Antique Spanish Carpet with Pattern of Renaissance Palmettes

This is a looped pile piece with a repeating, modular leaf and flower design on a pieced off-white field. Peacock. Bird and bush border.

This antique Afghan rug features a classic repeating "gul" motif pattern, softened by decades of use into a beautifully worn and muted terracotta, blush, and sand palette. Woven by t...

This long pile, coarsely woven long carpet shows a beige seafoam field with an open diamond lattice allover pattern, within a brown border with trompe l'oeil strapwork forming cartouches enclosing bouquets. A massive carpet...

The beige field features an allover, converging pattern of ragged palmettes, rosettes, tilted leaves and connecting vinery, accented in pale green, rust-red, and old gold, with no bl...

This textile is a must-have for anyone interested in Spanish history and culture. The beautiful design and soft colors are sure to stand out in any collection. Alcaraz is known for i...

The court workshop called 'Real Fabrica de Tapices' has been active in Madrid since the 17th century, supplying handmade carpets woven with Turkish (symmetrical) knots to both the court as well as for export. Throughout the 20th century their carpets were either woven with French Savonnerie patterns or, as in this case, with designs taken from the Spanish Renaissance weaving tradition. These carpets are known in the trade with the term of 'Cuenca,' which is the city in southern Spain where they were originally woven in the 15th-17th centuries. Here the pattern, which has a raised pile with respect to the ivory background, is distinguished by an infinite repeat of curvilinear palmettes as seen on 15th-16th century Spanish Alcaraz carpets.

Beautiful Spanish hand knotted rug with a decorative design and a yellow field color with blue, green and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

Mid 20th Century Spanish Carpet ( 5'7'' x 8'7'' - 170 x 262 )