Vintage Hand-Knotted Rug BB6715 8'3" × 16'5" $10,000

A modern early 20th century French Art Deco carpet, the open midnight blue field with a delicate linear medallion form, suggestive of a snow-flake within a solid orange border.

Vintage rugs – they are essential objects of desire of not only vintage trend followers but all aficionados of beauty and sublime design. There is a good reason for such vast recognition as vintage European Art Deco carpets constitute the core of taste and artistry of the 20th century progressive thought. They are clearly defined by the past century’s celebration of new ideas, modern lifestyle and the Renaissance of all arts which happened about that time. The category of vintage rugs has many faces – there are numerous aspects such as historical period, style, fashion, culture, symbolism and philosophy which add up to form the dazzling array of antique carpets.