Late 20th Century Tibetan Rug

A rare early 20th century Tibetan rug with a single central peony against a multi-colored striped background and surrounded by a thick black border.

A sweet late 20th century Chinese rug with myriad potted flowers including chrysanthemum, peonies, and prunus blossoms all woven in pale pinks, y...

A beautiful 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a central floral medallion against a dark abrash indigo background, and surrounded by a wide stylized lotus and scrolling vine patter...

An early 20th century Chinese Feti rug with a beautiful chocolate brown background with an indigo and natural wool colored floral medallion, surrounded by a sweet complementary flora...

A beautiful early 20th century East Turkestan Khotan rug with several medallions with stylized flowers woven in muted colors inducing gold, crimson, pink, and brown against a coral c...

A charming early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a central peony medallion amidst a field of more peonies and surrounded by a wide complex border containing geometric and floral...

Tibet, circa 1920 Handwoven.

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 5' 8" Chinese Rugs & Carpet: The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets...

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 10" x 4' 8".

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 1" x 5' 4".

Tibetan Saddle Seat Rug, Early 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 2'0" W x 2'6" L

A vintage Tibetan Art Deco accent rug designed and signed by Nini Ferrucci, and handmade during the late 20th century. Measures: 6' 9" x 8' 3"