New York - Turkish Rugs

Antique Oushak rug. Measures: 12'2" x 14'8".

Handwoven in wool, Rug & Kilim presents a spacious 9x12 contemporary rug from their innovative new patchwork kilim collection. On the design: This flat weave technique repurposes...

19th Century Turkish Angora Oushak Carpet ( 10' x 12'4'' - 305 x 375 )

Handwoven in wool, Rug & Kilim presents a spacious 9x12 contemporary rug from their innovative new patchwork kilim collection. On the design: T...

Vintage Ivory Turkish Kilim rug runner 5'9 X 11'9. This vintage Turkish flat weave Kilim was hand-woven in the 1940's. The simplicity and boldness of this piece can also give a conte...

A modern Turkish tantric accent rug from the 21st century with a pictorial design of a flayed man over a black field. Original versions were employed by ...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 7" x 10' 4"

This vintage 6x10 rug, hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960-1970, as inspired by European influences, is a new addition to Rug & Kilim Collection. This rug is a commemoration of the mult...

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

Handmade in wool originating from England circa 1910-1920, this antique rug connotes an early 20th century needlepoint rug design, remarking one of the most beautiful traditions of c...

A vintage Turkish Anatolian throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 4' 11" 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 were required, Oushak and Smyrna in the 19th century wove them by the boatload. When tastes changed again, and the European dealers in Smyrna wanted room size carpets with lighter and unusual colors, and with Persianate designs, production ramped up in nearby Oushak. Those antique, all-wool construction turn-of-the-century carpets are still in high demand with designers. Antique carpets with allover, roughly drawn patterns on grounds of shrimp, rust, straw, cream, pale blue, and pale and pea green, hitherto unavailable colors, are in such demand today that contemporary Oushaks have attempted to mimic them with soft palettes, extra-large scale drawing and coarse weaves. Oushaks woven for the Turkish market, for palaces, houses and mosques were often oversize with large, repeating medallions, all in shades of (Turkey) red, dark blue, light blue-teal, and ivory, with lemon and green accents. Turkey, along with India, invented standard sizes. By vertically repeating the medallion, one could get one medallion, one with two end halves, two, three, etc. medallions, up to thirty or so feet in length. The process spared making new cartoons for each length and allowed a quicker turnaround time. Oushak, from the time of 15th century “Holbein” rugs onward, has always been a commercial center. The prayer niche directional rug is primarily a Turkish development. In the towns and villages east of Oushak, in Ghiordes, Kula, Ladik, Kirsehir, Mucur and Konya, among others, arch pattern scatters with bright palettes and weaves varying from relatively fine to moderate were almost the entire production. Antique examples were particularly popular in America around 1900. Other centers of village weaving were situated on the western coast and adjacent islands with the town of Melas and neighboring villages weaving geometric prayer rugs and scatters with a characteristic khaki green and lots of yellow. The other large region was in the northwest of Anatolia, near ancient Troy, with the sizable town of Bergama at its center. The satellite towns of Ezine, Karakecilli, Yuntdag, and Canakkale all wove colorful scatters with moderate weaves in all wool with geometric designs and cheerful palettes. Near to Istanbul, these were among the first Turkish rugs to reach Europe in the Renaissance. The earliest Turkish pieces depicted in Italian Old Master paintings display the so-called “Memling gul”, an allover panel pattern with hooked and stepped elements within the reserves. This pattern continues for centuries in the Konya area and in the Caucasus as well. Turkey is a land of villages and much of the most interesting Turkish weaving comes from one undiscovered village or another. The Konya-Cappadocia region of central Turkey includes the active towns of Karapinar, Karaman, Obruk, Sizma, and Tashpinar, all weaving Konya-esque scatters and long rugs. Karapinar has been active the longest, since the 17th century. The mosques in and around Konya have preserved locally-made rugs from the fourteenth. In the 20th century, the extra-long pile, many wefted Tulu rug was devised, with limited palettes and color block patterns. These are not really antique Tulus, but they must be a product of long-standing village tradition. There are thousands upon thousands of rural Turkish villages, almost all with easy access to local tribal wool. Rug students are discovering new names and rug types almost daily. The common denominators are bright colors, geometric designs, wool construction, moderate to coarse weaves and symmetric knots. Synthetic dyes hit the Turkish rug industry quickly and hard after 1870, and they penetrated to even the most off-the-beaten-track villages. This development was almost entirely negative. The village weavers used fugitive or overly bright dyes which ruined the color harmonies built up over centuries. Characteristic types disappeared or were negatively transmuted. The Turkish village rug of the 1870 to 1920 period is nothing to be proud of. In the eastern provinces, the semi-nomadic Kurdish tribes, collectively called ‘Yuruks’, weave all wool, geometric pieces with medium to medium-coarse weaves, as well as kilims and other flatweaves. The rugs employ cochineal instead of madder for the reds, mustard yellows, greens, and various blues. They are under-collected like the Persian Afshars. Their rugs are in scatter and long rug formats. The far eastern Turkish town of Erzerum has a long tradition of idiosyncratic, semi-workshop rugs and further to the east is Kars with a tradition of rugs in the Caucasian Kazak manner. One Turkish specialty is the Yastiks or cushion cover, made in pairs for the public living rooms of village houses. These are larger rugs in miniature and good ones are highly collectible. Like other Turkish rustic weavings, ones with synthetic dyes are almost totally undesirable. Only the tribal Baluch make similar cushion covers, known as pushtis or balishts, in the same small, oblong format. Yastiks always have a back, usually in plain weave, so that they can be easily stuffed. When the Imperial Carpet Factory at Herekeh near Istanbul closed in the early 20th century, the highly proficient Armenian master weavers set up in the Kum Kapi district of Istanbul where they wove all-silk, exquisitely fine and elaborately detailed small pieces, sometimes enriched with metal thread, for the most discriminating European buyers. Today the best, signed Kum Kapi pieces, usually in the “Sultan’s head” prayer niche design, can fetch upwards of $100,000. They are strictly for the wall. An Interwar all-silk room size Kum Kapi carpet is both exceedingly rare and stratospherically priced. The workshops closed in the 1930s, but the weaving of extremely fine, all-silk small rugs in Herekeh was revived in the 1960s. There has been a recent vogue for larger Turkish village vintage...

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".

Vintage Turkish Flat-Weave Hemp Rug 6'1 x 10'3. A vintage handwoven flat-weave hemp Kilim the weave is a simple tabby or plain weave. There are no borders. The texture is robustly co...

The lightly abrashed shrimp pink field displays a small, lobed medallion with a diamond sub-medallion, and rust-accented floating leaves about. Dark green border with bent and barbed...

An antique Turkish Oushak carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

A white color Turkish Cotton Rug with a silky sheen and patina.

A modern Turkish flat-weave Kilim large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a colorful geometric pattern resembling interconnected serrated edged vases in an abstr...

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

A modern Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the 21st century with a geometric design in colorful tones perfect for a children's playroom. Measures: 12' 2" x 15' 1" 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...

This vintage Art Deco rug was handmade in Turkey circa mid-20th century. It is in the style of Zeki Muren, a multidisciplinary Turkish artist, known for his bold, geometric, and whim...

Originating from Turkey circa 1920-1930, this Oushak rug is a new entrant to Rug & Kilim’s coveted antique collection. Hand Knotted in wool, this 12x15 sized rug exemplifies a subtle...

Small scatter size antique Turkish Ghiordes rug, country of origin: Turkey, date circa 1900. Size: 3 ft. 4 in x 5 ft. (1.02 m x 1.52 m) This antique Oriental rug, is a happy and cha...

A vintage Turkish Herekeh large room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. The pattern is inspired by Classic French Savonnerie and Aubusson rugs. Measures: 12' 3" x 1...

Repeating column of hook and latch medallions with interior geometric floral guls atop an abrashed ground. Colors and shades include: Dusty raspberry red, pale rust, tangerine orange...

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...

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...

Hand-knotted in wool from Turkey circa 1940-1950, this 7x9 vintage Oushak rug is a rare curation from Rug & Kilim. On The Design: Connoisseurs will admire this piece as an extreme...

Hand-knotted in wool, a 4x8 distressed style vintage rug from the celebrated artist Zeki Muren—the latest to join Rug & Kilim’s commemorative Mid-Century Pasha collection. The piece ...

An antique Turkish Oushak large room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century in gold and beige tones. Measures: 12' 10" x 15' 8".

Handwoven in a wool flat-weave utilizing vintage yarns, this modern Kilim rug from Rug & Kilim’s Patchwork Kilim rug collection marries inspiration from midcentury flat-weave rugs wi...

Hand knotted in Turkey originating between 1960-1970, this vintage mid-century wool rug is the latest to join our Midcentury Pasha collection, celebrating Turkish icon and multidisci...

An antique Turkish Oushak large room size carpet in square format handmade during the early 20th century. The tone-on-tone design incorporates a gold background with only light sketc...

Hand-knotted in wool, a 4x8 vintage rug from a bold Turkish designer, entering Rug & Kilim’s commemorative Mid-Century Pasha Collection. The 1960s take on Art Deco style relishes...

This vintage 4x7 rug is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s midcentury Pasha Collection. The line is a commemoration, with rare curations we believe to hail from multidisciplinary Turkis...

A light lime green open field is centred by a pale salmon medallion and is clasped by en suite quarter corners. The edges of these elements are roughly and irregularly drawn as if th...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim long and narrow room size carpet in charcoal black, grey, and cream-white, handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 5" x 13' 4".

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

This vintage Arts & Crafts rug was handmade in Turkey, circa mid-20th century. It is in the style of Zeki Muren, a multidisciplinary Turkish artist, known for his bold, geometric, an...

A vintage Turkish accent rug. Finely hand-knotted with even medium wool pile on cotton foundation. Very good condition. Sturdy and as clean as a brand new rug (deep washed profession...

Hand Knotted in wool, this distressed vintage 4x9 Turkish rug, which is inspired by Saf rugs, a particular kind of prayer rug, features a red field and geometr...

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 Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 12' 0".

An antique Turkish Oushak oriental carpet, size 24'6 H x 19'6 W, circa 1900. This lovely hand-knotted wool carpet features a softly hued central medallion anchoring the pale blue pri...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 4×6 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: Con...

This vintage 2x6 Art Deco runner rug, hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960-1970, features a mid-century take on Art Deco and cubist sensibilities, with Zeki Müren’s sought-after sense of...

A vintage Turkish Konya carpet from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian long runner handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 11" x 15' 5".

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century in white. Measures: 3' 0" x 5' 11"

Hand-knotted in wool, a 3x11 runner from Rug & Kilim’s latest curation of rare tribal pieces. Originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, as bold a representation of mid-century styles ...

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 1" x 13' 2".

A modern Turkish Patchwork rug created with antique and vintage carpet fragments. The white colored field is made up entirely of a vintage Turkish Kili...

Antique Turkish Oushak rug, circa 1900. Measures: 12'3 x 15'10. The plain soft field with delicate floral and vine designs creates a harmonious feel. Oushak's are known for their sof...

The four layered spearhead cypresses of the ivory border frame the palest powder blue ground set within rich goldenrod corners. A central vertical stem of palmettes is supported by s...

The Rapture Collection is the exception to our hand-woven only rule. Woven Concepts purist philosophy focuses on the creation of hand-made, high-end rugs. The Rapture Collection rugs...

A hand-knotted new Turkish "Tulu" rug with chessboard design in amber yellow and blue colors, made completely of very soft natural lambswool. The focus-pulling yet minimalist design...

Handwoven in wool and originating from Moldova circa 1950-1960, this 5x7 vintage Bessarabian Kilim and flatweave rug is a particularly special new curation from Rug & Kilim's Europea...

Hand woven in wool and originating from Turkey, this flat-woven geometric Kilim runner from Rug & Kilim’s patchwork collection marries inspirati...

Hand Knotted in wool, this distressed vintage 4x9 Turkish rug, which is inspired by Saf rugs, a particular kind of prayer rug, features a copper brown field an...