The term "transitional design" encompasses many types of contemporary rug "looks". At its most basic the term describes a mix of "something old and something new" – a visual bridge between traditional rug design and contemporary rug design that ultimately becomes a unique hybrid of the two styles. Often driven by recent trends in design, transitional rugs are created by a contemporary designer who has looked to the past for inspiration and adapted traditional motifs by subtle pattern alterations plus new colorations and innovative weaving and finishing techniques such as hi and low pile and emphasis on fiber combinations such as wool and silk.
New technologies also aid transitional designs as digital drafts (as opposed to the traditional method of hand drawn design graphs) can be altered and improved in infinite ways. Overlaps, glitches, and similar effects are enhanced by physical manipulation of the rug fibers including disintegration where dyes and fibers are manipulated to create dreamlike pools and crevices of color, and pile is sheared in creative patterns to create varied pile heights ("hi and low"). Devices and aesthetic components are often considered proprietary secrets and differ from rug company to rug company.
Whether it's called transitional or modernized tradition, the rugs produced in this category are some of the most effective ways to enhance traditional interior design with a reference to the contemporary, and ground contemporary interior design with subtly beautiful references to tradition.
Transitional
Battleship Gray, Broken Persian Erased Design, Silk with Textured Wool, Hand Knotted, Sample Mat Oriental Rug
SKU : 438905
Exact Size: 2'1" x 3'1"
$681
$289
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Stone Gray, Wool and Silk, Broken Persian Design, Hand Knotted, Sample Mat Oriental Rug
SKU : 438900
Exact Size: 2'0" x 3'0"
$516
$219
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Nyanza Green, Pure Silk with Textured Wool, Mughal Design, Hand Knotted, Mat Oriental Rug
SKU : 438880
Exact Size: 2'0" x 3'0"
$676
$287
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Carbon Gray, Broken Persian Erased Design, Pure Silk with Textured Wool, Hand Knotted, Round Oriental Rug
SKU : 438765
Exact Size: 9'10" x 9'10"
$8,235
$3,500
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Cloud Gray, Broken and Erased Kashan Design, Pure Silk, Hand Knotted, Round Oriental Rug
SKU : 438760
Exact Size: 10'0" x 10'0"
$10,588
$4,500
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Agreeable Gray, THE SUNSET ROSETTES, Pure Silk and Wool, Hand Knotted, Round Oriental Rug
SKU : 438750
Exact Size: 10'0" x 10'0"
$10,350
$4,399
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Sharkskin Blue, Zero Pile Shaved Down, Caucasian Gul Motifs All Over Borderless Design, Vegetable Dyes, Hand Knotted Organic Wool Oriental Rug
SKU : 376635
Exact Size: 8'0" x 10'0"
$7,341
$3,120
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Faded Baby Blue, Antiqued Persian Sultanabad Pure Wool , Zero Pile, Shaved Down, Hand Knotted Oriental Rug
SKU : 376625
Exact Size: 9'1" x 12'3"
$10,210
$4,339
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Charcoal Black and Midnight Blue, All Over Caucasian Spaceship Design, Shaved Down, Hand Knotted Zero Pile, Oriental Rug
SKU : 376620
Exact Size: 8'10" x 12'2"
$9,861
$4,191
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