Here is a animal pelt design that is quite unique and intriguing. This vintage area carpet is a mid-twentieth century carpet, featuring an animal pelt design, woven in Scandinavia, at the height of that regions most important carpet-producing period. Wonderfully distinct, this vintage shag Swedish Rya carpet features an intriguing design consisting simply of a large orange figure set against a pale field, with eccentric horizontal stripes running across both. Perhaps what is most appealing about this carpet is this tantalizingly simple composition, which, despite its apparent simplicity, is suggestive of a myriad of different images and ideas. Perhaps the most apparent image being communicated is one of an animal pelt. as deconstructed as it could be while still being able to communicate the concept. Of course, this is just one way to view this mid-century rug; the simple nature of its design leaves it gloriously open for interpretation, as is the nature of mid-century modern design.