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17th Century Antique Chinese Ningxia Long Rug with Scrolling Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
Early Ningxia carpets are among the most elegant weavings from the East. The best and rarest examples were woven during Kangxi period, marking the beginning of the Qing dynasty, when...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool
Abstract Design Salsa Rug in Wool, Silk and Nettle by Zoë Luyendijk Studio
By Zoë Luyendijk
Located in Milan, IT
Zoë Luyendijk is one of the most talented and artistic designers active in the contemporary rug world. What distinguishes her carpets is that, while each has the immediate impact o...
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Early 2000s Nepalese Modern Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool, Silk, Hemp
Antique Nichols & Co. Dark Aubergine Art Deco Carpet
By Nichols
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pieces are k...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Nichols & Co. Black Art Deco Chinese Rug
By Nichols
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pieces are k...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Elegant Art Deco Chinese Rug by Nichols & Co.
By Nichols
Located in Milan, IT
During the Art Deco period many designers commissioned their patterns to the city looms located in Tianjin through companies such as Nichols & Company. Some designs, such as this one...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Silk Yarkand Throne Cover Rug with Opposing Dragons and Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine and rare antique throne back cover from Yarkand, in eastern Turkestan, hand knotted entirely in pure silk. A true gem of a weaving, with that perfect balance of colour an...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
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Silk
Antique Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Helen Fette
By Helen Fette
Located in Milan, IT
A superb example of Art Deco weaving originating from China for the Western market. Finely knotted with silky wool with a floppy yet sturdy handle, a characteristic of the Fette-Li c...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Throne Back Cover with Lion Dogs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Ningxia Chinese throne back cover of Imperial quality in pristine condition. A true gem distinguished by a plethora of shades of red, blue...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Minimalist Antique Peking Chinese Rug with Tone-on-Tone Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
The minimalist effect achieved by this Chinese carpet is very much favoured by decorators outfitting many of today’s most stylish interiors. The field is decorated by a subtle tone o...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Khaden Rug with Lotus Flowers and Cloud Bands
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Tibetan meditation rug with a lacquer red background, embellished in black and showing two bracketed roundels each containing a stylisat...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Camel Hair Chinese Primitive Pile Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare rug originating from the Taklamakan desert, located in northwest China, sparsely knotted with strands of unspun camel hair. Each row of knots is separated by a considerab...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Tribal Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Sky Blue Tsuktruk Minimalist Tibetan Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tsukdruk rugs are possibly the most representative examples of the Tibetan nomadic weaving tradition. Woven with lanolin-rich highland wool, these come in narrow strips constructed o...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Door Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An especially rare example of door rug, known with this term because the design mimics the same exact motifs present on the silk and cotton brocades which som...
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Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Meditation Rug with Three Mandalas
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a soft yellow background, the design of this unusual khaden consists of three Mandala elements, symbols of the universe, resulting from a stylisation of the Greek fr...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Khaden Meditation Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare Tibetan meditation rug with a lacquer red background, sparsely embellished in golden yellow by a series of lotus flower roundels alternated to ge...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Monastic Tiger Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tigers are not native animals of the Tibetan plateau; however their presence in neighbouring countries such as China and India partly explain its depiction, both in a realistic as well as in an abstract fashion, on a specific group of antique Tibetan weavings. The tiger pelt became a symbol of high rank in Tibet, employed almost exclusively on weavings which belonged to the religious as well as secular upper class. Following a series of important exhibitions and publications, rugs with this design have become exceedingly rare and sought-after.
On this rare monastic example, the tiger pelt rug...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Tsukdruk Rug with Tiger Pelt Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
Tsukdruk rugs are possibly the most representative examples of the Tibetan nomadic weaving tradition. Woven with lanolin-rich highland wool, these come in narrow strips constructed o...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Red and White Checkerboard Design Meditation Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Checkerboard rugs are among the most sought-after antique Tibetan weavings. Their appeal lies in the simplicity and, at the same time, sophistication of the geometric pattern, which ...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
18th Century Imperial Ningxia Chinese Throne Back Cover with Lion Dog
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare Imperial Ningxia throne cover from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, distinguished by an exquisitely drawn lion dog, which is an auspic...
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Antique 1750s Chinese Qing Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Prestige Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven during the Art Deco period, rugs of this type were commissioned by the nobility and the high ranking officers inhabiting the Tarim Basin in eastern Turkestan, which is the hear...
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Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Tibetan Khaden Rug with Black Stepped Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and elegant Tibetan rug in the khaden format distinguished by a snow white background decorated by an infinite repeat of parallel and offset rows of black stepped diamonds...
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Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Large Antique White Japanese Cotton Nabesima Dantsu Rug with Ningxia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Carpet weaving was introduced in Japan during the 17th century, when rugs began to be imported as luxury goods from China. Since Taisho period in the early 20th century, rugs were commonly referred to as 'Dantsu', deriving from the Chinese word...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Cotton
Fine Antique Blue Peking Imperial Dragon Carpet, Circa 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A central, five-clawed dragon (the symbol of both the forces of nature and the Chinese emperor), is surrounded by four other dragons, all floating on an indigo blue background. At bo...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Silk Kashgar Throne Cover Rug Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
This very rare fragment belongs to a specific group of twelve silk Kashgar throne covers, all with a similar design and palette and distinguished by an ex...
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Antique Early 18th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
Materials
Silk
Rare Antique Aubergine Purple Small Monastic Tibetan Sitting Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Tibetan rugs woven with thick squarish knots in brilliant colours are considered among the earliest, and are often referred to in Tibet as Gyantse. Here we see a centralised light bl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Light Yellow Chinese Art Deco Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by an unusual all-over grid pattern on a soft lemon yellow background, this carpet is an example of the eclecticism of Chinese weavings in ...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Museum Quality Antique Chinese Pillar Rug with Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual long and narrow pillar rug, decorated by large lotus flowers with tracery in a manner reminiscent of Ming period weavings. It is very finely ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Mint Antique Imperial Chinese Ningxia Throne Back Cover with Lion Dogs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Ningxia Chinese throne back cover of Imperial quality in pristine condition. A true gem distinguished by a plethora of shades of red, ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Tibetan Khaden Monastic Rug with Longevity Motifs
Located in Milan, IT
Finely hand knotted employing the best quality Tibetan highland wool, this exceptional khaden was commissioned as a sitting rug for a high ranked Tibetan Lama for monastic use. The u...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early Chinese Kangxi Period '1662-1722' Ningxia Rug with Blossom Palmettes
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual Chinese rug, possibly used originally as a dais cover, which had been previously attributed to the Western region of Gansu (H. König, Gansu, Hali 138, London 2005, pl. 13, p. 58). However both the structure and the colours are fairly typical of Ningxia weavings from the Kangxi period (1662-1722), which marks the first Qing Dynasty empire following the Ming Dynasty and which still carries much of its iconography. Of particular note are the four stylised blue dragons on a coral background which decorate the corners of the composition. A true masterpiece of early Chinese textile art.
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Early Khotan Rug with Two Niches
Located in Milan, IT
I don’t know of any other East Turkestan rug with only two niches, displayed here in a sort of yin yang. The outstanding palette, consisting of three shades of red, blue and green, i...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian...
Materials
Wool
18th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug with Floral Medallion and Butterflies
Located in Milan, IT
Characterised by the delicate drawing which distinguishes the weavings of the short and noble Yongzheng period (1723-1735), it has a beautifully drawn...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Chinese Rug by Nichols & Co.
Located in Milan, IT
A blue ground rug with an ascending pattern of stylised clouds woven by Nichols & Co, a leading American company based in Tianjin known for its very sturdy and hardwearing rugs, usua...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Geometric Design Chinese Rug with Polychrome Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
There is a group of later Chinese carpets which are characterized by geometric, often abstract patterns that seem inspired by Western sensibilities. What is puzzling however is that most of these weavings have been sourced in recent years in China itself, where they have been used in households ever since they were made. Whatever its origin, the resulting pattern of coloured lozenges has an outstanding three dimensional quality, and can be compared to the most important objects of twentieth century design.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique White Ground Tibetan Khaden Rug with Black Stepped Diamonds
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and elegant Tibetan rug in the khaden format distinguished by a snow white background decorated by an infinite repeat of parallel and offset rows of black stepped diamonds...
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Antique 1880s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indigo Blue Geometric Ningxia Chinese Rug with Rosettes in Compartments
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Chinese rug decorated with an all-over pattern of eight-petalled rosettes, joined together to form a lattice in the negative of which is the longevity motif, that ...
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Antique 1880s Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Stunning Lacquer Red Chinese Art Deco Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
During the Art Deco period many designers commissioned their patterns to the city looms located in Tianjin through companies such as Nichols & Co. Some designs, such as this one, show a combination of European sensibility together with a Chinese influence, where we see Ming period vases framed by tone-on-tone floral elements on a rich lacquer red...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Distressed 18th Century Antique Ningxia Chinese Narrow Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An exquisitely elegant early Temple runner from the Ningxia region in northwest China, commissioned in the early 18th century for a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. The pattern is compos...
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Blue & White Mongolian Rug with Cloudbands and Longevity Symbols
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and beautiful antique northern Chinese rug, attributed to the Inner Mongolian region, distinguished by an ivory background decorated in two tones of indigo blue by a 'Shou' me...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Mongolian Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Nichols & Co.
By Nichols
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pi...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Blue Kansu Oversize Carpet with Mandala Roundel and Infinite Discs
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare and elegant oversized Kansu carpet, distinguished by a quincuncial pattern composed by a central Mandala roundel and four quartered elements in the corners, overlaid on a...
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Antique 1850s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Blue Peking Chinese Rug with Scrolling Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely woven antique Chinese rug woven in the Imperial workshops of Peking. Distinguished by an elegant pattern of scrolling lotus flowers on an indigo background, this type r...
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Antique 1890s Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Kansu Rug with Tiger Pelt Pattern and Confronting Dragons
Located in Milan, IT
This rug belongs to a small group of weavings recently defined as RKO because of their distinctive design, consisting of a sequence of bands with strokes and dashes that are reminiscent of the sonic sound waves present on the logo of the RKO motion picture company. The structural characteristics of this piece, together with the type of wool employed, indicate its origin to the district of Kansu, of which we know only fifteen examples. The field pattern is clearly a rendition of a tiger pelt...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Khotan Kilim Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual flat woven cover from the Khotan oasis in eastern Turkestan, distinguished by a honeycomb arrangement of octagons containing polychrome stepped lozenges with hooked extensions. We see similar patterns in the early pile rugs of this region, especially in conjunction with the stylised Greek...
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Antique 1830s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool
Antique Ivory Indochine Rug with Stylised Pattern and Cartouche Border
Located in Milan, IT
A specific cluster of northern Indian rugs are inspired by antique Chinese weavings, and are often referred to as Indochine. Here wee see a very subtle palette on an ivory background...
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Early 20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Lacquer Red Tibetan Rug with Geometric Design
Located in Milan, IT
Here a series of golden yellow octagonal motifs, obtained from the stylisation of the dragon element, are arranged in an orderly manner against a rare lacquer red...
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Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Grey Background Art Deco Period Samarkand Rug with Pomegranates
Located in Milan, IT
The great fascination of the carpets from eastern Turkestan, better known as Samarkands, is best explained in terms of the perfect balance between the force of the geometric design a...
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Vintage 1920s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Garnet Tone on Tone Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A unique Art Deco carpet distinguished by a sparse and subtle floral tone-on-tone pattern in shades of garnet and amaranth. Rugs of this type were commissioned by Nichols & Co. in Ti...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Wangden Rug with Red Open Field
Located in Milan, IT
A fairly unique example of monochrome Wangden rug, the latter being distinguished by the characteristic warp-face back. Typical for the group is the use of lanolin-rich wool which im...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare and Elegant 18th Century Antique Yarkand Samarkand Distressed Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and early Yarkand large format rug, distinguished by an infinite repeat pattern of the so-called 'five-flower herati' motif on a soft red back...
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Antique 1780s Turkestan Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool
Rare and Antique Geometric Ivory Mongolian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Today Mongolian carpets are highly appreciated for the geometric character of their design and for their neutral palette, which is often centred on an ivory/dark colour combination. ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Mongolian Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool
Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Nichols & Co.
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pi...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
1930s Art Deco Chinese Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
This rare and unusual carpet, which is perhaps more reminiscent of a contemporary painting than a weaving, is decorated with a 'salt and pepper' effect through the miscellany of red ...
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
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Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Kashgar Rug with Mughal Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare small format, very finely knotted antique rug from the oasis of Kashgar, located in eastern Turkestan. Distinguished by a unique soft red background and by an all-over pattern consisting of a trellis containing a directional floral blossom motif characteristic of the Indian Mughal Dynasty...
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Antique Early 19th Century East Turkestani Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rare Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug with Blue Lotus Flowers on a Blush Pink Field
Located in Milan, IT
This rare Ningxia rug features a blush pink background decorated by a directional pattern of large blue lotus flowers, symbols of long life, connected by a thin leafy vinery. The blu...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Khaden Rug with Indigo Scrolling Peonies
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and elegant Tibetan rug in the khaden format distinguished by a beige background decorated by indigo blue scrolling peony flowers. The khaden format indicates that it was orig...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Art Nouveau Chinese Rug with Pastel Colors
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely knotted antique Chinese carpet from the Art Nouveau period distinguished by a tone-on-tone all over design of stylized lotus flowers connected to one another through a ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Fragment of the Antique Tiffany Chinese Carpet with Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
The only huge carpet known to have left the Imperial Palace in Beijing's Forbidden City, formerly in the Perenchio collection, is the famous Tiffany carpet, 9.99 metres long and once 9.68 metres wide, but since reduced to 7.20 metres wide. The carpet was originally made in three parts to fit around the columns of an unknown hall, and was reportedly last used in China in the private temple of the Empress Dowager Cixi. It was purchased for Louis Comfort Tiffany of New York, who owned it for more than thirty years. The Tiffany carpet is currently attributed to the end of the Ming dynasty and is thought to have been made in the first part of the 17th century. The field pattern is composed of a repeating design of rows of lotus flowers on a soft beige ground, originally deep red, overlaid in the centre with a medallion formed by a blue line edged in ivory and pinched in the four corners. The field is enclosed by two borders on the same colour, which reappears beyond the borders to create a wide band around the outer edge. The inner border is composed of a lattice of stepped squares filled with a swastika, with a large rosette at each intersection. The outer border is a double version of the swastika fret. A section of the field is shown here, and a few other fragments survive.
The Tiffany carpet clearly forms a link between the carpets made during the late 16th century and those made in the late 17th century. Examples with an identical flower design or the same specific ‘heavy’ weave are now referred to as the ‘Tiffany’ type after this most important carpet. Other carpets of this type include one in the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City and one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Tiffany type...
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Square Chinese Art Nouveau Rug with Pastel Colours
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Chinese carpet from the Art Nouveau period characterised by an all-over pattern of tone on tone lotus flowers scrolling on a soft cream background within a circula...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Nouveau Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Denim Blue Chinese Rug with Tone on Tone Scrolling Leaf Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined antique Chinese carpet, distinguished by a subtle tone on tone pattern of scrolling leafs in sky blue on a denim blue background, reminiscent of the most sophisticat...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
