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A vintage Persian Tabriz large room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a large geometric stepped lattice filled in with a double pendant stepped lattice. The entir...

A vintage Persian Hamadan small rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 10" x 6' 8".

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 11" x 12' 0".

A worn Mid-20th-century Turkish room-size rug in lavender Details rug no. j2739 size 7' 7" x 10' 7" (231 x 323 cm)

A vintage Persian Kashan accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 6' 4" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country with a ve...

Nazmiyal Collection Large Earthy Tones Chic Modern Central Asian Rug. Country of Origin: Central Asia, Circa date: Modern  

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, Origin: Persia, Circa Date: 1920 – Size: 9 ft 6 in x 12 ft (2.9 m x 3.66 m).

A Rare 16th Century Alcaraz Rug Fragment from Spain, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Spanish Rugs, Circa date: 16th Century

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 5' 5" x 7' 6".

A vintage Persian Shiraz accent rug with a rustic appeal and tribal design handmade during the mid-20th century. The rug has a textured, weathered and distressed, feel but the founda...

A Rare Long And Narrow Antique Geek Embroidered Textile, Circa: 19th Century, Origin: Anafi, Cyclades- Greece

A vintage Persian Gabbeh accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a tribal 'salt and pepper' design in black, cream, and blue, with once central medallion in rust orange....

An antique Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 14' 6" Persian Rugs & Carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large co...

A vintage Spanish rug in runner format in the style and technique of French Savonnerie rugs handmade during the mid-20th century. The design, in shades of gold decorating the dark bl...

An antique Persian Tabriz small room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a field in warm earth tones and the border in slate and light...

A vintage Persian pictorial Bakhtiari accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 8" x 7' 6".

A vintage Persian pictorial Bakhtiari accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 0" x 6' 10".

Oversized Decorative Antique Turkish Oushak Area Rug, Country of origin / rug type: Turkish rugs, Circa date: 1900. Size: 20 ft x 26 ft 6 in (6.1 m x 8.08 m)   

An antique Persian Sultanabad large room size carpet in square format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 13' 0" x 13' 7" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) i...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 10" x 9' 7" Flat-weave rugs & carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian weavers used it for ornaments on garments and larger wall hangings. Slits can be avoided by dovetailing of colors (warp sharing) or by interlocking the wefts. The Navajo weavers of the Southwest practice the first while the Fine shawl weavers of Kashmir and Kerman employed the second. Interlocking produces a one-faced fabric, with smooth and rough, ridged faces. The typical Turkish, Caucasian, or Persian rustic Kilim shows slits, but never long ones. Aubusson French carpets are also slit tapestries and the long color transitions are sewn up as part of the regular maintenance. Some kilims are very Fine. The best antique urban Sehna (Senna) kilims on wool, cotton or silk warps approximate the comparable rugs in refinement and are the most desirable of all Persian kilims. Although the various flatweave techniques are usually expressed in geometric, simple, often repeating, patterns, Sehna kilims demonstrate that even the most intricate designs can be effectively rendered in flat-stich. The term ‘Kilim’ has been extended to cover any pileless, weft-faced heavy textile. Thus, the sectioned and joined northeastern Persian horizontally striped wool rugs are called ‘kilims’. So are the plain-weave end finishes of pile rugs. All these are weft-faced, weft patterned flatweaves. These sectioned pieces are woven not on a frame loom, but one steadied by the weaver at one end and with the warps fastened down at the other. Only relatively recent have these tribal pieces become available. They are used as floorcoverings, hangings, room dividers, furniture covers. They are mostly bitonal in shades of natural dark brown and beige. Some more recent pieces show weaver innovations with ikat and moire effects. Work proceeds quickly and a skilled weaver can complete a thirty foot strip in almost no time. Wefts, the elements added as weaving progresses, play an essential part in what is a flatweave. The best-known example of an extra-weft, wrapping technique is on Caucasian and tribal Persian Soumaks, where a pattern weft wraps around the fixed warp, changing as weaving progresses. Soumaks can be large carpets, Kuba in the Caucasus, small bag faces (Caucasian and Persian Shah Savan saddle bags), or cover scatter rugs (Persian Afshars). The Soumak technique is fast, and a weaver can work much more quickly than tying knots. The left-over wefts are cut off on the back, so the front and back are initially different. As a Soumak on the floor gets used, these weft yarns wear away and the two sides converge although the exact texture remains distinct. There are other ways of pattern by weft. Often on smaller tribal pieces, the pattern weft(s) is (are) part of the weft structure, moving in an out, and holding the whole thing together. These wefts can be complementary or added (supplementary), continuous across the flatweave or cut off as they travel unneeded across the verso. Supplementary weft flatweaves are often very compact and substantial. The nomadic Turkmen and Balouch tribes employ both supplementary and complementary weft techniques on their pieces. Supplementary wefts are often raised on the recto (front) while complementary wefts are flat to the surface. Tribal Kurds employ this extra-wefting technique. The Balouch of Pakistan use complementary wefts almost exclusively on their small woven paraphernalia like salt bags. Flatweave techniques may be combined on a single piece. Afshar rugs employ plain-weave end strips, preceded by Soumak bands, with pile sections between. The large Bakhtiari saddlebags feature Soumak work, pile “islands” an areas of plain-weave. Qashqai rugs and kilims frequently displays checkerboard end strips in continuous, complementary wefting. Another distinct flatweave type is the jajim (jijim, cecim) in which a pattern is added with colored wefts as the weaving of the plain-weave ground progresses. Here the wefts are discontinuous and the pattern stands proud from the voided ground. Often made in two pieces on narrow looms and edge-sewn together, these may have geometric patterns. The term ‘jajim’ also refers to the assembled warp-faced strip and stripe covers from the Shah Savan of northwest Persia, the pattern is defined by warps alone, usually in plain stripes, but sometimes in designs of ladders, snakes, human figures and various animals. Here the color changing warps are continuous. Most are wool, a few are silk. Better to call these something else. Indian ‘Dhurries’ are all cotton kilims and ‘shatrangis’ employ wool wefts on cotton warps. Dhurries are slitless. The cotton texture is more appropriate to the humid and warm climate of the Indian subcontinent. Modern Dhurries...

Artistic Vintage American Hooked Round Rug By Alice Black, Country of Origin: American, Circa date: Mid Century. Size: 2 ft x 2 ft (0.61 m x 0.61 m)

An antique Persian Tabriz large room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a tone on tone washed out appeal. Measures: 11' 2" x 14' 11".

A vintage Persian Gabbeh tribal accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a lion. Measures: 4' 0" x 7' 0".

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century with a modern design in black and blue. Measures: 6' 5" x 8' 8".

A modern Turkish flat-woven Kilim room size rug from the 21st century.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 9' 11" x 12' 10".

A sampler rug from an antique Persian Isfahan rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th Century 3'2'' x 4'10''.

A vintage Persian Tabriz room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a well-drawn floral design over a yellow goldenrod field and bordered in blush. Measures: 8' 6"...

An antique Persian Tabriz pictorial accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 6" x 5' 11" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large cou...

An antique Persian Mashad carpet from the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 0" x 14' 3"

A vintage Persian Tabriz large room size rug handmade during the mid-20th century with large palmettes connected by vines over a beige field and a border with shades of mauve. Mea...

A vintage tribal Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a Minimalist design in charcoal black, brown, and cream. Measures: 9' 11" x 13...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 8' 1" Turkish Rugs & Carpets: 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...

A modern Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 3' 5" x 6' 8" Flat-weave rugs & carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian...

A vintage American flatweave throw rug handmade by the Navajo tribe during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 4' 9".

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim large oversize carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 16' 0" x 20' 8".

Beautiful Room Size Ivory Antique Serapi Persian Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Rug, Circa Date: 1900. Size: 9 ft 9 in x 12 ft (2.97 m x 3.66 m).

An antique Persian Heriz runner handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 3" x 12' 2".

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 13' 2" x 16' 6" Flat-weave rugs & carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic...

This Persian Shiraz bold graphic black and ivory pattern rug is hand-knotted, and made from the finest hand-spun, hand-carded naturally dyed wool. Many of the rugs made in the villag...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 6" x 10' 4".

This graphic and sophisticated Ming rug was realized in China, circa 1880. Presented against a black background, the circular rug presents sprigs of cherry blossoms resting in a vase...

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 6' 8" x 9' 7".

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a colorful horizontally striped pattern. A statement piece with its bright and whimsica...

A vintage Persian Baluch carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

An antique Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 5".

An antique Persian tribal Shiraz accent rug handmade during the early 20th century with a medallion incorporating 6 globes representing a pictorial depiction of Classic tales. Mea...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a field in several shades of light and dark brown and white dots. The ivory medallion consists of a yellow a...

A vintage Persian Heriz accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 7" x 9' 4".

An antique Persian Kurd throw rug handmade during the early 20th century in shades of red and cream with an overall rustic appeal with its flat-...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 3' 10".

Antique Persian Serapi Rug, Country of origin / rug type: Persian rugs, Circa date: 1900. Size: 9 ft x 11 ft 6 in (2.74 m x 3.51 m)

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a contemporary and colorful design. Measures: 10' 9" x 13' 5" Flat-weave Rugs & Carpets...

Large Antique Persian Bakshaish Rug, Country of Origin / rug type: Persian rug, Circa date: 1880. Size: 13 ft 7 in x 18 ft (4.14 m x 5.49 m)

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 1" x 5' 4".

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century in the rustic style. Measures: 11'2" x 13'10".

16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 2 in x 10 ft 9 in (3.1 m x 3.28 m)

Beautiful and finely woven large oversized antique Persian Kerman rug, country of origin / rug type: Persian rugs, date: circa 1890's. Size: 16 ft x 22 ft 6 in (4.88 m x 6.86 m).