Traditional Designs

Aubusson

A circular format built around concentric medallions: a central rosette in rose, cream, and blue petals encircled by a floral wreath on a deep brown ground, all set within a lavender-grey field. Four winged griffin-like creatures occupy the corners of the field, paired around a small urn at the bottom and a domed pavilion motif at the top, with trailing floral vines filling the remaining ground. The outer border repeats a leafy vine on a soft peach band, framed by narrow ivory and tan guard stripes.

Bessarabian

A dark brown ground carries a central column of stacked snowflake-like rosettes in slate blue, ivory, salmon, and touches of coral red, interspersed with small stepped diamonds along the vertical axis. This central panel is framed by a plain pale blue band and then a wide ivory and yellow lattice border filled with small diamond compartments holding tiny abstract figures in blue, red, and ochre. The palette throughout stays soft and muted, with the dark field setting off the lighter, patterned border.

Swedish Flatweave Runner

A narrow runner composed entirely of horizontal stripes in varying widths of olive and grass green, interrupted at intervals by thin bands of pale pink and cream. The field runs edge to edge without a distinct border, and both ends finish in loosely knotted fringe.

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