This exquisite early 20th century Turkish Oushak area rug showcases a rare botanical pattern of great visual refinement and unusual color — a royal blue field, softened by natural abrash variation, providing a rich and painterly backdrop for a composition of architectural grandeur and organic elegance. A central medallion anchors the composition, while two column-like ivory forms adorned with intricate purple and green details lend a stately, ceremonial quality.
Delicate branches and leaves in cream, green, and rare purple tones extend across the field in graceful organic movement — a botanical vision that evokes both the garden traditions of Ottoman decorative art and the natural landscape of western Anatolia. The combination of royal blue field and purple accents is particularly unusual in the Oushak tradition, making this a genuinely rare piece for the serious collector. Oushak rugs, woven in the city of Uşak in western Turkey, occupy a singular position in the world of antique carpets. Distinguished by their large-scale geometric medallions, their luminous palette of soft golds, ivory, and terracotta, and the extraordinary quality of their long-staple Anatolian wool, Oushak rugs have been prized by European collectors since the Renaissance — appearing in the paintings of Holbein, Lotto, and Memling as symbols of wealth and refinement. Today, authentic antique Oushak rugs are among the most sought-after pieces in the interior design world, prized for their ability to bring warmth, elegance, and a timeless quality to both traditional and contemporary spaces.
- Dimensions: Listed on request
- Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s
- Place of Origin: Turkey (Oushak)
- Material: Wool pile on a wool foundation with vegetable dyes
- Condition: Wear consistent with age and use
SKU: 1809
