20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 10" x 11' 7", showcases a beautifully asymmetrical composition inspired by traditional Chinese landscape paintings. A soft gr...

Absolutely stunning Chinese Art Deco carpet from the 1920's. Hand-knotted wool with bold, contrasting colors. Birds, lanterns and flora design. Attributed to Nichols. Excellent condi...

79078 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 06'03 x 09'01. This exquisite one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug is a stunning representation of Chinese artistry and cultu...

Vintage Art Deco Chinese Wool Rug, 1930s. This is a handwoven rug made of wool pile on cotton warp, with rich flowers and bamboo designs, against a dark raspberry background. Chain a...

This early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco rug is a vibrant tableau of leisure, abundance, and artistic sophistication. Two elegant women walk gracefully along the edge of a lush garde...

Rare oval-shaped Green Chinese Art Deco rug. Measures: 2' x 3'10'' Chinese Art Deco rugs are known for their striking mix of asymmetri...

Mid 20th century Chinese Floral design rug in predominantly navy blue Measures: 4'10'' x 7'8''.

A Chinese Pictorial Peking Inspired English Axminster Room Size Carpet handmade during the Mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 9"

An exotic color room size Chinese Art Deco Rug from the 1930s. Measures: 8'10" x 11'6''

Beautiful Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, hand-knotted wool with a cherry red field, light pink frame in an allover Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures 9' 11" x 13' 6"...

Beautiful 1920s antique Chinese Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a green field red frame in a classic Chinese floral nature design. This rug measures 8' 11" x 11' 7".  

A gorgeous and very rare Nepal / Tibet floral design rug, highly stylized patterns, and a tastefully orchestrated color scheme. Qanat / Kanaat design, this rug features an oversized...

78175 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Gazebo & Pagoda Scene 09'01 x 11'02. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco ...

An early 20th century Tibetan horse cover textile rug in blue and yellow, circa 1900, measures: 2'1" x 4'9".

Exceptional Antique Art Deco rug Extraordinaire Fine Mandarin Walter Nichols Purple 9' x 11'6" 275cm x 351cm Circa 1920 "This is an Amazing One of a kind Antique Art Deco Walter...

77231 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'09 x 11'06. Woven during a golden era of cross-cultural aesthetics, this one-of-a-kind hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a mast...

A phenomenal room size full pile condition Chinese Art Deco Rug from the 1930s. Measures: 9' x 11'6''.

78841 Vintage Embroidered Burmese Thai Elephant Kalaga Tapestry, 03'07 x 03'09. This vintage Burmese or Thai Kalaga tapestry, a traditional hand-embroidered artwork known for its int...

An early 20th-century Chinese Peking carpet with an animal motif in beige and blue circa 1910, measures: 3' x 5'8".

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 10" x 11' 3", showcases a beautifully refined design with a rich terracotta field. Scattered across the open expanse are trad...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 2" x 9' 8", features a striking emerald green field adorned with an intricate floral composition. A lush arrangement of peoni...

77524, antique Chinese Peking rug with Art Deco style inspired by Walter Nichols. With Jazz Age vibes and Art Deco style, this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a...

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Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, attributed to Walter Nichols. This hand-knotted, wool, room-sized rug features a color-blocked field and border in Mustard, Plum and Lavender. Detailed ...

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

Beautiful antique Art Deco rug, hand-knotted wool with a deep burgundy field, dark lavender rame in an all-over Classic Chinese floral design, circa 1920 This rug measures 8' 10" x 1...

77631 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'10 x 11'06. A radiant relic of cultural storytelling and visual poetry, this hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug captures the splend...

This Chinese Art Deco rug, woven in the 1920s, is a radiant example of a uniquely Chinese interpretation of the Art Deco movement. Set against a soft champagne-colored field and fram...

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2'3''x 3'9'' - 69 x 114 )

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug featuring a gold field surrounded by a wide gray border, and all overlaid with vases potted with violet and light and dark indigo ...

Large Wool on cotton Art Deco era Nichols-style Chinese area rug with Blue and gold border decorated with pagoda structures, boats/water, and floral motifs on a gold field centering ...

77629 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Inspired by Walter Nichols 09'00 x 11'09. An exquisite expression of early 20th-century grandeur, this hand-knotted w...

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco hand-knotted scatter wool rug with brown and gray color field. This piece has multicolor hues adorned with a classic Chinese floral design. This ...

An early 20th Century Chinese rug with an animal motif on a navy field Measures: 4'4'' x 6'10''.

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' x 8'10" - 185 x 270 )

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 2'10" x 11'6" - 85 x 350 )

This antique Khaden smaller runner rug is remarkable for its fantastic orange field and expressive design. Two phoenix and two dragons balance one another out on either side. In Tibe...

A 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Tibetan rug with a dragon motif on a brown field Size: 3'1'' x 58''.

A stunning example of early 20th-century Chinese artistry, this vintage hand-knotted Art Deco rug from the 1900s features an exquisite floral and butterfly motif that radiates elegan...

Nice antique Japanese embroidery with beautiful design with tigers, and with nice natural colours in hues of yellow, green, brown and black , entirely...

Stunning room size 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a colorful floral design in bright green, coral mustard and purple accent colors. Measures: 9' x 11'9''.

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with myriad auspicious imagery including five bats, a phoenix, fish, a scholar's vase, and various flowers, all symbols of prosper...

Vintage Bessarabian Kilim Rug Handwoven rug Tribal Geometric Overall 5'9" x 8'8" 175cm x 264cm "Very cool vintage Bessarabian Kilim with a rare geometric overall pattern and fanta...

1920 Walter Nichols Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Handmade Tree of Life 9x12 1920 9' x 11'6" 275cm x 351cm "This is a magnificent unique antique Art Deco rug. It has a fine qu...

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design in dominant accents in green and pink. Measures: 6' x 8'6''.

A magnificent and oversized example of an early 20th-century Walter Nichols Art Deco Chinese rug—truly one of the most beautiful and iconic rugs ever woven in China. In remarkably well-preserved, “like new” condition, this masterpiece has defied time with minimal wear, an extraordinary rarity for a rug over 100 years old. The central field features a serene and captivating pagoda design set against a rich blue background. Surrounding the central motif are delicately rendered butterflies and floral bouquets, evoking a sense of grace and harmony. Each corner of the field is adorned with vibrant imagery of birds, butterflies, and flowers, adding layers of narrative and visual interest. Framing this scene is a bold and luminous yellow border, beautifully decorated with repeating pagoda designs—tying the entire composition together in classic Art Deco fashion with a Chinese cultural flourish. This rug is a testament to the sophisticated design sensibility of the Walter Nichols studio and a rare opportunity to own a true treasure from China’s golden era of fine hand knotted rugs. Dimensions: 11’ 2” x 17’ 8” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation with natural vegetable dyes Condition: Excellent with a full pile The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU 1297 Walter Nichols Art Deco Chinese Rugs, 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, Chinese Peking Rugs, Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...

Rare Vintage Silk Chinese Rug Temple of Heaven Tapestry 6'2" x 8'9" (6' x 9') 188cm X 267cm Circa 1965 "This is a magnificent vintage...

This exquisite navy-blue vintage rug is a mesmerizing piece that whispers tales of the past with every intricate knot. Handcrafted in the 1970s in the heart of China, this masterpiec...

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

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant central fuchsia field surrounded by a wide gray border, and all overlaid with myriad auspicious flowers including...

This vintage Chinese pictorial area rug captures a striking and dynamic moment: a horseback rider mid-action, skillfully swinging a rope loop to capture a wild horse in motion. The s...

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...

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...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 8'0" x 9'4".

The semi-open ecru beige field shows diagonally opposed motives of vases on stands with distinct paeony-based floral sprays. The single dark blue border shows a diagonally symmetric...

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant fuchsia field surrounded by a wide turquoise border flanked by narrow gold and fuchsia stripes. Overlaying the border are wonderful large-scale peonies and scrolling vines, all woven in gold, gray, teal and pink.

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