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Fine Hand-Knotted Rugs — Upper Price Tier

We have gathered rugs in the 50,000 - 150,000 TL range on this page. Once you've set your budget, you can comfortably find the quality, stylish rug that suits you best in this range.

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  2. Rows and columns of Anatolian figures, wool over cotton

    Multicolor Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, 194×278 cm Halıcızade 194×278 cm

    One of a kind

    Multicolor Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Rug

    Hand-Knotted Rug · Wool · Cotton ·Colorful

    from 81.000 TL ≈ 15.000 TL/m²

    • All-natural fibers
    • Woven in wool

  3. Kazak motifs you can find with a palm, not just an eye

    Multicolor Kazak Cicim Handwoven Wool Kilim, 180×285 cm Halıcızade 180×285 cm

    One of a kind

    Multicolor Kazak Cicim Handwoven Wool Kilim

    Handwoven Kilim Rug · Wool ·Colorful

    from 85.000 TL ≈ 16.500 TL/m²

    • All-natural fibers
    • Woven in wool

  9. Chest-kept Herki runner, orange shifting batch by batch

    Orange Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Herki Runner, 80×346 cm Halıcızade 80×346 cm

    One of a kind

    Orange Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Herki Runner

    Hand-Knotted Rug · Wool · Cotton ·Orange

    from 75.000 TL ≈ 27.000 TL/m²

    • All-natural fibers
    • Woven in wool

This collection gathers Halıcızade's upper price tier: rugs in which the cost is going into hand work rather than machine time — denser wool pile, room-size and oversize formats, silk and bamboo-viscose accents, and old Anatolian village weavings that exist in a single example and cannot be reordered.

Browsing by price is a different act from browsing by pattern, and the filter is only useful once you know what the money is buying. This page explains what pushes a rug into this tier, what you will find here, and how to read the age language on the listings. Only rugs currently in stock appear, so the contents turn over.

What moves a rug into this tier

Three things, and none of them is the pattern.

Labor. A hand-knotted rug is tied one knot at a time; a room-size piece is months of a weaver's work, and that time is most of the price. Size. Area scales the labor directly — a 250 x 340 cm (8'2" x 11'2") rug holds nearly twice the knots of a 170 x 240 cm (5'7" x 7'10") one. Fiber. Highland wool costs more than lowland wool, and silk and bamboo-viscose accents cost more again, because they are finer and slower to work.

What you actually find here

Four groups, sharing a price band and very little else.

  • Indian hand-knotted series — classical drawing worked in wool and bamboo-viscose, including Hereke-style framed fields and Oushak medallions at room size.
  • Afghan and Pakistani wool — dense, all-wool pile in Karabakh, Mamluk and tree-of-life layouts.
  • Old Anatolian village weavings — Taşpınar and Döşemealtı from the Aksaray and Antalya country, Çanakkale and Kırşehir pieces, Yağcıbedir rugs from near Balıkesir, most of them one-offs out of household storage.
  • Flat weaves and patchwork — cicim kilims and shawl-rug patchwork, which reach this tier at runner and room sizes.

The construction pages sit at hand-knotted rugs, and the single-example pieces at rare rugs.

Density buys drawing, not durability

The most useful thing to understand at this level is what knot count does and does not do.

Knots are counted across the back of a rug, per square decimeter. A high count lets a weaver resolve a curve, a face, a line of script or a bird's feathers; a low count cannot hold that detail at any price. Durability is a different question, answered by wool quality, dye and how the rug is treated. A coarse Anatolian village rug tied in springy highland wool will outlast a fine one made from poor fleece. Buy density when you want the drawing, not when you want the years.

How to read the age words

These are trade conventions with no issuing body behind them, and the house uses them consistently.

TermAgeWhat to expect
Antique100 years or moreNatural dyes throughout, wear, repairs, strong abrash; each piece unique
Semi-antique50 to 100 yearsSoftened color, settled pile, generally still in daily-use condition
Vintage20 to 80 yearsOverlaps semi-antique; often washed or overdyed for a contemporary palette
NewUnder 20 yearsCurrent weaving, full pile, sizes and colorways repeatable

Older pieces are gathered at vintage rugs, and the Aksaray weaving tradition at Taşpınar rugs.

Judging one before you buy

Turn it over first, then check four things.

The back of a hand-knotted rug shows the pattern almost as clearly as the front, in slightly uneven rows, and the fringe is the warp itself rather than a strip sewn on. Fold a tuft of pile back: madder red and indigo blue shift gradually down the fiber, while a flat, identical color from tip to root indicates a chemical dye — a different thing, not a fault. A band of color running across the field is abrash, the mark of one dye lot ending and another beginning. Finally, look at the selvedge and the ends, which is where an old rug shows its repairs.

Living with one

The habits are the same as for any wool rug, applied more consistently.

Vacuum with the beater bar off, in the direction of the pile. Rotate twice a year so light and traffic move around, and keep the rug out of a full south window. Blot spills at once and never rub. A hand-knotted wool rug in daily use is worth a professional wash every twelve to eighteen months, and an old or fragile piece should be handled only by a washer who works on hand-knotted rugs.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of rugs are in this tier?

Mostly hand-knotted wool: Indian series drawn from Hereke and Oushak sources, Afghan and Pakistani weavings, and old Anatolian village rugs bought one at a time. Flat-woven cicim kilims and patchwork shawl rugs also reach it at larger sizes.

What am I paying for at this level?

Time, size and fiber, in that order. A hand-knotted rug of 200 x 300 cm (6'7" x 9'10") represents months of work at the loom, and doubling the area of a rug roughly doubles the labor in it.

Does a higher price mean a more durable rug?

No. Knot density buys finer drawing, not longer life; a coarse village rug can outlast a fine one. What price reliably buys is drawing quality, size, better wool and, in older pieces, scarcity.

Are these rugs one of a kind?

Many are. The old Anatolian pieces exist in a single example, and the collection only shows rugs currently in stock, so a piece that sells does not come back. The series rugs can be rewoven; the village weavings cannot.

Are rugs at this level a good investment?

A well-made hand-knotted wool rug is built to be used for decades and to be worth repairing, which is a different claim from an expectation of financial return. Buy it as a floor you intend to keep.

What does antique mean on these listings?

Trade usage, with no issuing authority behind it: antique means 100 years or more, semi-antique 50 to 100, vintage 20 to 80, and anything newer is simply new. Individual listings state the age the house attributes to the piece.

How should a rug at this level be cared for?

Vacuum with the beater bar off, rotate the rug twice a year, and blot spills instead of rubbing them. Deep cleaning belongs with a professional rug washer who handles hand-knotted work; machine washing will damage the foundation.

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