Modern Tibetan Carpet

A contemporary Art Deco style Tibetan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 10" x 13' 0".

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

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...

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

76872, vintage gold Tibetan area rug with Modern traditional style. This hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan area rug features an all-over pattern of na...

Modern Tibetan rug in brown and beige by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 6'0" × 9'0" (182 × 274 cm). This modern rug combines class and versatility. Although presently made, it was executed...

74843, vintage Tibetan rug with checkered square pattern and modern style. This vintage Tibetan rug with checkered square pattern and modern style features alternating large-scale sq...

78534 Colorful Striped Tibetan Runner, 03'00 x 16'07. Emanating classic style with incredible detail and texture, this colorful Tibetan runner is a captivating vision of woven beauty...

78531 Colorful Striped Tibetan Runner, 03'00 x 09'08. Emanating classic style with incredible detail and texture, this colorful Tibetan runner is a captivating vision of woven beaut...

?78353 Vintage Tibetan rug 08'00 x 11'00. With its incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool vintage Tibetan rug is a captivating visio...