Yayla Tribal Rugs, Inc.

Yayla Tribal Rugs, Inc. Yayla Tribal Rugs is a primary source of vegetable dyed area rugs to many retail and dealers across US. Yayla also has a retail presence in Cambridge MA.

HISTORY:
Yayla Tribal Rugs was founded in 1980 by Chris Walter. Yayla, meaning “high summer pasture or mountain pasture” is a word from Turkish, but the word and concept is common to many of nomadic peoples of the Middle East and Central Asia. In the early years Yayla sourced its rugs mainly out of Turkey. In 1987 Chris took the modern vegetable dyeing revival , which had germinated in Turkey in t

he 1980’s and reintroduced it to the Turkmen people from northern Afghanistan who were living as refugees in Pakistan. Working with Turkmen and other refugee groups from Afghanistan, Yayla greatly diversified its rug lines, which led to its rapid growth in the 1990’s. In 1992 Yayla took its experience in vegetable dyeing to India and Nepal as well. NETWORK:
Yayla was a one person operation in 1980, and started out as mainly a wholesaler. Today we remain primarily a wholesaler, with over 100 accounts throughout the US and Canada and Europe.. We also have a retail presence, focused mainly in the Boston and New England area. OBJECTIVE:
Yayla’s objective has always been to create unique and beautiful rugs using all the traditonal materials that have been known and used for countless generations. The essence of traditional materials to Yayla means the use of hand carded and hand spun wool and vegetable dyes. These are the materials that were used in all hand woven rugs prior to the industrial revolution which brought in chemical dyes and machine spinning in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Laying out a carpet of colors for your eyes …. Customers seeking the one that speaks to them. Beauty, after all, lies in...
08/08/2026

Laying out a carpet of colors for your eyes ….
Customers seeking the one that speaks to them. Beauty, after all, lies in the eyes of the beholder.

First week of August and sales-tax free weekend is four days away. Multiple carpets have already been reserved and put a...
08/03/2026

First week of August and sales-tax free weekend is four days away.
Multiple carpets have already been reserved and put aside … it is time for you to get yours!
There is one waiting with your name on it. Come find it!

Some days we sell more than carpets :) Some summer days Yayla has a yard sale led by the younger members of the staff … ...
07/04/2026

Some days we sell more than carpets :) Some summer days Yayla has a yard sale led by the younger members of the staff … this was one such happening day in June and we brought in 20 dollars or thereabouts … it was, by common consensus, a hugely successful yard sale.

Yayla’s next big sale is going to be the sales tax free weekend on August 8th and 9th. We hope to see you there.

Remains of a breakfast on what-promises-to-be a hot summer’s day in Boston.All on a carpet derived from a Mahal design f...
06/12/2026

Remains of a breakfast on what-promises-to-be a hot summer’s day in Boston.

All on a carpet derived from a Mahal design from the mid to late 19th C. However, the design has been simplified by removing the outer border, amplifying the focus on the all-over ground design of geometricized floral/arboreal motifs.

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Mid-size to small Baluchi rugs from South Western Afghanistan. Sometimes customers know exactly what they are looking fo...
06/11/2026

Mid-size to small Baluchi rugs from South Western Afghanistan.
Sometimes customers know exactly what they are looking for and Yayla always has a stock ready for them to flip through.

Varıatıons of Mamluk by Chris Walter. Designing and producing our carpets since 1988.What you find here is a unique cre...
05/22/2026

Varıatıons of Mamluk by Chris Walter.
Designing and producing our carpets since 1988.

What you find here is a unique creation - not just because of the design sensibilities but also because of our unique vegetable dye process.

Beautiful Heriz from Yayla’s Aryana line … gracing the hallowed halls of Harvard.
05/18/2026

Beautiful Heriz from Yayla’s Aryana line … gracing the hallowed halls of Harvard.

Address

283 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
02139

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+16175763249

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