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Dimensions: 4'0" x 5'10" (122 cm x 178 cm).
Circa: 1930.
This antique Hereke rug from Turkey, circa 1930, is a handmade, one-of-a-kind piece distinguished by its refined floral drawing and elegant, highly detailed composition. The softly faded palette of ivory, blush, sage, and rust enhances the delicate all-over pattern and layered border, giving it the graceful character collectors prize in finely woven traditional rugs. An ideal choice for a bedroom, sitting room, or office.
Faded warm tones of ivory, blush, sage, rust, taupe, rose, and camel, with a ivory field.
Hereke is a town near Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara, home to the imperial Ottoman workshops established by Sultan Abdülmecid I in 1843. Carpet weaving began at the manufactory in 1891, after which it produced carpets for the Ottoman palaces and as diplomatic gifts, using the finest materials — silk pile, metallic thread, and exceptionally fine wool — and achieving knotting densities among the highest ever recorded.
Hereke rugs are woven in both silk and wool, often featuring delicate curvilinear Persian-inspired designs — floral medallions, scrolling arabesques, garden formats — executed with extraordinary technical precision. Antique examples are among the most refined and valuable of all Oriental rugs. Even twentieth-century Hereke workshop pieces are prized for their exceptional craftsmanship.















































