The Tulip – Vintage Rug by Judith Johansson BB6012 7'4" × 10'5" $20,000

Mid-Century Swedish flatwoven rug designed by Judith Johansson (1916-1993). Woven at her ateliers at Kna?red in Halland. The rug is signed JJ at the lower left corner. A truly remarkable piece with a whimsical design incorporating stylized tulips in pastel colors on a light-beige background. In Sweden, carpets and Scandinavian wool rugs have been hand-knotted in wool for centuries, taking on many different forms and functions over the course of time. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the craft was seen as being an important artistic and cultural practice throughout Sweden, and designers began to make vintage looking rugs that had a broad international appeal. Scandinavian antique rugs nyc from the mid-twentieth century, endorsed by such fixtures of modernism as Le Corbusier, Ray Eames and Frank Lloyd Wright, remain among the most desirable and sought after in the area rug world.