Vintage French Art Deco Beige, Brown and Red Handwoven Wool Rug BB4771 11'7" × 13'6" $55,000

A antique rug with a naturalistic design of brown and red silhouetted reindeers on an open beige field.

European Art Deco rugs for the western market were originally made in countries such as India, Persia and Turkey.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