Antique Carpet Designs

View some of the most popular rug and carpet styles from our collection.

Antique carpet designs.

Antique rug selection by their names and styles the art of antique rug making is one of the oldest crafts in the world dating back millennia. The intricate designs and natural colors seen in a navajo southwestern area rug is a culmination of influences from the early indian trading posts early mexican colonists and aspects of white american design culture but all these the. In interesting or unusual design one that makes effective use of line and color or perhaps one that that is unusually detailed and intricate may have the appeal that attracts the interest and passion of. It is also one of the more comprehensive inventories of both vintage rugs as well as antique carpets that you will find anywhere online or off.

The nazmiyal collection has one of the largest selections of vintage and antique rugs in the world. Chinese deco carpets article about 1920 s 1930 s and the art deco carpet. These are quality pieces produced in northwestern iran. These vintage rugs have geometric flower and leaf patterns.

Tribal caucasian butteh design pre 1900 kurdish rug 1 200 00 1890 s genuine collector s antique caucasian turko kazak geometric 6 ft x 9 ft. Rare pieces were produced in the 19th. To maintain carpets consumers should apply stain resistant sprays to new carpets and freshly cleaned carpets. Nichols chinese rugs nichols chinese rug brochure from the 1930 s.

Silk is the most expensive material used and the very nature of that natural material requires the rug maker s to create a rug with a high number of knots per square inch 1 000 square inch or more than other rugs. Ningxia rugs a region in china and a quality designation. It is also one of the most widely spread crafts to ever take hold with peoples from all over the world practicing their own iterations of the skill. Antique carpet patterns and rug designs learning about rug design patterns.

Classic chinese carpet designs origin of chinese symbols and designs. The rugs feature frayed edges on the shortest sides and come in a variety of designs and colors with no two rugs looking exactly alike. Fette and nichols art deco rugs bios of helen fette and walter nichols. Antique rug styles collections organized by carpet types.

Patterns in the southwestern rugs seen today are historically based in the antique navajo rugs of the past. These are just a few examples. Rug designs and patterns in many ways design is the ultimate quality in which the appeal of a rug may reside. How we photograph rugs.

Vintage kurdish 4x7 ft. The more intricate the design the more valuable the rug.