Vintage Art Deco Rug BB2951

An early 20th century art deco vintage carpet, the pinkish ivory field with stepped pink and beige lines overall forming a large central medallion containing a geometric shape framed by L-shaped corners with blocks of various shades of red.

Decorative European art deco rugs for the western market were originally made in countries such as India, Persia and Turkey. As the industrial revolution created a new merchant class, antique rugs nyc were a sought-after status symbol demonstrating wealth and good taste. Watch any period film set in the late 19th or early 20th centuries and you will almost certainly see an oriental area rug on the floor.