Vintage Swedish Rug BB6145 6'3" × 8'0"

This circa-1930 vintage Swedish flat weave rug features an all-over design of linear white abstractions against a field of warm brown. Three white lines and fringe at both ends complete the look of the early 20th century modernist vintage carpet. In Sweden, carpets and 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 rugs that had a broad international appeal. Scandinavian rugs 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 rug world.