Dutch Carpet

Vintage Dutch Deco Rug Size: 7'10" × 11'7" (238 × 353 cm) A rare and original Art Deco rug featuring a characteristic geometric pattern. Designs such as this one are influenced by Cu...

Vintage Dutch rug by Jaap Gidding Size: 7'10" × 11'5" (238 × 347 cm) A vintage Dutch handmade wool rug by Jaap Gidding dating back to circa 1940. The main field displays abstract ele...

Vintage Aubusson carpet (size adjusted) Size: 12'2" × 18'1" (370 × 551 cm) This French antique rug is an example of Aubusson weaving craft reaching back to the 18th century. The rug,...

Vintage French Art Deco handwoven wool carpet Size: 6'8" x 10'0" (203 × 304 cm) A modern early 20th century French deco rug, the greyish field with a square tile cartouche design ove...

Art Deco Design Green Handmade Wool Carpet Size: 6'10" × 10'2" (208 × 310 cm). This circa 1940 vintage Art Deco antique carpet features an all-over design of floral abstractions and ...

Vintage Art Deco geometric brown, beige handmade wool carpet Size: 5'4" × 7'0" (162 × 213 cm) An early 20th century Art Deco tile carpet in light brown and sand with an overall patte...

This is an antique European carpet woven in Holland circa 1900 and measures 380 x 310CM in size. this rug has a simplistic yet elegant field design that incorporates repeating shrub ...

The source of carpet comes from the book Arts & Crafts Carpets, by Malcolm Haslam, and David Black, 1991, fig.49. This Hammersmith carpet was designed by William Morris in 1882, in the United Kingdom. In 1887 English artist and bookbinder T.J. Cobden Sanderson, suggested that a new group be named the “Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society” As a result, he was the first to use the term “Art and Crafts” and also is credited with naming this new emerging movement. The Arts & Crafts movement was inspired by the degradation of product standards that resulted from the factory production age. The rise of machinery in manufacturing caused a noticeable decline in uniqueness and crafts. These anti-Industrial reformers promoted economic advancement and social change. They wanted to eliminate poor quality and “artificial” items from 19th century British society. They saw a plethora of uninteresting items on display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and became inspired to launch a Campaign for originality and uniqueness. William Morris was an English designer, as well as an uplifting social activist and writer. Morris is credited with sparking the rebirth of textile arts and traditional means of production. In 1861, Morris and a small group of designers opened an incredibly fashionable design company that grew to be largely successful. Morris left behind works in many different mediums such as textiles, books, furniture, stained glass, and area rugs. But in the end, he is most remembered for the magnificent wallpapers that he designed. He got much of his inspiration from the natural world. Through his interior decor pieces, Morris set out to convert rooms or spaces into meadows with beautiful trees meandering, vines, and plants. This concept of taking something Industrial and man-made, and converting it into something natural is what William Morris meant when he once said: “-any decoration is futile… when it does not remind you of something beyond itself.” Morris was a huge commercial success and his works are some of the most sought-after pieces in the world of design and decor. He is also credited with almost single-handedly reviving the British textile arts as well as their methods of production. Morris was also severely critical of machine-made goods, exclaiming, “Today almost all wares that are made by civilized man are shabbily and pretentiously ugly.” Houses were filled “with tons and tons of unutterable rubbish,” which, he suggested, should be heaped onto a gigantic bonfire! “As a condition of life, production by machinery is altogether evil.” He masterminded one of the most well-known styles of Arts & Crafts, recognizable by its twisting and arching patterns and simple, elegant floral design prints. Although Morris believed that Persian carpets were the greatest ever made, he adopted the coarser Turkish (Ghiordes) knot for his hand knotted carpet manufacture. They were woven at a thickness of 25 knots to the square inch at that time. Morris & Co.’s rugs are reminiscent of Persian garden design carpets in that they are smartly styled depictions of English gardens. Donegal also started producing highly desirable Irish rugs in the late 19th century. The Donegal rugs were predominantly created by English architects C.F.A. Voysey and Gavin Morton. The handcrafted Voysey rugs are typically woven in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Voysey had a knack for using contrasting shapes to decorate flat monochromatic spaces. Dark outlines added a flair of drama to his signature pattern and Celtic rug...

Art Deco Savonnerie carpet, 1920s France, circa 1920-1930.   

In really good vintage condition, this carpet in wool, vibrant colors ... has been dry cleaned ... so ready to use.

Art Deco French carpet France, circa 1930.  

Antique French Savonnerie carpet France circa 1920. Handwoven.