Bessarabian Russian Antique Allover Floral Cream Beige Flatweave Wool Carpet – Circa 1900 Ukrainian BB7814 7'4" × 8'2" $48,000

This antique Bessarabian flat-weave wool carpet, woven in Eastern Europe around 1900, captures the refined revival character of the region’s historic weaving tradition. Its square format and floral composition give it the presence of an antique rug made for a room rather than a purely utilitarian floor covering.

The cream-beige center is filled with a closely worked allover field of rosettes and scrolling vines in warm brown and gold, while the surrounding framework shifts to a deeper rust-red ground. Layered borders, corner spandrels, and scrolling corner ornaments bring in soft light blue, olive, blush pink, and ivory, creating the painterly contrast associated with Bessarabian rugs and their French-inspired decorative vocabulary.

Flat woven in wool, the carpet has a crisp surface that keeps the drawing clear and the ornament finely articulated. Its formal symmetry and collected palette make it especially effective in traditional, transitional, or eclectic interiors, where it can anchor a seating area with warmth, texture, and historical character.

A rare piece from the Doris Leslie Blau collection, this antique rug exemplifies superior artistry, historic character, and timeless sophistication. DLB is internationally recognized for offering exceptional antique, vintage, and contemporary rugs of remarkable quality and provenance.