A vintage rug is like a vintage tee shirt with a perfect lived-in feel that only comes with time. You can seek out every flea market and estate sale in town but wouldn’t it be so much easier if you could select a vintage rug from a crop of pre-edited selects? Buying a vintage rug online is certainly a different experience—maybe a little less romantic but certainly more direct. Below are our 10 favorite sources for finding the rug of your dreams.
Above: Sharktooth opened in 2010 and has since been sourcing antique textiles in Brooklyn. The Modernist Flatweave Rug ($1,200), while not a large area rug, is exemplary of the varied offering available at Sharktooth from abstract and modern patterns to Turkish or Art Deco pieces.
Double Knot
Above: From Double Knot in New York (a favorite of architect Solveig Fernlund), the Large Cotton Rag Kilim measures 10’4″ x 9’5″ and is from late 20th century in Turkey. Prices upon request; contact Double Knot.
Above: Nickey Kehoe carries Persian, Kurdish, American, Bulgarian, and Taureg rugs, among others. The Vintage Taureg Mat is 11’4″ x 9′ is $7,800.
Revival
Above: From Revival, a vintage rug disrupting start up from the founder of Brooklinen, offers one of the widest selections of vintage rugs online out there. Shown here is the Tetsu Vintage Overdyed Rug (9’9″ x 12’8″) is $2,690.
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