Antique Tibetan Checkerboard Rug, Naturally Dyed Wool, Early 20th Century

This rug from the early part of the 20th century is made from naturally dyed wool from the highlands of Tibet. Wangden is the name of the valley in Tibet where these rugs originate f...

This floor mat once occupied a tribal long house of the Dayak Tribe of Borneo. It is made from woven dyed and natural coloured rattan fibres & features diagonal black fibres. Dim...

This Yomud tribal rug from Turkmenistan features a striking orange background as well as a mix of tribal detailing and motifs. It is composed of wool and originates from the early 20...

This Antique Uzbekistan Tartari Kilim was crafted from the prolific and diverse Uzbek weavers of Sar-i-Pul. It was crafted using a distinct weave double-interlock technique and employs a grid pattern of diamond shapes. Sar-i-Pul is a town set...

This Antique Uzbekistan Tartari Kilim was crafted from the prolific and diverse Uzbek weavers of Sar-i-Pul. It was crafted using a distinct weave double-interlock technique and employs a grid pattern of diamonds shapes that contain eight pointed stars. Sar-i-Pul is a town set...

This large antique Uzbekistan Tartari Safid Kilim was crafted from the prolific and diverse Uzbek weavers of Sar-i-Pul. It was crafted using a distinct weave double-interlock technique. Safid means white and these kilims have unusually large areas of white/ivory plain weave. The present Kilim features stunning bright orange bands and tribal patterning. Sar-i-Pul is a town set...

This Tibetan Dragon rug is a beautiful and unique addition to your home. The intricate hand-knotted wool design features two central dragons , set a...

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".

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...

Rare size Chinese Peking rug in tan and blue, circa 1910, measures: 4'11" x 7'6" Peking rugs consist of designs that are simpler and asymmetrical, often tending toward modern western Art...

A vintage Tibetan rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 6" x 16' 1".