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A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 10" x 11' 8".

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 beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a deep cranberry colored background surrounded by a black border, and myriad auspicious ...

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

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a blue field. This piece has a purple frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous traditional Chinese floral design. This r...

Beautiful Room Size Antique Blue Chinese Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Chinese Rug, Circa date: 1920. Size: 8 ft 2 in x 9 ft 8 in (2.49 m...

The borderless rich red field displays baskets and porcelain vases overflowing with flowers in the corners and a pointed elliptical wreath with still more floral extrusions toward th...

Hand knotted in wool, a 9x12 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: The design boasts an all over floral pattern in ...

Distinguished by an unusual all-over grid pattern on a soft lemon yellow background, this carpet is an example of the eclecticism of Chinese weavings in ...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 10'2" x 12'8" - 310 x 385 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Baotou Carpet with Phoenix 5'6" x 9' - 168 x 274

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...

Antique art deco Chinese/ Manderin carpet, signed , fine shinny Manchester wool, full soft pile with great colors. This wonderful Art Deco carpet was ...

Beautiful early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco room-size rug, meticulously hand-knotted circa the early 1900s. Chinese Art Deco rugs have become highly desirable for their unique blend of sophisticated simplicity and wonderful color combinations, and this piece is a stunning embodiment of that coveted aesthetic. This exquisite rug features a brilliant and commanding red color field, closer to a rich crimson, providing a luxurious and vibrant foundation. Scattered gracefully across this field are delicate floral bouquets, creating an inviting and harmonious all-over pattern. The intricate floral designs are brought to life with a diverse palette of accent colors, including classic red, sunny yellow, delicate pink, verdant green, serene blue, and warm brown, ensuring a visually rich and balanced composition. The signature of Chinese Art Deco design lies in its beautiful simplicity and the artistic balance it achieves. This rug exemplifies that refined approach, offering a sense of tranquility and understated beauty that complements a wide range of interiors. This Vintage Chinese Art Deco rug is an ideal acquisition for interior design professionals, home decorators, and individual collectors seeking a rare and elegant vintage piece that fuses Eastern artistry with early modern design sensibilities. It is destined to become a magnificent centerpiece in any room, radiating timeless charm and cultivated taste. Dimensions: 9’ 8” x 14’ 2” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Areas of wear throughout The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2278 Crimson Color Chinese Rugs, Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols 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, Vintage Oriental Rugs, Antique Oriental Rugs, Vintage Green Chinese...

Nice Sinkiang rug late 20th century with beautiful geometrical design and light colors with beige, blue, pink, green, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundations. ✨...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 7'11" x 9' 4"

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8" x 11'6" - 265 x 350 )

Antique Peking rug Chinese Art Deco rug pink purple handmade Chinese rug 2x3 2'4" x 3'4" 71cm x 102cm "This is a beautiful antique...

An antique Chinese Ningxia square throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 3" x 2' 4" 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...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 3' x 5' - 91 x 152 )

Hand knotted in wool, a 10x14 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: The design boasts an eccentric open field from ...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 3" x 12' 8"

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug with red color Measures: 9'4" x 11'4".

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'10'' x 14' - 270 x 425 )

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 7'10" x 9'8" - 239 x 295 )

An antique East Turkestan pictorial lion Khotan accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 2" x 6' 0"

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 244 x 298 )

A charming early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a cranberry field featuring a multi-colored whipping willow tree standing beside a pagoda, with billowing clouds, butterflies,...

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 3'10" x 6'10" - 116 x 208 cm )

One of a kind ! Art deco Chinese Peking rug with a beautiful pink beige field surrounding a gorgeous floral medallion. Made in the early 1920s from high quality Chinese wool found al...

1920s Purple Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 14' x 15'4" - 426 x 467 cm )   

77773 antique Silk Chinese Peking rug with Modern Chinoiserie style 02'01 x 04'00. This hand-knotted silk antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center fretwork medallion...

Antique Handmade Art Deco Chinese dragon Carpet, c-1910's, 8'11" x 11'5". Woven with natural dyed soft wool pile, in purple and gold bac...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug with ivory color Measures: 9'2" x 11'10".

Black ground with four matching right angle corners, each composed of a mini-landscape with a pagoda and pine trees in beige tones. Totally open centre with no borders. A very unusua...

77583 antique Chinese Art Deo Pictorial rug with Chinoiserie style 08'11 x 11'08. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug features a colo...

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 3'0" x 5'6"

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'4" - 275 x 345 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9' 8'' - 245 x 295 cm )

Antique Chinese rug, size: 11'0" x 16'3".

Premium ultra soft 1/4" pile with non-slip padded backing. 2'6" x 8' New Origin: China Field Color: Burnt-Orange Border Color: Blue Accent Colors: Blue, Ivory, Black, Yellow ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Dragon Carpet ( 12' x 15'6" - 366 x 472 ) Dragons on golden background.

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

Chinese - Ningxia, Size: 12' 9"x 13'0"

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

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

Vintage Chinese Art Deco Wool Rug (Size Adjusted) Doris Leslie Blau Size: 13'0" × 13'4" (396 × 406 cm) A rare and visually arresting example of early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco de...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3' x 4'10" x 92 x 147 cm )

Beautiful vintage Art Deco Chinese hand knotted wool rug with a red field. This Art Deco rug has multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over floral Chinese design. This rug measure...

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with the gray field. This Chinese rug has a burgundy and goldenrod frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over traditional ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 9' x 11' 4"

The light green field has a serpentine plain center delimited by eight colorful peony and stem sprays passing from the paler border into the field. Flowers are contoured in blues, ru...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 10' x 12' 6" - 305 x 382 )

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with the goldenrod field. This Chinese rug has a burgundy frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over traditional Chinese f...

An unveiling from the modern Kilim selections in the Kilim & flat-weave collection from Rug & Kilim-here celebrating a 6 x 8 Kilim from the works of Teddy ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

Vinatge 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet ,Size: 9'x 12'

Late 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Dragon Carpet ( 6' x 8' 8'' - 183 x 265 )

An antique East Turkestan Khotan rug in runner format with a pomegranate design handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 2" x 7' 6" Central Asian Rugs & Carpets: Central Asia is a vast area stretching from Northeastern Persia to western China, and from northern Afghanistan to the southern edge of Russia. The carpets can be usefully divided into three groups: the nomadic Turkmen rugs of Turkmenistan, northern Afghanistan, and northeastern Persia; the non-Turkmen tribal pieces from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kirghizstan; and the urban creations of Khotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar, oasis cities of Western China (Xinjiang Province). Commercially, the most important group is from Khotan, the easternmost of the Chinese Turkestan cities. The craft of rug weaving is primarily in the hands of Muslim Uighurs. Khotan carpets mix purely Central Asian design themes with Chinese elements. Native Khotan devices include pomegranate trees, upright flowers, round medallions, and yellow or red grounds. Chinese motives include triangular fretwork corners, swastika fretwork, and Yun-Tsao Tou (clouds and rain) diagonally striped polychrome borders. Cotton foundations, asymmetrical (Persian) knots, and medium weaves are standard. Some vintage Khotan are in horizontal, pictorial layouts with multiple various vases and plants. Saphs (multiple prayer niche panel carpets) are also a Khotan specialty. Others employ stepped and layered lozenge medallions, singly or in pairs. Still others, almost all antique, feature a stylized version of the allover Persian Herati design. Many of the oldest pieces employ brown wool wefts. Antique and vintage Khotans are almost always in the k’ang (double square) layout, conforming to the local household plans. Only relatively recently has the 6’ by 12’ or 7’ by 16’ format been replaced by the 9’ by 12’ size. As a result, an antique room size Khotan carpet is very uncommon. Reds are cinnamon, tomato and rust, never wine reds, crimson, or scarlet. Yarkand, farther west on the old Silk Road specializes in multi-medallion long carpets while Kashgar, farthest west and most under Persian influence, has traditionally knotted allover pattern pieces with finer weaves, often with silk piles, and enriched with medal thread, on cotton foundations. Extant Kashgars go back to the 17th century, but the carpet craft in Chinese Turkestan must be much older as fragments have been recovered from local tombs of the early C.E. period. Kashgars are the rarest of all East Turkestan rugs. Most available vintage East Turkestan carpets are interwar Khotans, many with pleasingly soft decorative palettes. The non-Turkmen nomads include the Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uzbek, and Karakalpak groups. Like the Turkmen, they were once all seasonally migratory, dwelling in round felt tents (yurts), but have been settled, at least partially, in the villages, and have taken up crafts and agriculture instead of sheep herding. As a result, carpet production has transitioned from domestic tent use to commercial sale, but the roots of long traditions are still evident. The Uzbeks weave...

Chinese Art Deco Rug, size: 8' 10" x 11' 6"