Wool
Morocco, c. 1950-1959
5'7" X 8'9" (1.70 m x 2.67 m)
Available: Shipping As Soon As Tomorrow
Vintage Moroccan Berber Rug with Folk Design in Blue & Fuchsia - Rug & Kilim
Die Fläche
By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller. — Letterform Archive Books, 2023
European, Modernist (20th Century), Vienna Secession
A landmark of graphic modernism, the Vienna Secession’s magazine is brought to life in a complete facsimile reprint with new essays and translations The brainchild of Koloman Moser, Alfred Roller, Josef Hoffmann, Bertold Loffler and others—the leading graphic artists of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte—Die Fläche (German for The Surface) laid out an extraordinary group vision for design through adventurous work by these designer-professors and more than 100 of their students. Packed with bold ideas for posters, advertisements, book covers, woodcut prints and much more, the result is an inexhaustibly rich sourcebook of graphic forms, modern ideas and technical experiments, all reflecting a reorientation in design practice and teaching that would resonate around the world. This full-size facsimile of all 14 issues of Die Fläche lets readers experience this rare gem as it was meant to be seen, while new essays and translations explore its significance.
$75
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Stories from the Moroccan Collection
Essays, artist dialogues, and provenance notes drawn from Rug & Kilim’s editorial desk.
The Complete Guide to Oushak Rugs: History, Aesthetic Language, and Contemporary Design Use
Oushak rugs, also spelled Uşak or Ushak, stand among the most influential textile traditions in the history of interior design. Originating in western Anatolia, in the historic weaving town of Uşak in present-day Turkey, these carpets are not merely decorative artifacts; they are architectural design elements, cultural documents, and artistic statements that have shaped interior aesthetics across centuries. From Ottoman imperial courts to Renaissance European palaces and today’s luxury residential, hospitality, and gallery spaces, Oushak rugs continue to define a visual language of soft geometry, spacious design, muted tonal harmony, and painterly abstraction. Their enduring relevance places them at the intersection of art history, textile heritage, and contemporary interior design innovation.
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The Long Life of a Green: On Celery, Color of the Year, and the Four Centuries of Weaving That Anticipated It
Every year, the color world makes its pronouncement, and every year the design world turns to see what it has been given. For 2027, Sherwin-Williams has named Celery; a light, airy, herbal green with a yellow undertone, chosen, in the company's words, for a moment that prizes wellness, balance, and connection. It is a soft color with a quiet glow and a faint edge; it pairs, its makers note, with white for something breezy, with cranberry red for something playful, with brown for something elevated. It is, by any measure, a beautiful and intelligent choice. It is also a color the great weavers of the world have understood for four hundred years.
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Navajo Rugs: History, Art, Design & the Legacy of Diné Weaving
Navajo rugs occupy a singular position within the history of American textile art. Woven by decorative tradition. They embody generations of knowledge surrounding sheep, wool, spinning, natural materials, color, geometry, landscape, community, and cultural continuity. simultaneously as cultural expression, design, craftsmanship, and fine art. the familiar geometric vocabulary. It means understanding the history of Diné weaving, the beyond their decorative presence. Our interest lies in the relationship between weaving tradition, material quality, design intelligence, cultural history and architectural application.
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What Makes Tibetan Wool the Gold Standard for Custom Rugs
Every great rug begins long before the loom. It begins on the animal, in the place, in the particular conditions that made the fiber what it is. And among all the wools that have ever been spun into a carpet, few can rival the wool of the Tibetan highlands, a material whose superiority is not a matter of marketing but of altitude, climate, and the unhurried logic of the natural world. The sheep of the Tibetan plateau live at elevations that would defeat most living things, thin air, brutal cold, a growing season measured against a sky closer than it has any right to be. Nature's answer to that severity is the fleece. To survive the plateau, the animal must grow a wool of exceptional density and, crucially, of exceptional lanolin content; the natural oil that coats each fiber, repels water, resists soil, and lends the finished yarn a luster and resilience that lowland wools cannot approach. What is hardship for the animal is a gift to the weaver.
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The Evolution of Floral Motifs in Antique Rugs and Kilims: Mapping the Pomegranate, Tulip, and Carnation
Antique 17th Century French Beauvais Tapestry with Floral Vase - Rug & Kilim, NO. 36829 We had a tapestry acquisition unfolding itself in the studio a while ago. Josh and the team just stood there, silently admiring the way the light caught the threads. This was the Antique French Beauvais Tapestry (SKU 36829). It was handwoven in wool, with natural silk accents, circa 1700. When you look at something like that, you do not just see fabric. What you see is the garden of wool and dreams. The precise interlacing of the wefts gives a picture of a gigantic floral vase placed atop an architectural entablature. The botanical imagery is absolutely mesmerizing. There is so much wealth and mystery to it all.
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A Glossary of Handmade Rugs and Kilims: Understanding Terms, Types and Techniques Past and Present
Referring to the art style characterized by using shape and color withdrawn from traditional repetition or realism. Abstract rugs — sometimes referred to as art rugs — capture an expressive nature that reads as a very modern style, though many abstract rugs draw inspiration from works of the same art style in the mid-century. One of the more widely known mid-century lineages of this style is abstract expressionism, named for the literal "expressionists" of the 1950s. Some of the most notable names behind this style include Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Referring to a lineage of nomadic Persian rugs (sometimes referred to as “Avsar” in the alternate spelling). Afshar rugs hail from the eponymous tribe in the region of Northeastern Iran.
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R&K Image Studio
NEWThe R&K Image Studio is a new visual workspace designed to present the Rug & Kilim collection with clarity, restraint, and precision — in your space or any space you imagine.
This tool allows you to view, refine, and prepare imagery drawn directly from the pieces in our archive. They can be visualized cleanly, isolated thoughtfully, and adjusted for presentations, proposals, and private viewings, without altering the integrity of the original work.
Moroccan
Wool
Morocco, c. 1950-1959
5'7" X 8'9" (1.70 m x 2.67 m)
$7,000
Available: Shipping as Soon as Tomorrow
Vintage Moroccan Berber Rug with Folk Design in Blue & Fuchsia - Rug & Kilim
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