One-of-a-kind Vintage Art Deco Pink Rug BB7529 8'7" × 12'8" $44,000

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Decorative European Art Deco rugs for the western market were originally made in countries such as India, Persia and Turkey.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.

Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. The Art Deco movement led to a fast evolution of the rug and textile design, among other art forms. Rug design evolved from traditional floral and highly ornamental to a style of angular elegance with geometric, abstract and modern figurative motifs. The design is frequently spare, geometric, and architectural. The rugs created during this period remain elegant and refined to this day.