New York - Turkish Rugs

An antique Turkish Ghiordes carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.

A vintage 3x3 Persian Gabbeh rug, making a grand entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool, originating circa 1950-1960. ...

A vintage Turkish Tulu rug. A tribal rug that fits very well with contemporary furniture. All in red with an extra-long lustrous pile and uncountable wefts. No borders. No pattern. L...

Handwoven in wool, circa 1950-1960, this 9x13 vintage kilim is among a special new curation of simple, near monochromatic flatweaves of bright color and a handsome flat weaving style...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a Minimalist design over a dark brown and black field. Measures: 9' 3" x 12' 4".

Hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960 – 1970, this 4×7 vintage Müren Art Deco rug is Mid-century curation from Rug & Kilim. It features a postmodern take on design, but with a Japanese se...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 2x5 vintage Zeki Müren runner is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its wide range of colors...

A vintage Turkish Sivas rug with a pictorial depiction of the story of Adam and Eve, from the mid-20th century.

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An antique Turkish Sivas carpet from the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 11" x 14' 5"

Beautiful Antique Oushak Turkish Rug Runner, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Turkish Rug, Circa Date: 1900. Size: 4 ft 6 in x 14 ft (1.37 m x 4.27 m)...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this 3x4 vintage Tulu rug is an extremely rare piece like so few of its provenance. On the Design: Tulus are som...

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

This antique Persian Tabriz rug is skillfully sourced by N A S I R I through extensive research and travels. Located in northwest Iran, the city of Tabriz was the earliest capital o...

This vintage 6x9 rug, hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960-1970, is a new addition to Rug & Kilim Collection. This line is a commemoration, with rare curations we believe to hail from mu...

Beautifully made oriental rug in a unique circular shape. At 70" across, this would make a perfect centerpiece on the floor of your home or office. The vibrant colors and elaborate d...

Antique Oushak rug. Measures: 9'6" x 13'0".

An antique Turkish Sivas carpet from the early 20th century.

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 11' 7" x 14' 2"

Hand-knotted in wool, this 8x11 antique Turkish Isparta rug, circa 1920-1930, enjoys rich brown and navy blue tones in archaic geometric floral patterns. ...

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

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...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 7x9 vintage Zeki Müren runner rug is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its floral patterns ...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 5x8 vintage rug originating from Turkey, circa 1960-1970, is a very special piece, featuring a light and refreshing mid-century classical design we believe...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 5x7 vintage Zeki Müren rug is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its wide range of colors an...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 4x8 vintage Zeki Müren rug is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its wide range of colors an...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 4x7 vintage Zeki Müren rug is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its wide range of colors an...

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

Handknotted in wool, this 4x6 vintage Art deco Zeki Múren rug originates from Turkey, circa 1960-1970 and is latest to join Rug & Kilim’s repertoire of vintage selections. On the D...

A 5 x 11 antique rug of Khotan design lineage, hand knotted in wool from East Turkestan, circa 1920-1920. Enjoying a medallion pattern in all over style with beige-brown and pink hue...

Hand knotted in wool originating from Turkey circa 1900-1910, this antique rug connotes a traditional Kurdish rug design with a coarse, lush knotting in the richer hues cordoned off ...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Turkey circa 1960 – 1970, this 3x6 vintage Zeki Müren runner is a unique addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection for its wide range of colors...

Decorative Silk & Wool Geometric Modern Contemporary Rug, Country of origin: Turkey, Circa date: Modern

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style runner handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 0" x 8' 5".

This vintage 2x8 tribal Kilim is a unique mid-century curation, and an ideal table runner given its narrow size. Handwoven in wool, it originates from Turkey circa 1950-1960. Furt...

Dancing curvilinear patterns paired with a classic sense of eastern symmetry lend this antique Hereke rug tones of grandeur and whimsy alike. Originating from Turkey between 1910-192...

Handwoven in wool, Rug & Kilim presents a 6x9 contemporary rug from their innovative new patchwork kilim collection. On the Design: This flat weave technique repurposes vinta...

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

Hand-knotted in wool, a distressed style rug from the celebrated artist Zeki Muren with abstract and art deco inspirations is one of his latest pieces to join Rug & Kilim’s Midcentur...

Finely hand-knotted in Turkey originating between 1960-1970, this vintage mid-century runner belongs to Rug & Kilim’s midcentury Pasha collection that celebrates the Turkish icon and multidisciplinary designer Zeki Müren with Josh’s hand picked favorites from this period. Embracing a vibrant and rich colorway, the piece features a gorgeous multicolour geometric...

Antique Oushak rug, measures: 8'9" x 11'0".

Antique Oushak Rug 10'10" x 11'0"

This vintage 4x13 rug is a rare midcentury curation in Rug & Kilim’s Antique & Vintage Collection. hand knotted wool, it originates from Turkey circa 1950-1960 as a most unusual piec...

Made with hand-knotted wool, this 1x4 gift-sized vintage Turkish rug originating circa 1950-1960, is from the collection of mid-century rugs with antique washes giving them that old-...

Made with hand-knotted wool, this 1x3 gift-sized vintage Turkish rug originating circa 1950-1960, is a bold new addition to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare and collectible mid-century...

A contemporary Turkish room size carpet handmade during the 21st century inspired by Moroccan carpets from the mid-20th century period. Measures: 10' 4" x 12' 8".

Hand-knotted in wool circa 1960-1970, this 3x7 vintage runner rug is believed to be among the rare works of Turkish artist Zeki Müren. On the Design: A polychromatic colorway stri...

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

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)   

More than 80 years old originating from Turkey, between 1920-1930, this antique Kilim rug hosts an exquisite, balanced medley of spectral and pastel colorways with its rich red backg...

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

A vintage Turkish Anatolian carpet from the mid-20th century. Measures: 5' 5" x 7' 9"

West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine Oriental rugs. Oushak rugs su...

Handwoven in wool originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this item is a vintage Kilim rug connoting a midcentury Turkish diamond pattern emerging in this period, known for producin...

Heriz rugs are one of the most famous rugs from Iran, because of their very unique and distinguishable style. Heriz is a city located in northwestern Iran, near the city of Tabriz, w...

This antique Sivas rug embodies understated sophistication with its soft neutral palette, featuring warm beige, ivory, and pale gray tones that blend seamlessly into a delicately fad...

Elevate your living space with the exquisite charm of this new modern hand-knotted Moroccan berber beni ourain rug, crafted with precision and care from 100% wool. Combining the allu...

Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Carpet ( 4'4" x 11'6" - 132 x 350 )