Vintage Swedish Flat weave Rug Signed (W) BB5845 6'7" × 9'8" $5,000

This circa-1940 vintage Swedish flat weave rug signed W features an all-over design of beige stripes against a field of aqua blue. The look of the midcentury vintage carpet is completed by an interlocking geometric border featuring abstractions in matching blue. In Sweden, carpets and Scandinavian area rugs crossword 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 antique rugs that had a broad international appeal. Scandinavian Vintage oriental 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 area rug world.