Early 20th Century Central Asian Rugs

What looks to be an early 20th century tiny rug mat from central Asia, most probably from the Khotan region from East Turkestan. A lion standing alone on ivo...

They do not come with inserts but bags made to the size to accommodate insert materials. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry cleaning is recommended.    

Enchanting floral design early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet in an odd size wide gallery room size format. Measures: 7'6'' x 14'5''.

It does not come with an insert but comes with a bag made to the size and out of cotton to accommodate the filling for each. The backing is made of linen. Please note: filling is ...

It is made from an early 20th C.. Ikat fragment. It does not come with an insert. Cotton in the back. Zipper closure. Dry clean only.

This suzani is an example to the group of suzanis done in Tashkent Uzbekistan, are called ‘moon sky’ (Ai palak). Technically ther are all done in basma stitch...

Made with hand-knotted wool circa 1910-1920, this 6x9 antique Chinese Art Deco rug is an exciting new collectible and rare period piece in Rug & Kilim's Collection. Its design is bel...

They do not come with inserts but bags made to the size to accommodate insert materials. Linen in the back. Zipper closure.

Silk embroidery on a silk background. It could use a lining and it can be done upon request.

It does not come with an insert. Cotton in the back. Zipper closure. Dry cleaning is reccommended.     

Antique Chinese Art deco Rug, Room size, circa 1920 A one-of-a-kind antique Chinese Mandarin oriental carpet, hand-knotted with medium thickn...

A fine-quality antique Tibetan throw-size pictorial rug. Would make for a great wall hanging too Measures: 2'5" x 5'

An antique East Turkestan Khotan rug from the early 20th century. Measures: 5' 4" x 8' 10"

This is a all cotton 1930s Suzani from Samarkand Uzbekistan. Overall condition is good and the piece has been relined. Please not since the item is an old and used one it is not in ...

The chapan has no lining but silk velvet edging. It is a large one. The warp threads are silk and the vert threads are cotton. Sleeve to sleeve : 83.4'' / 212 cm. Neck to hem: 57.4...

This is an early 20th C over all densely embroidered Suzani from Tashkent , Uzbekistan. It has been fused and lined with plain cotton fabric.  

Antique Persian Heriz oriental rug, room size. An antique Persian Heriz oriental rug, size 10'8" x 8'7", circa 1920. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central meda...

It is made from an Early 20th C.. Ikat fragment. It does not come with an insert. Cotton in the back. Zipper closure. Dry Clean only.

Handmade Antique Afghan Beshir Collectible Chuval Rug from the 1900s: Dimensions: This rectangular chuval rug measures approximately 1.5 feet (46 cm) in width and 4.8 feet (146 cm) ...

It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert materials. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry Cleaning is reccommended.  

This is a pillow made out of a cut velvet textile from Central Asia. Velvet part is in cotton and there is some metal thread in the structure. It does not come with an insert but it...

An early 20th-century Chinese run in the palest blue color Measures: 2'11'' x 5'.

This large antique Bokhara rug was handwoven in the Early 20th Century. It is remarkable for its beautifully aged surface, giving it an appearance of a weathered painting. The design...

It does not come with an insert but a bag made to the size to accommodate insert materials. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry Cleaning is reccommended.  

This handwoven textile is an extremely rare Khorjin/ saddle bag woven in the early 20th century. Saddlebags were traditionally used as storage which nomadic travellers used upon hors...

It does not come with an insert. Cotton in the back. Zipper closure. Dry cleaning is reccommended.     

It is silk embroidery on a silk background.

This is a late 19th-early 20th century suzani from Ferhana Valley of Uzbekistan. I myself do not recall seeing suche a Mughalesque design on these silk background suzanis. It is in r...

The pillow is made out of an early 20th century, brocaded textile from Central Asia, probably Uzbekistan. It does not come with an insert but it comes with a bag made to the size an...

Antique Persian Heriz Serapi Oriental rug, Room size An antique Persian Heriz Serapi oriental rug, size 12'6" x 10'4", circa 1920. This handsome ...

Highly decorative scatter size 1st quarter of the 20th century kurd pictorial rug. Rug no. r5828 Size 2'6" x 3' 7".

Stunning circa 1930's Chinese pictorial rug with a large deer and bird on a deep blue ground Measures: 2'5" x 4'6".

This suzani is an example to the group of suzanis done in Tashkent Uzbekistan, are called ‘moon sky’ ( Ai palak ). Technically ther are all done in basma stit...

It does not come with an insert but a bag made from plain cotton to the size to accommodate insert materials. Linen in the back zipper closure dry cleaning is recommended.

This small Suzani displays all the features of a Lakai embroidery done on a red color trade cloth, 1900s.  

An early-20th-century room size Chinese rug in the navy, beige, and gray color family. The wool and feel of the rug is very soft on the feet. It...

This is a pillow made out of a cut velvet textile from Central Asia. Velvet part is in cotton and there is some metal thread in the structure. It does not come with an insert but it...

Handmade antique Afghan Baluch saddle bag in original condition, it has some age wear. The bag has been made in the beginning of the 20th century in original combination of colors. ...

Antique Indo Saraband Rug, size 14'7" H x 12'0", circa 1920 An antique Indo Saraband Rug, size 14'7" H x 12'0" W, in large size, circa 1920. This fine f...

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Peking carpet with a soft blue background, beige border and soft accents in peachy apricot. 8'10'' x 11'3''

Handknotted in wool and originating in East Turkestan circa 1920-1930, this 14x24 antique Samarkand Rug is among the most exciting new curations from Rug & Kilim’s collection of rare...

Pillow made from a 19th-century antique Ersari rug with cotton back and zipper closure. Measures: 18'' x 20''

An antique Mongolian room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a contemporary Art Deco style geometric pattern in neutral colors. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 1" 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 (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique Tibetan carpets...

This traditional antique medallion carpet is a handwoven masterpiece constructed in the 1900s. Displaying a Magnificent medallion and highly decorative surrounding composition. Symme...

This truly tribal antique felt represents one of the oldest crafts practiced by man since the domestication of sheep and one vital to life on the often harsh Eurasian steppe. Central...

Hand knotted in quality wool, this Khotan runner originates from Turkestan circa 1920-1930. The gracious scale presents itself in a scintillating dark blue-gray backdrop that beautif...

Beautiful early 20th century Turkmen rug with nice tribal and geometrical design and nice colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.

Hand knotted in high-quality wool from East Turkestan between 1910-1920, this antique Khotan rug hosts a rich variation of ornate symbols and borders, including a mirrored medallion ...

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...

Khotan Rug, Early 20th Century This piece is part of a small group of pictorial rugs woven in the Tarim Basin in the far west of China in the earl...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating from Russia circa 1920-1930, this collectible 4x5 antique rug is a very rare Caucasian rug of the titular Seychour (sometimes spelled Zeikhour) p...

Antique Textile Suzani 7'1'' x 8'5''.

Antique Turkish Oushak Decorative Oriental Carpet, Room size, with Light brown Field A gorgeous antique Turkish Oushak carpet, circa 1920, size 13'2" x 10'0" This lovely carpet fe...

76638, antique Afghan Balouch salt bag, wall hanging, Afghan Tapestry, Tribal textile. This hand knotted wool antique Afghan Balouch salt bag features ancient tribal motifs, S-hooks, and uneven fringe hangs from the bottom. The Afghani Salt Bags were used by nomads to carry coins or salt. The purpose was to stop the rock salt from falling out and also to keep out the moisture and rain. Perfect used as a wall hanging, tapestry, or tribal wall art. Bespeaking age and history, this vintage Afghan textile...

Beautiful Vintage Tabriz hand-knotted wool rug with a tan color field. This piece has a dark blue frame, multicolor accents, and a gorgeous all-over floral design. This rug measur...

This antique, circa 1900, Bezalel rug has a shaded sea-green lower field with a dense angular apricot vine with stellar lozenges around a buff-brown part lozenge, a pair of stylized urns with a large central menorah through the centre, the field above with a sea-blue field with an overall ivory dense vine with a fox-brown curved double arch above and a stellar flowerhead in the centre, the shaded royal-blue border with linked inscription cartouche panels...

Beautiful antique Turkish Anatolian Kars rug, hand knotted wool with a light brown field, tan and sandy cream accents in an all-over geometric design, circa 1910s This rug measures ...

Rare and Beautiful Large Oversized Antique Khotan Carpet, Country of Origin: East Turkestan, Circa Date: 1910. Size: 14 ft x 20 ft (4.27 m x 6.1 m).

Very rare antique signed Ardabil rug by famous master in pure lambswool. A true palace size masterpiece richly woven in beautiful refined yet vibrant hues with the famous central med...

An early 20th century hand knotted antique Bashir rug with a rust field and repeating octagonal design. This rug measures 6'10" x 9'7".