Vintage French Art Deco Green, Beige, Pink and Blue Floral Rug BB4340 8'4" × 10'10" $20,000

An early 20th century French Art Deco area rug signed “Saks, France”, the oatmeal field with a pair of solid broad beige zigzags running vertically beneath scattered blue and pink enlarged flowers overall within a sold brown outer border and a blue and purple inner stripes.

European Art Deco rugs for the western market were originally made in countries such as India, Persia and Turkey.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 decorative vintage style area rugs 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 antique rug on the floor.