Fabric Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Hand knotted on a luscious 9 x 12 scale from China circa 1950-1960, this vintage Art Deco rug hails from Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique & Vintage Collection. R...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 7'8" x 9'5" - 234 x 287 )

The extremely rare and monumental, ivory background large carpet shown here is decorated by an harmonious pattern of blue and light blue scrolling lotus flowers connected to each oth...

Pillow made from a 20th-century Chinese rug with zipper closure and poly-fill. Measures: 14'' x 24''.

Full Pile Chinese intermediate size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century featuring a bright yellow border and gray field. Very unique colors and in great condition. Measur...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design. Measures: 9' 6" x 12' 1".

A beautiful hand knotted antique Chinese Peking wool rug with a peach field and multi-color accents in all-over Chinese botanical design. This rug measures 9' x 11'9".

The plain red field has a hanging basket dripping flower in the top right and a vase on stand with a more formal bouquet in the bottom left. The motives spill into the border and the...

A 2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Animal Pictorial Carpet Size 3' x 5' 7" (91 x 170 cm).

A vintage late 20th century Tibetan hand-knotted runner with a horizontal stripe pattern woven in varying shades of reds, and some stripes with zigzag patterns, and others with varie...

77587, vintage Chinese Baotou Vase Pictorial rug with Chinese Chippendale style. This hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese Baotou pictorial rug features an abrashed tan field showcasing different types of cloisonné vases sprouting with stylized florals resting on pedestals. The main border, which features repeated motifs of diamonds containing stylized Ruyi clouds with rosette centers, echoes the balance of geometric forms and floral touches used throughout the piece. It would be perfect for a small space, kitchen, reading nook, master bathroom, grand foyer, designer entry, study, studio, den, walk-in closet, stair landing, alcove, mudroom, entryway, bedroom, private library, private chambers, living room, front room, wine cellar, conservatory, drawing room, trophy room, game room, music room, listening room, or hotel lobby. It would also make a lovely accent next to a buffet in a dining room or behind the sofa table in the living room. Iconic in its styling, this antique Chinese Baotou rug...

3rd quarter of the 20th Century large room size Samarkand East Tiurkestan Rug rug no. j3320 size 11' x 14' 7" (335 x 445 cm) Samarkand rugs from east turkestan are typically found...

An extraordinary Chinese Art Deco rug with several clusters of auspicious flowers like peonies and chrysanthemums, symbols of longevity and prosperity, all on a cranberry background....

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 8' 9" x 11' 5"

Vintage Chinese Art Deco Wool Rug Size: 13'5" × 16'9" (408 × 510 cm) This exceptional vintage Chinese wool rug from 1939 is a striking example of the East-meets-West aesthetic that ...

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".  

This contemporary 6x9 flatweave is inspired by 18th century Tudor rugs and tapestries—from the European Collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Handwoven in wool, this construction marks the first adaptation of this transitional rug style to a high-low texture. Its all over pattern is a grand play of florals married to that texture, with a brilliant sense of depth and movement therein. The colorway favors teal and red tones over beige, with especially present cream and ochre notes among many accents. Keen eyes will further note the fine detail and remarkable adaptation of scale to an area rug. The whole look is a fabulous modern interpretation of a botanical English classic...

A border-less soft gold ground of this Tianjin 1930s carpet has a blue fretwork in the upper right corner and a facing four claw dragon in the lower left. This almost Minimalist comp...

A fascinating mid-19th century Chinese Peking rug with a whimsical pattern of intertwining blossoming tree peonies with birds nestled among the branches, all woven in light and dark ...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in orange and green colours. The rug is from the end of 20th century in original good condition. The rug has a symbol of Indian swastic. -Con...

A Tibetan Tiger rug, hand knotted in Nepal. This traditional Tiger rug design is typically found on antique rugs called Khaden. It describes a small sized rug of about 3 x 6 ft that...

A stunning modern Chinese-style hand-knotted wool rug featuring a navy blue background and beige accents throughout the traditional Chinese design. This rug measures 9'6" x 12'8".

77295 vintage Chinese Floral rug with Persian Design and English Country style. This hand knotted wool vintage Chinese floral rug beautifully embodi...

Antique Art Deco rug Chinese rug rare Art Nouveau Peking Rug Blue 9' x 11'7" 274cm x 348cm Circa 1920 "This is a beautiful antique Art Deco Pe...

76665 Vintage Tibetan Area Rug with Diamond Checkerboard Pattern, Harlequin Design Rug 08'10 x 11'10. This hand-knotted wool and silk vintage Tibe...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug 6' 0'' x8' 6''

19th Century N. Chinese Mongolian Carpet. 7' x 9'6 - 213 x 290

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop ( 8'8" x 11'4" - 265 x 345 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug by Nichols Workshop ( 3' x 4'8'' - 92 x 142 )

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 ) We love rose/pink Art Deco Chinese carpets and they must have been popular in the interwar period also. A jade green border w...

76744 Vintage Aubusson French Provincial Chintz Style Area Rug with Rocaille Design 07'11 x 10'02. Drawing inspiration from Mario Buatta and Chintz style, you can bring the elegance ...

Beautiful light colors Tibetan Nepal rug, circa 1980 with a simple design and beautiful yellow field, blue and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velv...

31331 New Modern Chinese Art Deco Dragon Rug, 09'11 x 13'05. In a world where artistry meets myth, this hand-knotted wool modern Chinese Art Deco dragon rug emerges as an extraordina...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a dark indigo field surrounded by a wide dark cranberry and a thin indigo border. Myriad auspicious flowers including peonies...

The semi-open ruby red field displays a multiple vignette design of groups of seasonal flowers detailed in pale blue, medium blue, yellow and leaf green. A blue branch snakes in from...

Exquisite mid-century blue Chinese rug featuring a captivating antique design, meticulously hand-knotted with wool velvet on a cotton foundation. Elevate your space with this beautif...

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Size: 8'0" x 9'10".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' 10'' x 11' 7''- 269 x 353 cm ) With European Design Influences Reminiscence of Ivan de Silva Bruhns Works

A late 20th-century full pile condition pictorial Tibetan rug Size: 2'3'' x 4'7''.

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2' x 4' - 62 x 122 )

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10'' x 11'10'' x 270 x 360 )

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand knotted wool with a red field, tan frame, and multi-color accents in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: ...

Pillow made from a 19th century antique Khotan rug with cotton back. Zipper closure included. 15'' x 16''

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 8' 9'' x 11' 4''.

18th Century W. Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 11'3" x 12'4" - 343 x 376 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11' - 275 x 360 )

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 5' 0" x 7' 11", showcases an elegant oval composition with a rich lavender field that exudes warmth and sophistication. The bord...

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''.

This hand-knotted wool rug showcases an exquisite Modern Art Deco design with a rich navy blue field accentuated by a broad goldenrod and brown frame. The intricate Chinese-style ele...

Mostly paeonies, in the suspended cloisonné urn, in two poly-chrome corners, along with an edging of other seasonal flowers along one end of this brisk rose Art Deco border-less carp...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 245 x 298 )

30993 Modern Chinese Art Deco Rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style, 02'04 x 09'02. Chinoiserie Chic meets Modern Luxe in this hand knotted wool Chinese Art Deco style runner. The timeless...

72991 Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Chinoiserie Style. Framed by an intricate blue border, this antique rug boasts a classic blue chinoiserie design that will never go out of style...

Made in hand knotted wool from the custom Classic Burano Collection by Rug & Kilim, this 2 × 3 this 2 × 3 rug is available as a gift-sized rug for both flooring and wall-hanging proj...

Antique Art Deco Chinese rug, measures: 8'10" x 11'8".

mid 20th Century East Turkestan Asian Samarkand Rug rug no. j2469 size 4' 10" x 9' 7" (147 x 292 cm) Samarkand rugs from east turkestan are typically found in a long and relativel...

Exquisite small Chinese rug from late 19th century Beijing. Hand-knotted with wool on cotton, this rug features a stunning Chinese design. A decorat...

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...

Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Style Carpet ( 7'10" x 10'5" - 238 x 317 )