Magnificent Red Background Large Scale Design Antique Oversize Turkish Oushak Rug 48131

Large Oversize Decorative Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, Country of Origin: Turkey, Circa: Late 19th Century – Here is a captivating and beautifully woven antique Oriental rug – an antique Oushak carpet that was woven in Turkey during the latter decades of the nineteenth century. Vibrant and energetic, this antique Turkish rug is characterized by a lovely pallet as well as a complex and traditional composition. First, large borders surround the perimeter of the piece, the wide format and dark background color of which infuse them with an extra sense of prominence. These are decorated with traditional Oushak vine scroll detail work, rendered in ivory and a range of bright reds. The field itself is colored a fiery shades of red, and boasts an exciting and complex composition, wherein out sized geometric vegetate detail elements are arranged in a complex manner. Each of these enormous detail elements is linked to the other via an intricate system of vine scrolls, which are also further detailed with comely blossoms. An exciting and unique example, this Oushak rug from Turkey is an exceptional antique carpet.