Early 20th Century More Carpets

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...

An antique Persian Lavar Kerman gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 6' 7" x 12' 4".

76651, traditional antique Persian Heriz rug with English Country style Manor House. This hand knotted wool antique Pe...

73435, Antique Persian Sarouk Rug with Traditional Art Nouveau Style. This highly desirable antique Persian Sarouk rug with Art Nouveau style features ...

73370 Antique Persian Mahal Rug with Rustic English Country Style. Boasting a floral bounty in a range of warm hues, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Mahal rug is a delightful ...

73180 Antique Malayer Persian Runner with Warm Artisan and Mid-Century Modern Style. This hand-knotted wool and camel hair antique Persian Malayer runner beautifully displays a Mid-C...

53652 Distressed Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug Runner, 03'02 x 08'05. ​Balancing traditional sensibility and tribal design elements with nostalgic charm, this hand knotted wool distressed antique Caucasian Shirvan runner...

77566, antique Persian Sarouk Accent rug with Victorian style. With timeless appeal, refined colors, and architectural design elements, this hand kno...

Antique Persian Tabriz Oriental Carpet, circa 1920, Room Sized. An antique Persian Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1920. Size: 12.0" x 9.1". This large sized antique decorative rug ...

76839 Antique Indian Agra Rug 08’10 x 14’08. With its timeless elegance and decadent beauty, this hand-knotted wool antique Indian Agra rug is poised to impress. The abrashed field i...

Since the 17th century, Iran started exporting artisan carpets around the world, especially to Europe. Artists used one of the three versions of vertical looms later referred to as a...

An antique Persian Bidjar room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of red and blue. Measures: 9' 4" x 11' 11".

61200 Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 13'00 x 19'00. Emanating a timeless floral design, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Kerman rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty. The ornate details and sophisticated colors woven into this piece work together creating a truly classic look. The abrashed navy blue field features an allover floral pattern beautifully arranged within a filigree lattice. A floral cartouche border with triple inner and outer guard bands frame the composition, pulling together colors from throughout into a unified, harmonious design. Perfect for a large entertaining space, hotel lobby, lounge area, state room, great room, drawing room, country club, academic library, golf locker room, trophy room, private Chambers, great room, wine cellar, executive suite, conservatory, royal suite, billiards room, owners retreat, dining room, living room, or formal sitting room. Well-suited for a variety of interior styles: Traditional, Modern, Victorian, Neoclassical, Elizabethan, English, Manor House, Tudor, London Proper, Baroque, Renaissance, Hepplewhite, Hollywood Regency, Queen Anne, Regal, Eastlake, Aesthetic Movement, Edwardian, and Old World style.? Abrash. Hand knotted wool. Made in Iran. Hotel Lobby Size Carpet 13 x...

60960 Distressed Antique Persian Malayer Rug, 03'04 x 08'07. Antique-washed Persian Malayer carpet runners are long, narrow rugs handcrafted in the Malayer region of western Iran and treated with a special antique washing process to achieve a distressed or aged appearance. These runners often feature intricate designs such as geometric patterns, floral motifs, or medallions, woven into a rich color palette. Antique-washed Persian Malayer carpet runners are prized for their unique aesthetic, durability, and ability to complement a variety of interior styles, from traditional to contemporary, adding warmth, texture, and visual interest to any space. With rugged beauty and warm earth-tones, this hand-knotted wool distressed antique Persian Malayer runner exudes a rustic sensibility that transcends time. Its weathered appearance lends it a curated, lived-in look, evoking a sense of nostalgia and comfort while infusing the space with warmth and welcomed informality. Iconic in its styling, this distressed Persian hallway runner...

71615 Distressed Antique Bibikabad Persian Rug 11'06 X 24'00. Effortless beauty with rustic sensibility, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian rug is poised to impress. The lovingly time-worn navy blue field features an allover repeating botanical pattern composed of cloudbands, stylized florals, palmettes, rosettes, and amorphous organic forms. It is enclosed with a version of a Samovar border flanked with an inner and outer botanical guard band. Perfect for a drawing room, executive suite, state room, great room, large sitting area, wine cellar, entertainment parlor, conservatory, billiards room, trophy room, royal suite, academic library, living room, front room, dining room, bedroom, home office, studio, study, private chambers, game room, music room, owners retreat, or hotel lobby...

77750 Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 09'09 x 13'01. Tabriz rugs, originating from the historic city of Tabriz in northwestern Iran, represent a pinnacle of Persian carpet weaving, boast...

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...

77360 Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 11'11 x 17'08. Steeped in the opulence of Persian court traditions and the gilded romance of 18th-century Europe, this one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted w...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 7' 9" x 11' 7".

74986 Antique Persian Mashhad Rug, 15'09 x 19'00. From the ancient city of Mashhad—a cultural jewel in the heart of northeastern Iran—emerges this exquisite hand-knotted wool antique...

An antique Persian Senneh accent rug handmade during the early 20th century with 9 panels decorated by 2 individual design of cats. Measures: 4' 6" x 6' 3".

78135 Antique Persian Sarouk rug, 04'04 x 06'09?. ?Displaying an impressive array of floral elements with incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted antique Persian Sarouk rug is a captivating vision of woven beauty. The timeless design and sophisticated colors woven into this piece work together creating a truly classic look. The abrashed ink blue field features a traditional Sarouk floral...

78354 Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 11'02 x 16'07. Woven in the poetic silence of early 20th century Persia, this hand knotted wool antique Lavar Kerman rug is a masterful ode to elegance and craftsmanship. Its velvety navy field, like a starlit garden under a midnight sky, blooms with a cascade of florals, scrolling vines, and radiant rosettes—each petal and palmette tenderly hand-knotted to form a visual symphony of order and beauty. In this formal garden of wool, celestial medallions float like full moons across the field, each ringed with palmette crowns and latticed in delicate filigree, reflecting both cosmic rhythm and earthly grace. The heart of the rug pulses with the lyricism of Persian romanticism—delicate tendrils curve like verses in calligraphy, winding gracefully among sprigs of Shah Abbasi blossoms, peonies, and scrolling islimi. Every flourish seems guided by a painter’s hand, and indeed, Lavar Kerman weavers were known not merely as artisans, but as artists of the loom. Their deft use of color—soft rose, emerald green, sapphire, and golden saffron—creates a harmonic interplay that enchants the eye and soothes the soul, much like a verse from Hafez spoken at dusk. Surrounding this rhapsodic field is a wide border, its backdrop the tender blush of aged parchment, upon which an arcaded vine-and-palmette design unfolds like illuminated manuscript margins. Vines dance upward in rhythmic scrolls, each curve entwined with floral clusters that evoke Persian gardens, both cultivated and imagined. Guard borders of meandering blossoms and protective motifs enclose the entire composition, as if to preserve the timeless beauty it holds within. This antique Persian rug is not merely a floor covering—it is a historical tapestry, echoing the splendor of Qajar-era refinement and the refined flourish of Lavar Kerman’s most illustrious workshops. Its stately presence, exceptional design, and painterly palette mark it as a work of grace and nobility. To own such a piece is to cradle a chapter of Persian artistry, lovingly passed down through generations, its woven poetry still whispering softly through the fibers of time. Rendered in variegated shades of navy blue, burgundy, raspberry pink, tan, pink, sky blue, and beige with other accent colors. Abrash. Desirable Age Wear. Discoloration. Some Spots. Hand-knotted wool. Made in Iran. Hotel Lobby Size Carpet 11 x...

77651 Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 09'07 x 16'03. From the enchanting heart of south-central Iran emerges the legacy of Kerman rugs, woven into existence within the storied city of Ke...

61195 Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 09'11 x 12'07. With its traditional style, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Kerman rug is a captiating vision ...

77921 Antique Portuguese Arraiolos needlepoint rug with Romantic French country style 07'10 x 09'10. Ornate details and effortless...

78201 Antique Persian Malayer rug, 12'08 x 20'05. Classic elegance and effortless beauty, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Malayer rug is poised to impress. A traditional all-o...

75342, antique Persian Hussainabad Hamadan runner, hallway runner. This hand knotted wool antique Persian Hussainabad Hamadan runner features a lively all-over Herati pattern that de...

73286, antique Indian Area rug with Traditional Victorian style. This hand knotted wool antique Indian area rug features a dynamic all-over Herati pattern spread across an abrashed n...

78194 Antique Persian Sarouk Farahan rug. Measures: 03'04 x 04'07.

78232 antique red Turkish Oushak rug inspired by Thomas Eakins 12'00 x 14'02. Showcasing a bold expressive design, incredible detail and texture, this ha...

71754, antique Chinese oval accent rug with Pictorial Phoenix design. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese oval rug features a pictorial oval medallio...

78131 Distressed Antique Chinese peking rug with Rustic Chinoiserie Style 12'02 x 18'02. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open medallion decorated...

This bold red kilim is a traditional flatwoven area rug woven by hand circa 1910. The design features a geometric design woven in bold accents of black orange green and various other...

72834 Antique Persian Mashhad Rug with Art Nouveau Style. An excellent representation of Persian culture and skilled craftsmanship, this captivating Persian Mashhad rug exhibits impeccable quality and old world sophistication in a beautiful color combination of blues and browns. The breathtaking allover floral and botanical design graciously meanders across the field creating a liveliness through its time-softened tones. The main border of this antique Mashhad...

77464, antique Persian Kermanshah scatter rug with Old World Victorian style, small accent square rug. Rich in color, texture and beguiling ambiance, this hand knotted wool antique P...

An antique Persian Tabriz room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a floral pattern over a light grey and light powder blue field and bordered in rust red. Mea...

An early 20th Century formal persian sarouk rug . Great statement rug for a foyer rug no. j2499 size 5' 9" x 9' 4" (175 x 284 cm)

Antique Persian Tabriz Oriental Carpet, circa 1920, Room Sized An antique Persian Tabriz oriental carpet, circa 1920. Size: 8'3" x 8'0". This large sized antique decorative rug was...

This fine decorative handmade carpet colourful rug is an Azeri carpet rug woven by very skilled weavers in Azerbaijan who used the highest quality wool on wool. The exclusive flat-we...

78356 Antique Persian Yazd Rug, 13'02 x 18'07. With timeless appeal, ornate decorative detailing, and effortless beauty, this hand knotted wool antiqu...

61065 antique Persian Malayer rug, Measures: 04'02 x 06'06.

77167, distressed antique Persian Kerman palace rug with Cotswold country cottage style. With a timeless floral pattern and lovingly timeworn appearance, this hand knotted wool distr...

70718 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 03'00 x 04'10. Emanating the quiet elegance of a bygone era, this hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug unfolds like a page from a poetic...

61119 Antique Persian Hamadan Rug, 04'03 x 06'09

76758, antique Persian Kerman rug with French Victorian style, antique Kirman rug. With an impressive array of realistic floral elements and a refined color palette, this hand knotte...

78306 Antique Persian Yazd Rug, 03'00 x 05'02. Immerse yourself in the enchanting allure of this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Yazd rug, a masterpiece...

77868 Vintage Wide Ruins Southwestern style Kilim Rug, 02'10 x 04'00. This exquisite Wide Ruins Southwestern style kilim, handwoven with skill and reverence for tradition, embodies t...

60926 Antique Persian Bijar rug with Modern style. Measures: 04'04 x 06'10. With its effortless beauty and rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Bijar rug will t...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 8' 0" x 11' 5".

An antique Persian Sultanabad room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 7" x 13' 6" Persian Rugs & Carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large country...

21696 Antique Persian Qashqai Tribal Rug, 05'00 x 07'06. Persian Qashqai rugs are handwoven by the Qashqai nomadic tribes of southwestern Iran, known for their vibrant colors, bold g...

77799 Antique Persian Sarouk Farahan rug with Victorian style 04'03 x 06'06. With its beguiling beauty and rich jewel-tones, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Sarouk rug is pois...

78231 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 09'04 x 11'08. Rendered in variegated shades of tan, sand, cerulean, ecru, blue, peach, rust, taupe, latte, and mocha with other accent colors. Des...

Large size and decorative antique Persian Sultanabad carpet, country of origin: Persia, circa 1920s. Size: 11 ft 4 in x 16 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 5.13 m) Sultanabad carpets are some of ...

78102 antique Persian Malayer rug 04'01 x 06'05. Effortless beauty and a timeless design combined with rustic sensibility, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Malayer rug is a cap...

53744 Distressed Antique Persian Malayer runner, 03'01 x 10'04. The abrashed brown field features an all-over Herati pattern. The Classic Herati design, also known as the Mahi or Fis...

An antique Persian Mahal room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 8' 9" x 12' 6".

79269 Distressed Antique Red Persian Mahal Rug, 13'06 x 17'01. This one-of-a-kind archival masterpiece—a hand-knotted wool antique Persian Mahal rug—is a rare testament to the presti...

77196 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'10 x 11'06. Maximalist style meets Qing Dynasty in this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug. The intricate botanical details and blu...