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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Place of Origin: Chinese
Chinese Imperial Foo Dog, 18th Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
This ancient Chinese carpet knotted in the Ningxia area in the 18th century measures 290 × 196 cm (9' 6" × 6' 5"). From traditional Chinese iconography the decoration takes flower in...
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16th Century Ming Dynasty Dragon Chinese Carpet Fragment. 3 ft x 3 ft
Located in New York, NY
Breathtaking and Highly Collectible Antique 16th Century Ming Dynasty Dragon Chinese Fragment, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 16th Century. Si...
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Antique Distressed Chinese Rug
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Large distressed antique Chinese rug probably, late 18th or early 19th century
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18th Century Chinese Ningxia Main Hall Carpet ( 12'8''x13'4''- 385 x 405 )
Located in New York, NY
Main Hall Carpet
Ningxia
North Central China
First Half of the 18th century
Measures: 12'8" x 13'4" - 386 x 406 cm
Structural Analysis
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77267 Antique Chinese Peking Wedding Rug with Art Deco Chinoiserie Style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center ...
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18th Century Antique Chinese Kansu Rug. 6 ft 7 in x 15 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 18th Century Antique Chinese Kansu Gallery Size Rug, Country Of Origin: China, Circa Date: 18th Century. Size: 6 ft 7 in x 15 ft 6 in (2.01 m x 4.72 m)
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Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug. Size: 6 ft 2 in x 12 ft
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Late 17th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: China Rugs, Circa Date: Late 17th Century – Size: 6 ft 2 in x 12 ft (1.88 m x 3.66 m)
Unlike many traditional Chinese rugs...
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9x12 Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Tree of Life rug
267cm x 346cm
8'9" x 11'4"
9x12
Circa 1920
"This is a magnificent unique antique Art Deco rug. It has a fine quality, and fabulous colorway. This piece has incredible design elements including a tree of life, vase, butterflies and exotic flowers. Pieces like this are hard to come by and are extremely desired."-Antique Rug Collection
Size
8'9" X 11'4"
Serial ID #
20894k
Design
Art Deco
Metric Size
267cm x 346cm
Age
1920 Antique
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Art Deco
Pattern
Art Deco, Exotic Flowers
Material
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Foundation Material
Cotton
Color
Grey, Beige, Pink, Blue, Ivory, Orange, Green, Yellow
Quality
High Quality
Condition
Great Condition, Minute low area
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Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is.
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