Color: Red and Blue Details:Oushak RugsOushak, or Ushak, Uşak rugs are the most popular Turkish area rugs design. Oushak rugsare named after the city where they are initially made.Durable, beautiful, elegant; the queen of the rug universe, antique Oushaks are made withlove to spread grace in today’s world.The PatternsMade by the villagers of the Uşak city, Turkey, Oushak rugs, among all, manifest themselveswith the delicacy of their fine floral designs, which surprisingly goes with both modern andclassic design language. Thus, Oushaks are indeed a part of a “timeless design”. This elegantfloral concept in design is often accompanied by a tentative medallion in the middle. Thescattered, unorderly manner of the patterns around it almost shows its post-modernity, amonument of modern expression from the past.The Use of ColorAs being exceptionally unique and attractive in terms of design, Oushaks could be found indifferent palettes than classic ivory and saffron like blues, pastel tones, apricot, and evengreen. As they are manufactured in western Turkey, stating that the color palette of Oushaksis Mediterranean influenced would not be wrong at all. Especially in the last decades, themore the lighter colors increased in design, the more Oushaks have been chosen by theinterior designers in Europe and USA, rather than bold and dark Persian antique palette.Matched Interior Design TrendsThe decorative ideas for Oushak rugs are pretty easy, as they are already, so to speak, wouldchange all look in your room, taking all the burden from other details. Yet they are stillcompatible with many popular trends from Traditional look to Contemporary.This unique design of Oushak rugs merged with the one-of-a-kind nature of handmade rugshas made them irreplaceable for the famous Ottoman mosques and the most important palacesduring the Ottoman dynasty. Today, the oversize Oushaks used in Ottoman palaces are stillexhibited in a museum in Istanbul.
