rugs under €500
We don't hold clearance sales, run dubious promotions or grant artificial discounts. In return, we always offer you our rugs at a fair and excellent price!
Even so, here you'll find some reduced and affordable rugs under €500
Under €500 you'll find genuine hand-knotted and hand-woven rugs with us – currently more than 2,000 pieces, with an average price of around €220. Small and medium formats are realistic here. From small accent rugs starting at 60 x 40 cm up to sizes such as 240 x 170 cm. Plus plenty of runners.
A really generous living-room rug at 200 x 300 cm isn't part of this range – for that you'll need from around €1,000.
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Belutsch | 184 x 105 cm | Nr. 12-456075 410,00 € -
Belutsch | 190 x 103 cm | Nr. 12-456032 410,00 € -
Belutsch | 190 x 102 cm | Nr. 12-456021 410,00 € -
Nain | 98 x 60 cm | Nr. 12-446792 410,00 € -
Keshan | 150 x 100 cm | Nr. 12-484480 400,00 € -
Kazak | 192 x 92 cm | Nr. 12-483886 400,00 € -
Keshan | 148 x 100 cm | Nr. 12-476732 400,00 € -
Keshan | 153 x 96 cm | Nr. 12-471954 400,00 € -
Keshan | 152 x 97 cm | Nr. 12-471918 400,00 € -
Keshan | 150 x 98 cm | Nr. 12-471915 400,00 € -
Keshan | 150 x 100 cm | Nr. 12-471911 400,00 € -
Hamadan | 172 x 110 cm | Nr. 12-464512 400,00 € -
Kelim | 241 x 160 cm | Nr. 12-481679 400,00 € -
Kelim | 235 x 164 cm | Nr. 12-476888 400,00 € -
Sale Outdoor rug | 230 x 160 cm | Nr. Z-3917 400,00 € Regular price 450,00 € -
Belutsch | 199 x 96 cm | Nr. 12-456070 400,00 € -
Nain | 97 x 60 cm | Nr. 12-466108 400,00 € -
Lori | 129 x 79 cm | Nr. 12-465935 400,00 € -
Buchara | 307 x 184 cm | Nr. Z-3015 400,00 € -
Kelim | 247 x 177 cm | Nr. Z-2966 400,00 € -
Soumak Kelim | 131 x 84 cm | Nr. Z-1415 400,00 € -
Turkish Oriental rug | 112 x 94 cm | Nr. 12789 400,00 € -
Old Turkmen Rug | 118 x 43 cm | Nr. 20055 400,00 € -
Old Sofreh | 118 x 107 cm | Nr. Z-4543 399,00 €
Rugs under 500 € at a glance
- Selection: over 2,000 items, including around 800 hand-woven Kelim rugs and 1,200 hand-knotted rugs
- Prices: from 25 €, typical price around 220 €
- Typical sizes: 60 × 90 to 150 × 100 cm, plus over 200 runners
- Most common types: Kelim, Kazak, Tapis, Hamadan
- Material: Sheep's wool on a cotton warp, no silk
- Not in this class: Living-room sizes from 250 × 300 cm
What you get for under 500 euros
This price range is the most honest way into real rug craftsmanship. What you'll find here is nothing machine-made: hand-woven Kelims and hand-knotted wool rugs, simply in smaller sizes, or from provenances that are knotted less elaborately, or in some cases pre-owned – genuinely vintage and sustainable.
Size is the lever that sets the price in this class. Half of our rugs under €500 come in at around one square metre, which corresponds to sizes such as 60 x 40 cm, 90 x 60 cm, or 120 x 80 cm and 150 x 100 cm.
The other half is spread across sizes of 150 x 100 cm, 180 x 120 cm, 200 x 150 cm and 240 x 170 cm. So the ceiling is at about 4 m² – individual pieces go up to 6 m², and beyond that this budget doesn't stretch. As a bedside rug, as an accent under the coffee table, in the hallway or in a child's room, this is exactly the right size range.
When it comes to material, here too it stays with what has worked for generations: pile of sheep's wool, warp and weft of cotton. You'll almost never find silk in this class, and rightly so – a genuine Silk Rugs at this price point would be a warning sign. The exceptions here are of course pre-owned rugs, which we always have cleaned, though not always fully restored. That's why they hold plenty of potential to be a real bargain – provided you like the look of a vintage rug. Knot densities are typically around 160,000 knots per m², which is perfectly sufficient for a small format and makes the rug robust enough for everyday areas.
Kelims are the most common type in this bracket, and there's a reason for that: they are woven rather than knotted, so they take less working time per square metre. In return they are flat, reversible and light – ideal for hallways, kitchens and anywhere a door swings over the rug. If you want pile underfoot, take a look at our knotted Oriental rugs such as Hamadan, Kazak, Bukhara, Lori or Nain and Tabriz.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about rugs under €500
Yes. Every piece in this selection is knotted or woven by hand – no machine-made rugs. The low price comes from the size and the knot density, not from the way it is made – a rug of one m² simply takes a quarter of the working time of a rug of four.
The typical range lies between 0.5 and 1.6 m². Common sizes are 90 x 60 cm, 60 x 40 cm, 120 x 80 cm and 150 x 100 cm, plus over 100 runners for hallway and kitchen. There is a good choice in 240 x 170 cm as well. Sizes up to around 4 m² do turn up, but they are the exception.
No. In this price range there is no piece in 250 x 300 cm. With us, hand-knotted rugs in this size start at around 1,000 euros; under 1,500 euros you will currently find just under 300 rugs of 6 m² and larger.
The price of a knotted rug comes almost entirely down to area times knot density times material quality. A small format with solid wool quality and a medium knot count works out to this class without any saving on the handwork. What you will not get here are very fine knotting, pure silk content and large formats.
For hallways, kitchens and under doors the Kelim is the better choice: flat, reversible, easy to move. For living spaces where the rug should feel soft, go for a knotted piece with a pile, such as a Kazak or Hamadan. You will find both in this price range.
Hand-knotted wool rugs last for decades in normal domestic use, whatever the purchase price. What matters is care and placement: vacuum regularly, turn the rug every few months, and put an anti-slip underlay beneath it in heavily used areas.