20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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 beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant fuchsia field surrounded by a border with large-scale chrystanthemum flowers amidst a tightly woven scrolling vin...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in turquoise color. The rug decorated in Art Deco floral design. It is in original good condition. ?-condition: original good, -circa 1920...

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. ✨...

76773 Vintage French Aubusson Style Rug, 09'00 x 11'06. Drawing inspiration from Mario Buatta and Chintz style, this hand-knotted wool vintage Aubusson style garden area rug features...

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

76593, vintage brown Tibetan accent rug with Minimalist style. This hand knotted wool vintage brown Tibetan accent rug with Minimalist style features a lustrous, plush wool pile in v...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop ( 6' x 8'9" - 183 x 267 )

79168 Antique Blue Chinese Art Deco Rug, 07'10 x 09'08. In the golden hush of the 1920's, when East met West in a symphony of style and spirit, this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug was born—a woven reverie crafted in the famed looms of Tianjin or Beijing. With its deep indigo blue field, it evokes the velvet hush of twilight skies over Peking’s imperial rooftops, a stillness pierced only by the whisper of silk robes and the distant chime of temple bells. Suspended across this tranquil sea are three circular medallions, blooming like celestial seals—guardians of symmetry, echoing ancient Chinese roundels...

Vintage Chinese Dragon Carpet on Black Background ( 5' x 8' - 152 x 243 cm)

Discover the exquisite charm of this mid-20th century Chinese Khotan rug, featuring a captivating geometrical design in vibrant yellow, green, and red hues. Entirely hand-knotted wit...

Extraordinary natural stone work of art, one of a kind. This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" suggestive of a group of mountain peaks landscape features light and dark colors, white, cream, yellow and dark green. This is called a dream stone Shih-Hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan Mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone. It is a round cut stone and is set in a circular mat- the image suggests the appearance of a planet. This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve. This thin marble stone is approximately 1/4" thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. Its weight is surprisingly modest- easily hung with standard hardware. On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads: Dimensions: Frame: 15.5 inches high and 33 inches wide. Site: 8 inches by 28 inches Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China. History of dream stone "moon light" works of art: Moonlight...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Size: 11' 8'' x11' 11''

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 9'0" x 11'8".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 )

The Art Deco period was an international design movement from 1920s-1940s. Art Deco rugs are characterized by experimentation with bold colors, angular lines, and the omission of he...

Beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted wool rug with a brown color field. This Khotan rug has pink, orange, and dark brown accents in a gorgeous geometric multi-medallion pattern. T...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 245 x 297 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'8" x 13'2" - 295 x 402 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 )

Beautiful antique Chinese Peking hand knotted wool rug with a blue field, orange frame, and multi-color accents in an all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measure: 9' ...

This 20th century Khotan rug is an antique piece featuring a red field and center medallion adorned with multicolor accents. This rug measures 2'11" x 6'1".

Beautiful Nepalese Tibetan rug with simple design and orange color, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

This late 20th-century Tibetan hand-knotted wool runner is a stunning celebration of vibrant color and intricate design. Woven with hundreds of small circular details reminiscent of ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 6' 8".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8" x 11'4" - 264 x 345 )

This beautiful, small antique Chinese Art Deco rug is hand-knotted from high-quality wool. Its soft pink background is decorated with a vibrant, multicolored floral pattern elegantly...

Chinese Art Deco Carpet 8'10" x 11'9" - 269 x 358 cm

76703, vintage Persian style rug with traditional style. Opulent and whimsical, this hand knotted wool vintage Persian style rug with traditi...

A vintage Chinese Pictorial rug handmade during the mid-20th century with 2 dragons in ruby red over a green open field. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 6".

77328 antique Chinese Art Deco oval rug with traditional chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a plain neut...

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with goldenrod and green field. This Chinese rug has a red frame and multi-color accent in a gorgeous all-over traditional Chinese fl...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' x 8'9" - 183 x 267 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'1'' x 9'5'' - 246 x 287 )

Antique Chinese Peking School Blue & White Oriental Wool Carpet C1930 Measures - 147.5"L x 103.5"W x 1"D

A chic early 20th century Chinese Mandarin rug with a pale orange field with a cream colored striped border with a central peony medallion with chrysanthe...

70718 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 03'00 x 04'10. Emanating the quiet elegance of a bygone era, this hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug unfolds like a page from a poetic...

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug. Measures: 11'8" x 19'8".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'9" - 275 x 358 )

:: Predominantly open field with expressive oversized floral sprays in highly intricate detail. Colors and shades include: Emerald green, ivory, blush, wine red, saffron yellow, and more. Condition notes: Mostly even short pile across. Most of the original side cord selvages are intact or restored. Fully secured sides and ends. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Chinese Nichols Art Deco carpet...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 274 - 356 )

This exquisite pair of Chinese Art Deco pictorial rugs from the mid-1900s showcases timeless artistry and elegance. Woven with a wool pile on a silk foundation, these pieces feature a classic vase motif, each vase filled with delicate tree flowers rendered in soft tones of brown, pale orange, and purple. Set against a serene pale green background, the design has a graceful and balanced composition that reflects the refined aesthetic of Chinese Art Deco style. Their slender dimensions and excellent condition make them perfect for wall display as decorative textile art, adding a touch of cultural sophistication to any space. Whether displayed as a pair or individually, these partial silk rugs offer a unique blend of luxury materials, subtle color, and symbolic design—ideal for collectors, designers, or anyone with an appreciation for fine Asian decorative arts. Dimensions: 2’ 1” x 3’ 1” Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a silk foundation Condition: Excellent The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU 1964 Chinese Silk Rugs, Silk Pictorial Rugs, Chinese Pictorial Rugs, Vase Design Rugs, Vase Design Chinese Rugs, Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, , Nichols Deco Rugs, Chinese Art Deco Nichols, Nichols Art Deco Carpet...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 7".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 2'4" x 4' - 70 x 122 )

Beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted wool rug with a beige color field. This Khotan rug has brown, yellow, and peach accents in a geometric multi-medallion design. This rug measur...

Beautiful late 20th century Chinese rug with light colors with beige, brown, green, yellow and pink, and Chinese design, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundations.

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful indigo background surrounded by a complementary border with a pink, violet and indigo floral pattern.

19th Century W. Chinese Kansu Runner Carpet 3'8" x 17'3".

An early second quarter 20th century Samarkand carpet in the Khotan family.

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

Vintage 1980s Chinese Silk Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

Vintage Samarkand (Khotan) Handmade Wool Carpet Size: 2'7" × 4'10" (78 × 147 cm) An early 20th century Samarkand (Khotan) rug, the beige field with a floral motifs and pair of vases ...

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Meausres 2' 0'' x 2' 0''.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' 2" x 3' 10" - 66 x 116 cm )

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...

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco runner, hand knotted wool with a navy blue field, tan frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 2'6" x 4'10". ...

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