Chinese More Carpets

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design with an eclipsed medaion on a tan ground. Measures: 8' x 9'8''.

Contemporary Viennese Design Flat Woven Rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 3'10" × 6'1" (116 × 185 cm). Scandinavian weaving craft has a long tradition, which inspired countless designer...

Contemporary geometric beige, white flat-weave wool rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 4'0" x 5'8" (121 × 172 cm). Flat-woven rugs fit in rather well into even the smallest of flats and...

53874 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 07'06 x 10'08. Chinese Art Deco rugs originated in China during the 1920s and 1930s, reflecting the bold geometric patterns, vibrant colors, and l...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Palace Size Rug Details rug no. j2845 size 11' 11" x 22' 9" (363 x 693 cm) Most found in Room size formats in...

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 8'11'' x 11'6''.

An authentic 20th century larrge Chinese Art Deco with a spacious open field design in bright pink Measures: 10'9'' x 16'6''.

74957 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'09 x 11'07. Sophisticated elegance meets beguiling charm in this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug. The hand-carved floral design ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field. Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6" 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 with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. 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. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

An authentic early-20th century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 9'4'' x 11'7''.

1930s Chinese Peking rug in a rare fire orange color Measures: 5' 11" x 8' 8" (180 x 264 cm).

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

78317 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'00 x 11'09. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a color-blocked field and border scheme festooned with large, glorious sprays of flowers. Lotuses, peonies, chrysanthemums, and plum blossoms elegantly spread across the composition, breaking across the borders and field, creating a sense of splendor and vitality than cannot be contained. The colorful, intricate floral motifs showcase lotuses, peonies, chrysanthemums, and plum flowers blossoming in a swirl of tantalizing vinery. This ensemble of flowers, when appearing together, represents the Four Seasons, while each of the flowers carries...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures:

An antique Chinese Peking large room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 10" x 15' 2".

78313 Distressed Antique Chinese peking rug, 09.02 x 15.01. With its rugged beauty and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug will take on a curated li...

78318 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Inspired by Walter Nichols, 08'08 x 11'04. Channeling the famed Walter Nichols style of the 1920s and 1930s, this han...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco long room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 10" x 15' 8".

Stunning large Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful floral design on a grey field and plum border. Most found in Room size formats in th...

78303 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'02 x 09'05. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a color-blocked field and border scheme festooned with large, glorious...

77463, antique Chinese Art Deco style oval rug with Romantic chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a midnight navy blue field and contrasting border festooned with scrolling floral vines meandering along the edges of the composition. The simple, but graceful design is elegant and refined. The sprays of floral bands showcase wonderful shading and detailing, a hallmark of many Fine Chinese carpets. Vibrant blooms of chrysanthemums and peonies delicately wind along the curved edges of the piece in a naturalistic manner, giving the design a sense of movement and serenity. The soft clean colors combined with the dark field and sandy-beige border come together into a palette that is both tasteful and highly versatile. Well-suited for a wide range of interior styles: Art Deco, Asian Modern, Qing, Ming, Minimalist, chinoiserie, Chinese Export, Asian Antique, Japanese, Regency, Contemporary, Modern Glam, Art Moderne, Abstract Expressionist, Traditional, Eclectic, Modern, Contemporary, Manor House, Neoclassical, Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency, and Jazz Age. Evoke an indulgent high-end experience with this luxurious Chinese room-size rug centered around comfort and a sensual touch while creating sultry drama with a sophisticated edge. Perfect for layering with silk, fur, velvet and pairing with Lucite, chrome, marble, high-shine and lacquered surfaces, mirrored objects, ornate Art Deco filigree furniture...

Beautiful Chinese Art Deco rug with nice design and white field color, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

This Kandinsky silk rug from the late 20th century stands as a testament to abstract brilliance. Compact at 122 x 99 cm, it encapsulates Kandinsky's avant-garde vision in a tangible ...

An authentic mid-20th century Medium even Pile Chinese Art Deco wool rug Measures: 4'1'' x 6'10''.

Beautiful large Chinese Art Deco rug with a floral design on a sna field and plum border. Room size formats are usually found in the 8 x 10...

78200 Antique Chinese Peking runner, 02'07 x 14'04. Perfect for a hallway, long entry, grand foyer, designer entryway, galley kitchen, corridor, long stair landing, grand parlor, home office, private library, conservatory, wine cellar, executive suite, theater room, billiards room, game room, bedroom, study, studio, sitting room, sunroom or it would make a lovely accent next to a buffet in a dining room, behind the sofa table in the living room, or by a long vestibule in a hotel lobby. Well-suited for a wide range of interior styles: Rustic, Artisan, Art Deco, Asian Modern...

78185 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 10'02 x 11'07. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese pictorial rug features a colorblock field design. With its cold, arid climate ideal for rais...

78184 Antique Pink Chinese Art Deco Rug, 05'02 x 07'11. Antique Chinese Art Deco rugs emerged as a distinct style during the 1920s and 1930s in China, seamlessly marrying traditional...

78175 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Gazebo & Pagoda Scene 09'01 x 11'02. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco ...

Geometric Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Country of Origin / rug type: China, Circa date: 1920. Size: 3 ft x 6 ft (0.91 m x 1.83 m)  

An authentic mid-20th century full Pile Chinese Art Deco wool rug with a spacious open field floral design on a pea green ground. Measures: 3' x 6'.

78243 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 11'10 X 14'00. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a color-blocked field and border scheme festooned with glorious sprays...

77615 distressed antique Chinese Art Deco oval rug 03'00 x 04'09. This hand-knotted wool distressed antique Chinese Art Deco style rug features a bea...

77760 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Inspired by Walter Nichols, 12'03 x 19'08. Aside from the rich cultural symbolism attached to each image, the ambiguo...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 8".

77594, antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with buddha statues. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug featur...

This is a modern Chinese Art Deco silk rug that measures 241 x167 cm in size. This piece has an abstract design that revolves around three different-size...

An antique Chinese Peking long and narrow format room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 10" x 16' 2".

An authentic mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco with an spacious open field floral design in goldenrod Measures: 2'7'' x 4'5''.

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design. Measures: 9' 6" x 12' 1".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 7".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in shades of green and cream. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 10".

78129 Distressed Antique Chinese Peking rug with Art Deco Style 10'01 x 13'03. With its effortless beauty and rustic sensibility, this hand-knotted wool distressed antique Chinese Pe...

Stunning large Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful floral design with a silver field and plum border. Room size formats are usually found...

An antique Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 5".

Circa 1930's Warm ochre hues in luxurious wool contrasted against royal blues and an asymmetrical floral theme. Excellent overall pile condition with minor age and use spots as sh...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 10" x 11' 8".

21679 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 06'01 x 08'09. Chinese Art Deco rugs originated in China during the 1920s and 1930s, reflecting the bold geometric patterns, vibrant colors, and l...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century in blue. Measures: 2' 11" x 4' 10".

77624, antique Chinese green Art Deco Rug with Qing dynasty style 09'00 x 11'04. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a r...

77629 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Inspired by Walter Nichols 09'00 x 11'09. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a color-blocke...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 3' 10".

An antique Chinese Ningxia square throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 3" x 2' 4" 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 with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. 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. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 0" x 13' 6".

?78125 Distressed Vintage Chinese Peking rug with Art Deco Style 07'06 x 10'07. ?With Art Deco style, this hand knotted wool distressed vintage Chinese Peking rug features an elegant...

77585 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style 02'04 x 04'07. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Baotou rug fe...

77584 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Cranes and Deer 02'04 x 04'08. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug fe...