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A modern mid-20th century Scandinavian carpet, the camel and vibrant red field with an abstract design of solid bold blue, black and yellow overlapping enlarged triangles. “Vintage” is a ubiquitous term frequently applied in the world of rugs and carpets. Vintage rugs are quite often confused with antique rugs. The difference between the two is often ambiguous. Just what is vintage and what is antique? To clarify this quandary, vintage carpets and antique rugs are defined by the time they were designed and crafted; they’re generally made after 1920. On the other hand, antique carpets come from a time before then, so, generally, they were made more than 80 years ago. Age is a primary distinguishing factor, but even this is a fluid one. The dividing line changes as time goes by. For example, a vintage rug will someday be an antique. Vintage carpets and rugs are often linked to the origins of Modernism, so they can be more accurately placed in this category, given the association with the cultural, philosophical, and artistic elements of this movement.
Since the mid-20th century Scandinavian design has been one of the most desirable and widely sought after styles in the world. This incredible popularity can be attributed to the brilliant simplicity and practicality of northern creations, which at the same time are utterly sophisticated. The lovely vintage Swedish pile rug before your eyes is made according to Scandinavian aesthetic thought and enchants with an uncomplicated yet perfectly balanced and appealing look. The main field carries only a few geometric motifs and is enclosed by a simple border. Brown that prevails in the design is accompanied by extinguished orange, beige and blue. An interesting feature is the pile which is too short for the rug to be called a rya and definitely too long for a traditional flat-woven rollakan. This soft and durable carpet was masterfully hand-knotted of the finest wool in accordance with old and refined weaving techniques. Thanks to such thorough making, the Swedish rug has survived until this day in ideal condition and will most definitely serve its owners for generations. This vintage beauty will fit into all kinds of contemporary interior décors, from classic to modern.
A mid-20th century Scandinavian rug, the open beige field is punctuated by six pairs of little orange triangles between narrow striped bands in green, beige, and brown. Vintage oriental rugs - 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 carpets constitute the core of taste and artistry of 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 rugs.
A geometric second quarter 20th-century Scandinavian rug, the light brownfield with folk-inspired gold and ivory floral motifs framed by a similar ivory border within a thin light brown stripe. Swedish flatweave rug by Irma Kronlund The traditional Scandinavian antique rug is the rya, made from hand-knotted wool. Dating from the fifteenth century, the first antique ryas were coarse, long-piled heavy coverlets used by fishermen instead of furs. By the eighteenth-century ryas, vintage carpet bags were generally part of a woman's trousseau and proudly displayed as important status symbols within the home. By the nineteenth century, Swedish ryas were usurped by the arrival of quilted coverlets from continental Europe and from then on were woven as purely ornamental elements.
This circa-1950 vintage Swedish pile area rug features a large rectangular center surrounded by a checkerboard pattern in alternating shades of light and dark brown, bordered by scrolling vine-like patterns in white. The grid-like precision of the midcentury vintage carpet is minimalist and modern. In Sweden, carpets and Scandinavian design 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 Vintage oriental rugs that had a broad international appeal. Scandinavian antique rugs from the mid-twentieth century, endorsed by such fixtures of modernism as Le Corbusier, Ray, and Frank Lloyd Wright, remain among the most desirable and sought after in the rug world.
