Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Romantic Swedish Rococo Style

52758, vintage Turkish Oushak runner with Manor House Tudor style. With its warm, rich colors and ornate detailing, this hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner is well-balan...

Impressive in style and impeccably woven, this vintage Turkish Oushak carpet runner with modern traditional style features three embellished medallions in an open abrash red field su...

51147, vintage Turkish Oushak runner with English Country style, hallway runner. This hand knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features three floral lozenge-shaped medallions ...

51660 Vintage Turkish Oushak Runner with Traditional Modern Rustic Style, Hallway Runner. This hand-knotted wool vintage Turkish Oushak runner features three diamond shaped medallion...

A Turkish Oushak style oriental long rug offers wool construction with triple medallion foliate design on cream ground, 20th C Measures- 91''L x 27''W

a mid-20th-century Turkish Anatolian Runner Details rug no. j3528 size 3' 2" x 10' 6" (97 x 320 cm)

A vintage Turkish Oushak rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 11' 7" 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...

:: Starburst center medallion with double tiered end finials atop an open main field with book cover stylized overlay. Main border in a serrated leaf and primitive floral palmette de...