Damask in turquoise, tied row by row in India
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270×375 cm
Turquoise Damask Hand-Knotted Bamboo Viscose Rug, Fiber Series
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Runner to salon, ten sizes: bamboo viscose damask on white
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275×370 cm
White and Anthracite Damask Handwoven Bamboo Viscose Rug
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Cream only a shade above the anthracite, in three sizes
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170×240 cm
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Damask in white on white; only the light finds the figure
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250×350 cm
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Corridor lengths of cream, the damask scroll faded back
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270×360 cm
Cream Vintage-Pattern Handwoven Cotton Rug, Ferforje Series
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Matt brown ground, and the damask lit by bamboo viscose
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170×240 cm
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Silver-gray at 175 × 245 cm, the damask figures drawn open
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175×245 cm
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Bamboo viscose in turquoise: the shine is the yarn, not a finish
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230×330 cm
Turquoise Damask Hand-Knotted Bamboo Viscose Rug, Fiber Series
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Cream under a brown damask repeat, hand-knotted in India
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172×245 cm
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Damask in purple over black, handwoven in India
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250×300 cm
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Brown that goes metallic under a window, cotton underneath
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200×300 cm
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White on white, 270 × 370 cm, the damask read by angle
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270×370 cm
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White Damask Handwoven Wool and Bamboo Viscose Rug
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The pattern kept to the border, and worked in bamboo viscose
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200×300 cm
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Silver shot with mink, the damask standing a millimeter proud
227×323 cm
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Knotted close enough to keep the damask curves, in powder pink
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163×240 cm
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Damask drawn in cream over a beige cowhide ground
180×240 cm
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Nothing woven in it: cut skins, blacks gathered to the middle
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Damask cut in black and tan hide, 89 × 150 cm
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Pale hide showing its whorls, the damask drawn in tone alone
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Damask on black: shine from bamboo viscose, body from wool
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170×242 cm
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Ninety-two centimeters of cream, damask closed up tight
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92×148 cm
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Silver damask, eighty centimeters of a much longer scroll
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80×150 cm
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Silver Damask Hand-Knotted Bamboo Viscose Rug
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Ironwork scrolls in pale purple, bamboo viscose on cream
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200×300 cm
Cream and Purple Vintage-Pattern Hand-Knotted Rug, Ferforje Series
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Gray easing into pastel, wool and bamboo viscose over cotton
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80×300 cm
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Gray Damask Hand-Knotted Bamboo Viscose Runner
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A damask rug carries the damask motif: a symmetrical repeating ornament built from a stylized flower or pomegranate inside a pointed oval frame, set in staggered rows across the field. The rugs here are handwoven in India and Türkiye in bamboo-viscose, wool and silk-blend yarn, in sizes from 90 × 150 cm (2'11" × 4'11") to 275 × 370 cm (9' × 12'2").
The pattern is older than the word we use for it in furnishing. It reached European weaving through Damascus, gave its name to the silk cloth, and was carried into wallpaper, upholstery and eventually rugs — which is why a damask rug tends to look right in a room where the curtains and the walls are doing something similar. What follows is what the motif actually is, what the rugs on this page are made of, and how a repeating ornament behaves on a floor.
What the damask motif is
A single ornament, mirrored down its own axis and repeated on a staggered grid. That is the whole definition, and everything else is a variation on it.
The core unit is usually a stylized flower, palmette or pomegranate held inside a pointed oval — the shape a textile historian would call an ogee. Each unit is symmetrical left to right but not top to bottom, and the rows are offset so that a unit in one row sits between two in the row above. The eye reads it as a continuous field rather than as a set of separate figures, which is why damask holds up on a floor where a single large medallion would be cut in half by a sofa.
On a rug, that has one practical consequence. There is no center. A damask field can be placed anywhere in a room, turned 90 degrees, or half covered by furniture, and it still reads as intact — unlike a medallion rug, which has to be centered on something.
What is in the collection
Forty rugs, and almost all of them are handwoven.
- Bamboo-viscose handwoven rugs — the largest group, woven in India. The fiber has a strong sheen, which is what makes the tone-on-tone damask work: the pattern is visible because the pile lies in two directions, not because it is a different color. Cream, white, gray, silver, anthracite, brown and turquoise.
- Wool handwoven rugs — a matte reading of the same motif, in cream, gray, black and brown. The pattern is quieter and the surface holds up better under furniture.
- Silk-blend pieces — a small group woven in Türkiye, in cream and beige, where the damask sits inside a plain framing border.
- Fiber and Ferforje Series — Halıcızade's own, the Fiber Series in turquoise-and-cream bamboo-viscose at sizes to 270 × 375 cm, the Ferforje Series in cream cotton with worn-vintage drawing.
Compare hand-knotted rugs for how a handwoven pile is built, and classic rugs for the older pattern families the damask sits beside.
Tone-on-tone, or two colors?
The distinction decides how loud the rug is in a room, and it is the choice worth making first.
| Tone-on-tone | Two-color contrast | |
|---|---|---|
| How the pattern shows | Through sheen and pile direction — visible from one angle, nearly gone from another | Through color; visible from everywhere in the room |
| Typical colors here | Cream on cream, silver on gray, white on white | Black on cream, turquoise on cream, brown on beige |
| Suits | A room with patterned curtains, wallpaper or upholstery already | A plain room where the rug is the pattern |
| Fiber | Bamboo-viscose, silk blend | Wool, wool-and-bamboo |
A tone-on-tone damask is the more useful rug in practice, because damask is a furnishing pattern before it is a rug pattern. If the curtains, the wallpaper or the sofa already carry an ogee repeat, a rug in the same drawing but the same color as itself echoes them without competing.
Sizes, and where the pattern lands
The collection runs across the full range, and the repeat size changes with it. On a small rug the ogee units read individually; on a 270 × 375 cm piece they read as texture.
- 90 × 150 and 120 × 180 cm (2'11" × 4'11" and 3'11" × 5'11") — bedside, entrance, a small study.
- 170 × 240 and 200 × 300 cm (5'7" × 7'10" and 6'7" × 9'10") — the standard living-room sizes, and where most of this collection sits.
- 230 × 330 to 275 × 370 cm (7'7" × 10'10" to 9' × 12'2") — a large salon, where the whole seating group sits on the rug.
- 80 × 300 to 100 × 410 cm (2'7" × 9'10" to 3'3" × 13'5") — runners. A damask runner is one of the few patterns that survives being seen end-on, because the repeat continues rather than being cut.
Living with one
Rugs in this collection are tagged for professional washing, and the bamboo-viscose ones especially should never be soaked — viscose loses most of its strength while wet, and a rug washed at home in that fiber comes back stiff and dull.
Between washes the routine is short. Vacuum in the direction of the pile without the beater bar. Blot spills rather than rubbing them, because rubbing a lustrous fiber breaks the surface and leaves a matte patch that shows more than the stain did. Rotate the rug twice a year — a sheen-based pattern shows footpath wear as a change in reflection long before it shows as a change in color, and rotating spreads it. Keep it out of a strip of direct sun from a south window.
Frequently asked questions
What is a damask pattern?
A symmetrical ornament — usually a stylized flower, palmette or pomegranate inside a pointed oval — repeated in staggered rows across a field. Each unit mirrors down its own axis, and the offset rows make the eye read the field as continuous rather than as separate figures.
Are damask rugs classic or modern?
Both, depending on how they are colored. The same drawing in cream on cream reads as a modern textured surface, while the same drawing in black on cream reads as a classical furnishing pattern.
What are these damask rugs made of?
Mostly bamboo-viscose yarn, handwoven in India, with a second group in wool and a small group of silk-blend pieces woven in Türkiye. The bamboo-viscose has the sheen that makes tone-on-tone patterning possible.
Does a damask rug need to be centered in the room?
No. A damask field has no central medallion, so it can be placed off-center, turned or half covered by furniture and still read as complete. That is its main practical advantage over a medallion rug.
Do damask rugs work with patterned curtains?
Yes, if the rug is tone-on-tone. Damask began as a furnishing pattern, so a rug carrying the same ogee repeat in a single color echoes patterned curtains or wallpaper instead of competing with them.
How should a damask rug be cleaned?
Professionally. The rugs in this collection are tagged for professional washing, and bamboo-viscose in particular should never be soaked, since the fiber loses most of its strength while wet and dries stiff.
What size damask rug suits a living room?
170 × 240 or 200 × 300 cm for most rooms, where the front legs of the seating stand on the rug. For a large salon with the whole seating group on the rug, 230 × 330 to 275 × 370 cm.
Related collections: classic rugs · medallion rugs · bamboo rugs · floral rugs