Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Inspired by ancient Tibetan designs, this smaller runner rug is part of Joseph Carini's collection of 3x6s carpets. Remarkable for its beautiful indigo blue field and expressive colo...

79148 Vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts Style Square Area Rug, 06'08 x 06'10. This hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts style rug, inspired by the visionary designs of William...

1920s Scenic Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop

19th Century Ningxia Round Dragon Carpet ( 4' x 4' - 122 x 122 )

78621 Antique French Aubusson Pillow, 02'00 x 01'05. Emulating French Romanticism with incredible detail and texture, this handwoven antique Aubusson pillow...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 )

Discover the rich history of Antique Peking Rugs, a tradition that found its roots in China shortly after the conclusion of the First World War. During this era, Chinese rug weaving ...

This is an authentic handmade rug. It was made in China around the 1940s. The overall color pallet is ivory over. The materials are wool pile with cotton foundation. The colors are f...

Introducing our splendid of Imperial garden Chinese art deco rug, where artistry intertwines with symbolism. The enchanting jade yellow gold field hosts a majestic garden of Life...

A Chinese silk pictorial rug. On a border-less burgundy red ground, 11 Immortals stand on clouds .Each immortal has its own unique colorful outfit o...

Antique Chinese - Peking rug. Size: 4'0" x 6'9".

A vintage Chinese pictorial Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 1"

A flower basket is suspended into the red field by a thin cord from a rosette and stem upper design, while a more elaborate floral display below includes banded scholars’ rocks and s...

Beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese rug in original condition. It is in fuchsia colour with floral accent around the mocha border. The rug has a full pile and in excellent original co...

2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Rug with 4 deers on orange ground Details rug no. j3424 size 3' 2" x 5' 1" (97 x 155 cm)

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 13'8" x 24' - 417 x 732 cm )

Stunning Cityscape rug by Sam Turner for The Rug Company. The rug was executed in rich chocolate brown with geometric rectangular lines, this example is in excellent original conditi...

Late 20th-century narrow Tibetan Runner Measures: 1'7'' x 8'4''

Beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a blue field. This Chinese rug has a red frame, multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral design. Th...

4' x 6'7. A wonderful example of a Chinese Art Deco style rug woven circa 1920 with a plain navy ground encircled by flowers and stars in a variety of soft and gentle colors.

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 0" x 11' 9", features a refined and elegant floral design characteristic of the period’s aesthetic. The soft beige field is d...

This exquisite Mid-20th century Chinese Nickles Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 10" x 11' 4", features a lush magenta field adorned with a beautifully detailed floral composition. The asy...

78185 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 10'02 x 11'07. Woven in the hallowed looms of Baotou—a preeminent weaving center nestled along the ancient trade routes between Ningxia and Beijin...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 14'2" x 19'9" - 432 x 602 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 9" 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 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 Tibetan Tiger rug, hand knotted in Nepal, 2/3 silk and 1/3 wool pile. => If you are unsure about the colors: We have sample pieces of this rug available - please contact us regard...

A contemporary Chinese-style hand-knotted wool rug with a dark pink background featuring beige, goldenrod, and blue accents throughout its abstract dragon design. Wool And Silk Thi...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 1" x 12' 3"

A pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a pictorial motif. Measures: 15" x 21".

Contact us for custom size and design Expanding Misshapes’ colorway to capture the soothing shades of analogous greens, reminiscent of vast forests and grasslands. Green Misshapes:...

Late 20th-century narrow Tibetan Runner Measures: 1'11'' x 6'3''

19th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug ( 3' x 3'2" - 92 x 97 )

77260 Antique Chinese Peking Area rug with Traditional Chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking area rug features a group of th...

A beautifully crafted modern Chinese-style hand-knotted wool rug with a light brown background, dark brown frame, and vibrant multicolor accents featuring a traditional Chinese flora...

A bold conversation piece designed to be the vibrant companion to your three-seater curved sofa. In the distinctive world of RAG Home, there's nothing quite like 'too much. Orchestra...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a violet field surrounded by a wide gray border, and overlaid with a potted peony bush, and all woven in varying shades of indigo, cor...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3'' x 5'6'' - 92 x 167 )

early 20th century blue chinese peking rug with a deer and flying bird rug no. j3395 size 4' 10" x 6' 2" (147 x 188 cm)

Early 20th Century Chinese Gallery Carpet, Size: 8' 9"x35'

Vintage Chinese Wool Rug, China 90 Line, 1990s. This is a handwoven rug made of wool pile on cotton warp, with rich cherry flowers and bamboo designs. This model is sometimes called ...

1930s American Braided Rug ( 6' - 183 R )

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 5'9" x 6'8".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8'' x 11'4'' - 265 x 345 ) Floral design with burnt orange field & fuchsia color border.

78762 Antique Blue Chinese Peking Rug, 04'00 x 05'09. Chinese Peking rugs, originating from Beijing (formerly known as Peking), China, are renowned for their intricate designs, vibra...

Aquarium is a mainstay in Joseph Carini's signature collections and is one of his most sought after designs. A luxurious and sophisticated carpet, this design is versatile for many d...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 9".

Antique Chinese - Ningxia rug. Size: 5'0" x 8'0".

An early 20th century Chinese Pictorial rug Measures: 3'7' x 5'3''.

This striking Mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 1" x 11' 10", showcases a bold geometric composition set against a rich green field. The design is defined by an asy...

A beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a peach field. This rug has a blue frame, green, peach, and ivory accents in a gorgeous Chinese floral design. This r...

A beautiful silk rug with an Art Deco decor of stylized clouds and waves in lovely shades of blue and ivory, also called Chi and Ruyi. This is a midcentury vintage rug from the 1950s...

Hutton Wilkinson is one of the world’s reigning masters of high style decorating. He first trained with, and then became the business partner of, the ...

Vintage Art Deco rug dragon chinese wool carpet pink peach 8' x 10' 244cm x 305cm "This is a very unique vintage Art Deco dragon rug. It has b...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" x 11'6"- 267 x 351 )

This is an Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted from wool with a purple background. It features a multicolor floral design with a red border. This rug measures 9'1" x 11'5".  

Enchanting Large room size 20th-century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design on a Burgundy Field Measures: 9'10'' x 13'5''.

Beautiful mid century Chinese rug with nice simple anrt deco and floral design with a beautiful green field colour, entirely hand knotted with...

Tibetan Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 2'10" W x 5'2" L2 Origin: Tibet Period: c. 1900 Rug ID: 16965