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A vintage Moroccan rug
12.9 x 8.3
BB4594

An early 20th century Moroccan rug with the field having narrow beige, brown and black horizontal zigzag stripes within a striped serrated triangle border.

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A French Déco rug
11.3 x 6.8
BB4592

A highly-abstract early 20th century French art deco carpet having a field inspired by abstract drip paintings with its broad irregular areas with jagged edges and spots in a palette of soft pinks, blues, greens, beiges and with a bright orange accent upp

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A Chinese Deco rug
13.2 x 11.8
BB4580

An exceptional early 20th century Chinese Art Deco modern carpet, the sand field with scattered red, brown and beige geometric and floral motifs, including grids and delicate floral branches within a border of various abstract patterns.

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A French Modernist rug
12.7 x 9.10
BB4571

A mid 20th century French Modernist carpet, the solid green field with subtle horizontal striations.

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A Pair of French Deco rugs by Leleu
5.2 x 2.2
BB4566

A pair of modern French Art Deco carpets designed by Paule Leleu, each having a cream field with three columns of linked diamonds and leaf motifs in camel, green and sea blue with a few red accents within a thin solid camel stripe.

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A Scandinavian rug
7.0 x 5.10
BB4548

A playfully modern mid 20th century Scandinavian carpet, having an irregular tile pattern overall with colorful folk-inspired motifs.

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An Art Deco rug by Paule Leleu (1906-87)
11.9 x 9.9
BB4547

An early 20th century Deco rug by Paule Leleu, the camel field with a lozenge lattice containing various fleur-de-lys, diamond and leaf motifs in red, blue and ivory within an open ivory border defined by red architectural tendrils. Paule Leleu, the daugh

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An Art Deco rug by Renee Kinsbourg
11.2 x 7.3
BB4546

An early 20th century French Art Deco carpet designed by Renee Kinsbourg, with an abstract landscape motif with sweeping hill and cloud-like forms in browns, beiges and grays within a solid beige stripe. The present rug, by the self-described "modernist"

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A French Art Deco rug
9.0 x 5.10
BB4545

An early 20th century Deco landscape carpet depicting abstracted hills and trees beneath a yellow sun all within a solid grey border. Initialed with the monogram, "HF", it is unusual due to its loosely figurative design, which was less common than abstrac

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An Art Deco rug designed by Marion Dorn
6.6 x 3.4
BB4538

A Marion Dorn design Art deco modern rug from the early 20th century, the camel field with bold interlocking strap work forming enlarges infinity patterns overall.

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A Modernist rug
12.2 x 12.2
BB4475

An exceptional mid 20th century Modernist rug, having an olive, sage, yellow and ivory abstract, Mondrian-inspired, grid-like design overall defined by thin black lines.

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An antique Viennese rug
12.7 x 12.9
BB4464

An early 20th century Viennese rug from the Secessionist period, the oatmeal field with an unusual design of horizontally-arranged scrolling and abstract vinery within a series of brown and beige toned stripes, the innermost of which punctuates the field

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An Art Deco rug
13.5 x 13.5
BB4451

An early 20th century Art Deco carpet, the camel field with polychrome curving branches surrounded by enlarged geometric motifs and linear patterns in red, brown and sand.

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A Modernist carpet
11.2 x 8.2
BB4334

A second quarter 20th century modernist rug, the sand field with an overblown irregular medallion with curving fire-like red and blue swirls around a sand centerpiece with pendants containing a cruciform issuing thin tendrils within a solid red stripe.

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An Arts & Craft Voysey carpet
11.3 x 11.5
BB4307

An early 20th century Arts & Crafts "Donnemara" rug by Charles Francis Annesley Voysey with a bold vinery, tulip, and half blown rose design overall within an eggplant vinery border.

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A Moroccan carpet
10.0 x 7.0
BB4197

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan beni quarain rug, the cream field having an overall lozenge lattice with a central checkered column with similar checkered edges.

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An Scandinavian carpet
10.7 x 6.4
BB3895

A modern second quarter 20th century Scandinavian folk-inspired tile rug having a colorful design of polychrome tiles separated by peach, ivory, grey and ochre striped bands

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A Modernist carpet
16.5 x 12.10
BB3832

A mid 20th century Modernist rug, having an asymmetrical oval shape with an unusual sweeping brushstroke- inspired curvilinear pattern in a palette of taupe, gold and ivory.

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A Moroccan carpet
12.8 x 6.6
BB3778

A mid 20th century Beni quarain Moroccan rug, the natural cream field with a central vertical garland of abstract geometric motifs framed by columns of enlarged diamonds.

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A Moroccan carpet
13.7 x 5.7
BB3689

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the field with an abstract pattern overall of loosely-defined solid squares in red, purple and yellow, within a narrow fretwork border.

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A Deco carpet
7.0 x 5.4
BB3666

An early 20th century Art Deco tile rug in light brown and sand with an overall pattern of overlapping moons and circles forming S-shapes and bow ties within a thin brown stripe.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
10.9 x 6.0
BB3659

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan long pile rug, the cream open field with two attenuated thick brown lines forming a near triangle shape overall.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
11.9 x 6.6
BB3657

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan long pile rug, the open cream field with a chocolate plain roundel framed by two thick horizontal lines.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
14.10 x 4.10
BB3655

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the cream field with an allover cocoa brown diamond trellis containing smaller geometric motifs.

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A Moroccan carpet
12.4 x 12.4
BB3647

A second quarter 20th century round Moroccan rug with an open sand field.

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A Moroccan carpet
9.1 x 7.8
BB3637

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the pale pink field with a subtle overall pattern of lines and primitive geometric forms.

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An Art Deco carpet
12.6 x 8.9
BB3634

A second quarter 20th century Art Deco rug, the open camel field framed by solid borders of cinnamon, powder blue and crimson.

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A Swedish Rug
12.8 x 9.9
BB3612

An early 20th century Swedish carpet, the field having varying tones in brown, sand, dusty rose and ivory overlaid by angular leaves, racemes and minor geometric motifs within an abstract scrolling vine and flower border.

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A French Deco carpet by Leleu
7.7 x 7.9
BB3604

A second quarter 20th century French Art Deco round rug designed by Paule Leleu, the shaded brown field having a red star center ringed by red, ice blue and ivory wavy lines and a geometric leafy vine within a brown wavy line border.

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An Art Deco carpet
5.0 x 4.9
BB3603

A round second quarter 20th century Art Deco rug having concentric curving pastel bands mirroring the round edges with scattered olive specks in some of the green curves all within a thin brown border.

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An Art Deco carpet
5.0 x 4.9
BB3602

A round second quarter 20th century Art Deco rug having concentric curving pastel bands mirroring the round edges with scattered olive specks in some of the green curves all within a thin brown border.

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A French Deco carpet by Dasylva Bruhns
10.4 x 7.8
BB3599

An early 20th century French Deco rug designed by Dasylva Bruhns, the tan field having 8 vertical geometric bands joined at the center by four lozenges and framed by a red key-motif vine within an ivory and purple abstract geometric motif border.

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A Moroccan carpet
11.9 x 8.9
BB3572

A second quarter 20th century Beni quarain Moroccan rug, the natural creamy field with an overall lattice of spacious stylized lozenges.

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A French Deco rug
15.8 x 8.4
BB3571

An early 20th century Art Deco French rug, the open rich orange-red field with a delicate linear medallion form drawn in ivory, suggestive of a snow-flake within a solid midnight blue border.

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A French Deco rug
16.5 x 8.3
BB3570

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.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
9.2 x 7.0
BB3564

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, with a dense overall lattice pattern of alternating stepped red, green and orange lozenges, within a border of geometric stripes.

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A Moroccan carpet
11.7 x 11.8
BB3562

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the cream field with an allover lozenge lattice, each containing a caramel cruciform motif.

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A Moroccan carpet
9.9 x 6.9
BB3543

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the beige field with a spacious abstract primitive pattern with diamonds and zigzag lines around a central cruciform motif.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
16.8 x 10.7
BB3522

A mid 20th century Moroccan rug, the shaded beige field with a loosely drawn lattice of stepped lozenges overall.

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A vintage Moroccan rug
9.4 x 7.9
BB3511

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan carpet, the camel and sand field with an allover linear pattern of fretwork, zigzags, and other geometric motifs.

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A Moroccan carpet
10.7 x 6.5
BB3508

A second quarter 20th century Beni quarain Moroccan rug, the natural creamy field with an overall lattice of lozenges, each containing various geometric motifs within an abstract geometric border with fretwork and a narrow stepped lozenge patterns.

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A Moroccan carpet
12.2 x 7.0
BB3501

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the shaded pale cocoa field with a subtle overall pattern of vertical wave-like lines.

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A Modernist carpet
10.0 x 6.7
BB3498

A second quarter 20th century Modernist rug, the open camel field dominated by a wavy-edged red center with an irregular grid formed of black lines with scattered squares of green, ivory and yellow.

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A Moroccan carpet
10.10 x 6.5
BB3476

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the sand field with an overall lattice of stepped lozenges containing small abstract ovals within plain cocoa and sand striped borders.

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A Moroccan carpet
17.1 x 10.3
BB3466

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the shaded cocoa and caramel graph-like field with symmetrical vertical stripes containing stepped diamond lozenges and geometric motifs.

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A Moroccan carpet
10.4 x 5.6
BB3458

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, the shaded cocoa and caramel graph-like field with symmetrical vertical stripes containing stepped diamond lozenges and geometric motifs.

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A Hooked Rug
11.9 x 8.10
BB3453

A mid 20th century Hooked carpet, the camel field with a modern light brown grid design with small squares and stepped lines throughout within a shaded scrolling ribbon border.

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A Scandinavian carpet
16.3 x 8.0
BB3450

A second quarter 20th century modern Scandinavian rug, the sand and cream field with an unusually geometric flowering vine trellis in brown, pale green, brown, blue and peach within a pale celadon border with grid motifs and geometric vinery.

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A Scandinavian rug
16.8 x 13.3
BB3344

A mid 20th century Scandinavian carpet, the oatmeal field with a modern design of nine rectilinear panels with geometric and floral motifs drawn in shades of blue within a thin blue line frame.

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A Scandinavian carpet
9.10 x 6.3
BB3279

A mid 20th century Scandinavian rug having a modern abstract design of wide horizontal stripes in gray, beige and brown tones with more unusual stepped geometric areas in the upper left and lower right corner.

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An Indian carpet
16.5 x 10.9
BB3243

An early 20th century Indian rug, the tan field with faint floral branches and chocolate and scattered brown floral accents within a modern art deco-inspired chocolate brown border.

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A Moroccan carpet
7.3 x 4.0
BB3204

A second quarter 20th century long pile Moroccan rug, the sand field with three vertical rows of enlarged linked diamonds in red, yellow and brown issuing from an upper ivory and yellow border..

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A Scandinavian rug
10.0 x 7.9
BB3142

A mid 20th century Scandinavian modernist carpet, the open rust field with a mustard inner frame and a frame of orange and mustard compartments with simple ivory fleurons, all within a polychrome tile border with geometric flowerheads.

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A Moroccan rug
10.1 x 8.3
BB3072

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan carpet on a brick red field with abstract triangles surrounded by an overall lattice of stepped polychrome compartments with geometric motifs, within a brick red flowerhead and linked triangle border.

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A French Deco rug
9.8 x 6.3
BB3054

A second quarter 20th century French Art Deco carpet, the caramel field having enormous cinnamon-colored leafy bunches in the upper right and lower left corners with scattered wavy green lines overall.

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A vintage Moroccan carpet
9.4 x 6.5
BB3035

A second quarter 20th century Moroccan rug, on a camel field with a reddish brown lozenge diamond field overall each containing a salmon and light blue diamond motif.

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An French Deco carpet
21.0 x 14.3
BB3028

A modern early 20th century French Art deco rug, the yellow green field with an elongated light grey center with angular dark grey lines overall within a broad dark grey field with similar ivory and green lines and geometric shapes.

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An Art Deco rug
12.0 x 8.9
BB2965

A modern early 20th century art deco rug, the spacious oatmeal field with a pair of vertically-arranged enlarged flowering vines in shades of red, orange and taupe.

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An Art Deco rug
12.8 x 8.7
BB2951

An early 20th century art deco carpet, the ivory field with stepped pink and beige lines overall forming a large central medallion containing a geometric cruciform shape framed by L-shaped corners with blocks of various shades of red.

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An Eastern European Flat weave carpet
9.10 x 8.0
BB2927

A modern early 20th century Eastern European flat-woven rug, having an unusual abstract overall design of angular vinery motifs in shades of muted brown, green, black, grey and ivory.

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Modernist

The political, cultural and artistic movement of Modernism in art, architecture, music, literature and applied arts emerged in the three decades preceding the First World War (1914-8), making extraordinarily powerful changes to Western society that are still relevant today. Modernist architects and designers strongly believed that the new technology rendered old Victorian styles obsolete. In rejecting the old decorative motifs, these modernist designers preferred to emphasize pure geometrical form, along with the use of new and innovative materials in their Modernist carpet design and production. The skyscraper became the archetypal symbol of the era and Modernist rug designs began to emphasize simplicity and clarity of form. These vintage Modernist carpets and rugs were created by illustrious designers of the period that include Ivan da Silva Bruhns in France, Edward McKnight Kauffer and Marion Dorn in England and Frank Lloyd Wright in America.