle Atlas Mountains, Beni M'Guild rugs embody a cherished tradition...

One of a kind intermediate size Persian Gabbeh rug from the late 20th century featuring a large irregular shape soft color medallion on a spacious borderless red ground Measures: ...

Beautiful extralarge mid century tribal Moroccan rug with geometrical design and light colors with beige, blue and brown, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ...

This is an example of a handwoven rug, which features designs from the Morocco region. Morocco is famous for its primitive traditional rugs with long piles and simple geometric desig...

A 1980s bamboo armchair in the style of Antonio Budji Layug. Large bamboo frame with slat back and base. Cane wrapping. Newly made cushions in a high qua...

An example of the continuation of the Kuba design tradition into the late 20th century. Technically superb, an amalgamation of traditional patterns interpreted by contemporary artist...

A wonderful late 20th century Persian Turkmen rug with an all-over stylized floral pattern surrounded by a complex border with multiple petite geometric and stylized floral patterns,...