New York City - Turkish Rugs

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an early 20th century Pale Ivory field Turkish Oushak Rug that has been antique washed. some yellow and blue dominant accent colors Details rug no. j3812 size 13' 2" x 15' 6" (401 x...

This modern Kilim represents a selection of distinct new patterns joining Rug & Kilim’s New and Modern collection, uniquely handwoven from the yarns of Classic textiles and Kilims to...

Antique mid-century rug in amazing condition, inquire with any and all questions.

Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Turkish Rugs, Circa date: Late 19th Century. Size: 10 ft 3 in x 17 ft 3 in (3.12 m x 5.26 m)

Handknotted in wool, this 5x8 vintage rug originates from Turkey, circa 1960-1970 and is believed to hail from the Turkish artist Zeki Muren. On th...

Handknotted in wool, this 2x7 vintage runner originates from Turkey, circa 1960-1970, and is believed to be among the works of mid-century designer Zeki Múren. On the Design: Conn...

From Eastern Turkey, this rustic room size shows a deep chocolate sub-field with a rustic attempt at an ecru scrolled edge cartouche medallion. The corners and ends of the subfield s...

Hand Knotted in wool circa 1960-1970, this 5x9 vintage Turkish rug features a unique play of Art Deco and mid-century modern sensibilities for its period. On the Design: Connoisse...

Antique Oushak Rug, Country of Origin: Turkey, Circa 1920 — Size: 11 ft 8 in x 25 ft (3.56 m x 7.62 m) Representing its Turkish roots, this antique rug features a dominating flow o...

The light pink orange field of this west Anatolian carpet shows a centralized pattern of small palmettes, rosettes blue vinery and leaves, all around a small yellow center. Abrashed ...

5' X 11'3. These attractive rugs are suitable for a wide variety of places, but the significant effect of Oushaks is that they bring space together, making it cozy and warm. The arti...

The sand field displays a round medallion edged with a flame pattern of small bottehs with additional booths floating around the floriate pendants and elsewhere in the open areas. Re...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 11" x 13' 3".

Mid-Century handmade Turkish Deco rug. Measures: 4'10'' x 8'3''.

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century in shades of white and beige. This patchwork style rug consists of hand-weaving together seve...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 5" x 13' 5" 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...

Hereke carpets used to be only produced in Hereke, a coastal town in Turkey, 60 km from Istanbul. The materials used are silk, a combination of wool and cotton and sometimes gold or ...

This mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian tribal carpet, measuring 7' 9" x 10' 0", presents a striking composition that balances bold geometry with subtle intricacy. The deep aubergine...

This mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian carpet, measuring 8' 1" x 9' 5", features a vivid allover design that masterfully balances tradition and bold modernism. Set against a saturat...

This mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian tribal carpet, measuring 7' 7" x 12' 10", embodies minimalist tribal elegance with a strong graphic sensibility. The composition is anchored b...

This mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian tribal carpet, measuring 7' 9" x 11' 4", exemplifies the expressive and symbolic artistry characteristic of village weaving traditions. The fi...

Antique Turkish Oushak Rug Size: 11'5" × 13'8" (347 × 416 cm) This exquisite antique Turkish Oushak rug, dating from the early 1900s, is a stunning example of traditional Turkish cra...

This mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian tribal room-size carpet, measuring 7' 2" x 12' 6", showcases a lively and rhythmic allover design of staggered medallions in a rich and varied...

This striking mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian tribal room-size carpet, measuring 7' 2" x 12' 6", is a bold statement of geometric strength and tribal artistry. Six large octagonal...

A mid 20th Century fun, funky Turkish Kars rug Measures: 6'6'' x 9'6''

a mid 20th Century Checkerboard motif turkish rug Details rug no. j4235 size 1' 7" x 1' 9" (48 x 53 cm)

Antique mid-century rug in amazing condition, inquire with any and all questions.

1930s Turkish Oushak room size rug Details rug no. j3299 size 8' 2" x 10' (249 x 305 cm) rug type Oushak

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim gallery rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 4" x 10' 10".

Hand-knotted in wool, an antique 13x16 Oushak rug from Turkey circa 1900-1910 - making way to Rug & Kilim’s antique collection. On the Design: The design is like a few of its perio...

Hand knotted in wool and originating in Turkey circa 1950-60, this 3x11 vintage runner rug is a rare and exciting new curation from Rug & Kilim’s collection of one-of-a-kind mid-cent...

an early 20th Century Oushak room-size rug Details rug no. 10080 size 9' 3" x 13' 3" (282 x 404 cm)

5'6 X 7'2. Handwoven in the 1940s, this vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim exemplifies timeless craftsmanship. Its bold geometry and understated elegance create a striking balance—equa...

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A mid-20th century Turkish Konya Intermediate size rug with repetitive circular motifs running on a brown colored ground. 4' x 8'5''

This irregularly good pile to distressed borderless carpet was woven with a repeating, abstract pattern of rectangles, close parallel lines, and longer, freely floating verticals in shades of grey flannel, black, and cream. The pattern relates to midcentury textiles...

This vintage 3x5 Gabbeh Persian rug is from the latest entries in Rug & Kilim’s rare tribal curations. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This tribal provenan...

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This vintage 4x6 rug is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Pasha Collection. This line is a commemoration, with rare curations we believe t...

Made with hand-knotted wool circa 1950-1960, this 5x8 vintage Turkish rug of all over floral medallion design is an exciting new distressed addition to the Rug & Kilim’s collection o...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug. The old ivory ground displays a doubled module, each comprising five pink stylized roses (an additional rose is at the bottom), with pale green...

mid-20th century Turkish Geometric rug featuring pops of pink with a neutral color base 6'8'' x 11'2''

Hand knotted in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a vintage 5x12 Konya rug joining Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique & Vintage Collection. The rug emanates the tribal instinc...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug Runner 74cm x 267cm Handmade 3x9 Rug Circa 1890 2'5" x 8'9" (3' x 9') 74cm x 267cm circa 1890 "This is a magnificent rare high quality antique Persian Ta...

A vintage 2x4 Persian Gabbeh rug in the latest entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960. On the Design: This piece emanates a...

Originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a vintage tribal runner from a special curation of pieces newly acquired by R&K Principal Josh Nazmiyal. Hand-knotted in wool, the piece carries tribal medallions with an unusual emphasis on onion pink and similarly rare hues for a mid-century piece of this provenance. Prevailing in good condition, a 3x10 runner...

This Teal Tiger Modern Turkish Wool Rug - 5'5" x 7'2" is a stunning addition to any space. Hand-knotted in Turkey out of high quality wool, it features a black and beige tiger design...

Originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a vintage Chaput style kilim rug connoting elaborate tribal sensibilities. Handwoven in wool, the piece exhibits an unusual play of vibrant embroidery in beige-brown and blue atop a pink undertone, seldom seen in such refined repetition. A keen eye would note mild textural sensibilities, slightly thick for this notably textural family of kilims. Prevailing in great condition, a 6x11 rug...

Wool symmetric knots on a wool foundation. The closely abrashed brown field displays two columns of three vertically extended and lavishly hooked square medallions in sand and charco...

A vintage Turkish Sivas carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

an early 20th Century Turkish Antique Oushak Rug Details rug no. j3213 size 9' 6" x 12' 10" (290 x 391 cm)   

This rather sharply drawn piece shows a beige and ecru inner field and a red outer field especially evident in the palmette-filled corners. Sharp serrated edges to the field and meda...

Originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, a rare type of chaput kilim rug style now entering our Antique & Vintage selections. Characterized by fine detail...

Vintage Swedish Tapestry Rug Size: 1'10" × 3'5" (55 × 104 cm) This vintage Swedish tapestry rug, woven in the mid-20th century, is a vivid example of Scandinavian textile artistry. H...

5' X 21'3. Handwoven in the 1940s, this vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim exemplifies timeless craftsmanship. Its bold geometry and understated elegance create a striking balance—equa...

Hand-knotted in low-sheared wool pile from Turkey circa 1960-1970, a vintage 7x10 Art Deco rug of iconic lineage, from Rug & Kilim’s Mid-Century Pasha...

Karatas, Turkish Modern orange and brown kilim rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 6'0" x 8'1" (182 x 246 cm). There is perhaps only one country in the world, Persia, that may try to com...

Handwoven in fine quality wool, a 5x8 ode to the Navajo Kilim rug blending tribal sensibilities in clean modern aesthetics. Inspired by the 1920s flatweaves of the same tribe in this...