Vintage rugs feature fanciful, abstract and colorful motifs and they were influenced by the most prominent artistic styles and movements of the past century like art deco, cubism, art nouveau, and modernism.
Home décor is like fashion. Retro trends in fashion and interior design lately made a comeback in a big way. If you plan to give your home a vintage makeover, you will have to mingle particular motifs and materials in order to create a unique retro style. There are many ways for giving to your house that classical feel. You can use old furniture, vintage wallpaper, different fabrics and other elements. A vintage rug can be one of them.
Rugs are indispensable accessories for the house because they fill empty space properly as well as they add a sense of warmth and softness to a home. In most of cases rugs are considered as the accessory from around which the entire design of a room depends on. There are countless vintage rugs produced during the mid-20th century that can be used since the modern 20th century styles have become important when it comes to vintage furniture. These rugs feature fanciful, abstract and colorful motifs. Vintage rugs were influenced by the most prominent artistic styles and movements of the past century like art deco, cubism, art nouveau, modernism etc.
The designers aim was to experiment new sensations in terms of sensory experience. Hence, rugs design evolved from traditional to a modern and elegant style conforming to the new trends of the time based on abstract motifs. Those new trends were applied not only to rugs and carpets produced in European countries but even to those that were made in oriental countries that have always been considered as the origin of traditional rugs and carpets.
Vintage rugs are characterized by experimentation. They replaced the expensive traditional rugs with new gorgeous fresh style motifs. These rugs are apt for the people that want to change completely the atmosphere in their house.