19th Century Ningxia Saddle Cover with Auspicious Symbol Border in Indigo Blue

A beautiful Art Deco Chinese rug from the 1st quarter of the 1900s. The rug would bring in elegance through its understatement. The rug has a Royal Blue color field with auspicious objects and symbols including incense burners, potted plants, temples, pagodas. The primary border is in a Navy Blue color with traditional Chinese characters of bats and happiness symbols throughout. The rug is very unique by having the weaver's signature on the lower border on both ends. The grace and simplicity in the design and use of colors in the rug bring to mind the design of the Japanese rock meditation gardens. Dimensions: 10’ x 14’ 8" Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Rugs, Antique Peking Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon, Nichols Deco Rugs, Chinese Art Deco Nichols, Nichols Art Deco Carpet, Chinese Floral Rugs, Chinese Peking Rugs, Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...

A beautiful Chinese Peking oversized rug from the late 1800s. The rug has a very unique and beautiful pale yellow color with an open design. The design in the field consists of a large medallion with lion dogs surrounded by cloud wreaths. The rug has a very similar design to a Ningxia rug. Ningxia is a ‘wool town’ in north-central China, bordering Gansu and Inner Mongolia. Carpets have been made there since at least the early 17th century for local sale and for use in mandarin and aristocratic houses in China proper. Dimensions: 12’ 10” x 15’ 8" Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Vintage Tibetan Rugs, Tibetan Antique Rug, Tibet Antiques, Antique Tibetan Carpet, Antique Tibetan Carpets and Rugs, Tibet Carpet, Ningxia Rug, Ningxia Carpet, Tibet Wool Rugs, Tibet Flower Rugs, Mongolia Rugs...

A vintage Chinese Peking narrow runner from the late 19th century in Ivory and blue colors. A number of traditional Chinese fortune symbols are set in a column in an ivory color field with two narrow borders in baby blue and navy. The Chinese Peking rugs have a special serenity in their design and use of pale colors reminiscent of the Japanese rock gardens. Dimensions: 1' 9" x 9' 10" Date of Manufacture: Last Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Chinese Peking Rugs, Antique Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking oversize rug in an all-over leaf pattern in ivory, and blue colors. The weave in this beautiful rare rug is very fine and the rug has a wonderful color palette with a cream/antique white color field and a blue color border with a leaf design. It is extremely rare to find an oversized Chinese Peking rug from the last quarter of the 19th century in such good condition. Dimensions: 11’ 6” x 16’ Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Chinese Peking Rugs, Antique Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...

Vintage room size Chinese Peking rug from the late 19th century. The rug has a beautiful natural or ivory color background containing the traditional Chinese flower bouquets and a wonderful central medallion in floral pattern framed by two shades of blue(Navy and French blues) in the border. This beautiful simple and serene design in this Chinese Peking rug adds to the calm and peaceful nature of this rug. The Chinese Peking rugs have become very desirable because of their beautiful simple design and color combination. Dimensions: 9' x 11' 4″ Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Chinese, Peking Rugs, Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon, Peking Chinese, Chinese Pagoda Rug, Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Rugs, Antique Peking Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon, Nichols Deco Rugs...

Vintage Chinese Peking in a “near square” size with symbols for fortune, prosperity, and long life from the 4th quarter of the 1800s. The rug has a very unique and beautiful wheat field color with French blue and navy blue Designs. The design in the field consists of a large medallion with two birds in tree branches surrounded by various Chinese symbols for fortune, prosperity, and long life. The colors in the field and border include baby blue, French blue, brown, and antique ivory. The design of this Peking rug is very similar to the design of the Ningxia carpets from the 18th and the early 19th centuries with a lattice border and open field. Dimensions: 10’ 3” x 11' 10” Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use Vintage Tibetan Rugs, Tibetan Antique Rug, Tibet Antiques, Antique Tibetan Carpet, Antique Tibetan Carpets and Rugs, Tibet Carpet, Ningxia Rug, Ningxia Carpet, Tibet Wool Rugs, Tibet Flower Rugs, Mongolia Rugs, Mongolia Carpets, Chinese Peking Rugs, Antique Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...

Tibetan Saddle Cover, Late 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'8" L x 2'2" W

Ningxia, North Central China Measures: 2.4 x 4.6 Second half of the 18th century Structural analysis: Warp: cotton, off-white, natural, Z-4-S; Weft: cotton, off-white, natural, ...

Ningxia Pillar rug, XIX century. This special hand knotted carpet was wrapped around a pillar or a column of the buddhis temples or in the imperial palaces in China, Mongolia and Tibet ( in Tibet they were called Katum). This carpet surrounds the column creating a refined optical effect . This item brings in its decoration, a very important pattern of the imperial Chinese culture. Starting from the bottom, we can appreciate the proportion and the balance of the so called “Rainbow border”, consisting of parallel wavy stripes in a soft lovely combination of colors, radiating from the edge of the field. This kind of border was used only at the bottom of the rug in conjunction with the “sacred mountain” motif. The center of this pillar carpet is decorated with two opposite dragons linked by a bold “ruyi cloud” (in Chinese Ruyi means “as you wish”). The Ruyi cloud motif is used in earlier Chinese than are drifting clouds. The dragons represented in this pillar carpet, bring five claws, synonym of noble and monastic importance. The Chinese imperial carpets...

Antique Chinese Ningxia Rug, 19th Century Antique Chinese Ningxia rugs are rare and collectible. They are hand-woven and feature nature-inspired motifs such as flowers, birds, drago...

A rare and unusual Chinese rug decorated with an all-over pattern of eight-petalled rosettes, joined together to form a lattice in the negative of which is the longevity motif, that ...

Ningxia Dragon rug five claws, 19th century. Beijing in the Forbidden City of Ningxia !! Dragon pillar rug are used to decorate pillars in Buddh...