Antique Oushak rugs have been woven in Western Turkey since the beginning of the Ottoman period. Many of the great masterpieces of early Turkish carpet weaving from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries have been attributed to antique Oushak rugs. Less, however, is known about what happened to production there in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. When things become clearer toward 1900, Oushak re-emerges as a major center, this time for room-size decorative carpets. Antique Oushak rugs such as these are desirable today as highly decorative pieces. They come in central medallion designs as well as patterns of smaller allover medallions or scattered sprays of vinescroll and palmettes. They are notable for the grand, monumental scale of the designs. Antique Oushak Rugs often have a subdued palette in soft apricot and golden saffron tones whose pleasing qualities are enhanced by their particularly soft and lustrous wool.
Antique Oushak Rugs and carpets have become the rugs of choice for many of the top interior decorators in the world today. Oushak rugs for the most part are not high quality rugs but that is what makes them so special. Since the knot count is considerably lower than the antique rugs made in Persia - antique Turkish rugs were woven with larger scale patterns. Antique Oushak rugs are also extremely desirable because of their colors - which are usually much lighter and "happier" in feel than rugs from other regions. So if you are looking for an antique rug with a large scale design and soft colors then antique Oushak rugs and antique Oushak carpets should top your list.
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This stunning Turkish rug woven during the turn of the century features a large-scale arabesque woven in warm Mediterranean colors. Woven in Oushak, this antique rug features a beautiful intermingling of Anatolian and Safavid designs.
This Oushak carpet represents the understated elegance and softened color palette associated with weavers in Turkey while incorporating angular designs and traditional Anatolian protection symbols.
An air of expressive excitement informs this magnificent antique Oushak from Turkey.
A complex design of arabesques unfolds in allover symmetry across the field of this supremely elegant antique Oushak.
Ancient protection symbols and angular cloudbands form an open arabesque across the creamy field of this Turkish Oushak carpet woven during the turn of the century.
Subtle color and design combine to make this a particularly wonderful antique Oushak from Turkey.
The exuberance, grace, and fantasy of classical oriental carpet design come alive on this magnificent antique Oushak.
Large palmettes, leaves, and vines adapted from a Herati pattern sweep dynamically across the field of this stunning antique Oushak.
A classical medallion design with lavish arabesque detail unfolds with meticulous precision and rich saturated color on this stunning early Oushak from Turkey.
A classic allover pattern of sinuous palmettes in greens and paprika unfolds across the ivory ground of this outstanding antique Oushak from Turkey.
