20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a gorgeous sea-foam green field surrounded by a wide rust orange border. A potted peony lives in one corner while a gnarly tw...

Beautiful mid century Chinese rug with an art deco style design and nice colours with a beige field, pink, orange, purple, green, yellow , brown and blue, entirely hand knotted with ...

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a dark indigo background surrounded by a wide fuchsia border, and overlaid with wispy prunus blossoms and peonies, butterflies, and a garden...

Chinese Sinkiang Geometric Rug, Khotan Xinjiang Province (East Turkestan). A carpet of dyed wool pile on a cotton foundation, a mixed berry palette in hues of purple, salmon, red, an...

Striking and full of symbolic power, this Vintage Tibetan Tiger-Shaped Rug is a bold representation of traditional Tibetan artistry. Crafted in the iconic form of a reclining tiger pelt, the design embodies protection, strength, and spiritual authority—key themes in Tibetan Buddhist culture. The rug features a vivid bright orange field with dramatic black tiger stripes, complemented by red and blue accents that add dimensionality and energy. Meticulously handwoven, this textile is as much a symbolic artifact as it is a functional work of art. Whether used as a floor covering, displayed as wall art, or integrated into a curated design space, this tiger rug commands attention. Its fierce aesthetic and cultural resonance make it an exceptional addition to eclectic interiors, meditation rooms, or fine textile collections. A rare and visually dynamic piece, this Tibetan tiger rug fuses heritage craftsmanship with striking visual impact, making it a standout in any setting. Dimensions: 24” x 36” Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: Tibet Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU 2041 Tibetan Tiger Rugs, Tiger Rugs, Vintage Tiger Rugs, Vintage Tibetan Rugs, Tibetan Antique Rug, Tibet Antiques, Antique Tibetan Carpet, Antique Tibetan Carpets and Rugs, Tibet Carpet, Ningxia Rug, Ningxia Carpet, Tibet Wool Rugs, Tibet Flower Rugs, Mongolia Rugs, Mongolia Carpets, Chinese Peking Rugs, Antique Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon, Peking Chinese, Chinese Pagoda Rug, Art Deco...

A 2nd quarter of the 20th Century Tibetan Rug featuring an animal pictorial motif on an orange ground color Measures: 2'10" x 5'2''.

A colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on red ground Measures: 3' x 5'7''.

Stunning circa 1930's Chinese pictorial rug with a large deer and bird on a deep blue ground Measures: 2'5" x 4'6".

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a mauve central field covered in myriad auspicious flowers including peonies, chrysanthemum, and cherry blossoms, and potted ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 3' x 4' - 91 x 122 )

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...

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

Early 20th Century W. Chinese Ningxia Rug 2'x2' 2"

Two vases on stands with peony branches and two fragrance emitting censers, along with two bats, decorate the pale pink open field of this 1930’s Art Deco...

78989 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'00 x 11'09. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug embodies the elegance and restrained beauty characteristic of early 2...

A handsome early 20th century Central Asian Khotan rug with three circular medallions in the center amidst a field of stylized flowers and trees-of-life surrounded by a border contai...

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...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 11'10" x 17'0".

78203 Vintage Tibetan Odegard Rug, 08'03 x 10'04. This exquisite hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan Odegard rug is a striking example of minimalist elegance...

Pillow made from a 20th-century Chinese rug with zipper closure and poly-fill. Measures: 15'' x 15''.

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 1' 11" x 3' 9" - 2' 0" x 3' 9" , features a bold and artistic composition centered around a finely detailed vase motif. The rich...

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

A fine Peking type carpet woven by an honeycomb arrangement of polychrome lozenges with an almost random color distribution. Carpets of this type are representative of an early 20th...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 4' 0" x 5' 6", features a richly detailed design with a distinctive oval shape. The intricate central medallion is framed by a s...

This antique, circa 1930, Chinese Peking rug features a dusty-pink field with delicate tendril flowering stems at each corner with auspicious symbols hanging from the branches, in a ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 8'1" x 9'8"

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

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet Floral green background. 9' x 11'10" - 275 x 360

Hand-knotted wool circa 1925, a 9x12 antique Chinese art deco rug - latest to join Rug & Kilim’s antique collection. On the Design: This is a rare work from the Nichols style curat...

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

Pretty vintage Chinese rug with a design of birds and nice light colours, entirely and finely hand knotted with silk on silk foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and cr...

Elevate your living space with a touch of elegance and history through this Handmade Antique Art Deco Chinese Rug. Created in the 1920s, this remarkable piece measures 7' x 9.6' (216...

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".

A late 20th-century one of a kind hand-knotted Chinese rug with a dragon motif Measures: 5'2'' x 8'1''

Handmade Vintage Art Deco Chinese Silk Rug from the 1960s: Dimensions: Size: 2.9’ x 5’ (90cm x 154cm) Shape: Rectangular Material and Condi...

Full pile large Chinese Art Deco rug plum border, blue field Measures: 10' x 19'1".

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 5' 10" x 8' 7", features a striking composition with a deep burgundy field that exudes warmth and elegance. The spacious central...

An authentic mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco with an spacious open field floral design in goldenrod Measures: 2'7'' x 4'5''.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 8' 8" x 11' 6"

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 12'0" x 14'6".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design in a pale mauve tone over a seafoam green background. Measures: 12' 5" x 1...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet By Nichols Workshop 8' 6" x 10' 6'' - 260 x 320

78979 Vintage Chinese Round Peking Pictorial Rug, 04'00 x 03'09. This exquisite hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese round Peking pictorial rug is a captivating example of traditional C...

Rare antique Art Deco rug antique Chinese rug Art Nouveau rare handmade 10 x 13'1" 305cm x 399cm 1920 "This is a magnificent unique antique Art Dec...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 9' x 11' 6'' - 275 x 350

1920s Chinese Art Deco Gallery Carpet ( 5'2" x 10'2" - 157 x 309 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field. Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6" 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...

There is a group of later Chinese carpets which are characterized by geometric, often abstract patterns that seem inspired by Western sensibilities. What is puzzling however is that most of these weavings have been sourced in recent years in China itself, where they have been used in households ever since they were made. Whatever its origin, the resulting pattern of coloured lozenges has an outstanding three dimensional quality, and can be compared to the most important objects of twentieth century design.

Antique Chinese - Peking rug. Size: 8'0" x 9'5".

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''.

An antique Chinese Peking deco carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.

An intermediate size Chinese Peking rug in soft blue and champagne tones from the early 20th century 5'3'' x 8'1''

This antique Chinese Art Deco rug is hand-knotted with wool and features a burgundy red field with a navy blue multicolor floral design. The classic Chinese floral pattern is elegant...

A 20th century Chinese silk rug, with a simple Art Deco design, very decorative and finely hand knotted with silk velvet on silk foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury an...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Hand-knotted wool. Bold red background with Chinese floral design in multicolor hues. This rug measures 9'8" x 13'3".  

An early 20th-century Chinese Peking carpet in tan and blue colors featuring a whimsical motif. circa 1920 measures: 4'1'' x 5'9"