Early 20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'6" - 270 x 350 )

An early 20th century full pile antique Khotan rug featuring a watermelon color field and green border. This piece is not worn like other Samarkand rugs found as previous owner kept ...

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...

1920's Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" ) Paeonies everywhere, in the four corners overlapping pink field and celadon green border, in the larger central bouquet. Only one cloisonné vase in a corner. The pink is balanced top and bottom, but a larger plain area is on the left. One lotus blossom appears in the lower left flower bunch. An attractive almost antique...

78921 Distressed Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 06'03 x 08'07. This antique hand-knotted Chinese Peking rug evokes an air of timeless elegance and cultural richness, perfectly embodying...

An early 20th Century Chinese gallery-size rug with a landscaping scenic pictorial motif. Measures: 6' x 12'3''

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 10'4" x 12'10"

:: 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...

An early 20th century fine quality mysterious Chinese tiger pictorial rug with symbolic Chinese elements, dated 1926. We are unable to translate the symbols. Decorative oriental, Chinese rugs and carpets...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in green and orange colors. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original good condition. -condition: original good, -circa: 1...

This early 20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 7" x 13' 11", features a richly decorative field filled with repeating cloud motifs, stylized symbols, and auspiciou...

This early 20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 10" x 11' 8", showcases a distinctive linear design that captures the innovative spirit of the Art Deco era. The rug...

Antique Chinese - Ningxia rug, size: 2'2" x 2'3".

Antique Chinese - Silk rug, size: 8'10" x 12'0".

77584 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Cranes and Deer 02'04 x 04'08. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug fe...

This early 20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 2' 11" x 5' 8", presents a captivating pastoral scene woven with charm and artistry. The central field depicts a tranqu...

77407, distressed antique Chinese Peking rug with Traditional chinoiserie style 08'10 x 11'06. This hand knotted wool distressed antique Chinese Peking area rug...

Chinese - Peking, Size: 9' 8"x 10' 4"

Early 20th Century Blue Color Antique Khotan Gallery size rug Details rug no. j2674 size 6' 10" x 13' 2" (208 x 401 cm)

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 10' 8" x 11' 8"

Late 19th Century Silk Chinese Embroidery ( 2'9" x 2'11" - 85 x 90 )

Exquisite Early 20th Century Chinese Embroidery Discover a stunning piece of art from the early 20th century – a Chinese embroidery masterpiece. This work of art features a mythologi...

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".  

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Hand Woven, 8×11 ITEM: Handmade Area Rug STYLE: Chinese Art Deco DIMENSIONS: 107" (8'11") x 136.5" (11'4") PATTERN: Floral COLOR/S: Green, Marigold, Mag...

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

An antique Chinese Peking long gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of cream and blue. Measures: 5' 9" x 16' 3" 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...

Antique handmade Art Deco Chinese carpet, c-1920's, 6' x 8'8". Woven with natural dyed soft wool pile, in gold and green and pomegranate red background color and traditional vase and...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'8" - 245 x 295 )

A Chinese pictographic rug in predominant shades blue. The wool is very soft and all the colors are natural. Soft on the feet.

Antique Chinese, Art Deco rug, size: 8'10" x 11'8" Floral with navy border.

From the elegance and unusual style you can recognize this beautiful Chinese carpet from the Art Deco period. The wool is bright and silky, spun with greater thickness than normal Ch...

A mid-20th-century room size Chinese rug in soft brown and olive tones Measures: 7'10'' x 10'9''.

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9' x 11'6'' - 275 x 350 )

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in red color. The rug has traditional floral Art Deco design with some birds and vases. It is from the beg...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' x 3'10" - 61 x 117 )

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

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

an early 20th century East Turkestan Khotan Pictorial rug Measures: 5'8'' x 8'8''.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'6" - 245 x 290

This stunning antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug features a rich navy blue field adorned with vibrant yellow accents showcasing traditional Chinese dragon designs. This ru...

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted wool with a tan field, navy-blue frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 9'1" x 11'7".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with Modernist Design 3' x 4' 9"

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet, Size: ( 10'6" x 12'6" - 320 x 380 cm )

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

An early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco rug, beautifully woven with a lyrical and symbolic design. At its center, a gracefully twisting cherry blossom branch stretches across the fiel...

A chic and sophisticated early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a black background with the most incredible large central peon...

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9' 0" x 11' 6"

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted wool with a red field, and a multi-color accents in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 8'09" x ...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a dark indigo field surrounded by a lacy floral and scrolling vine border with an oval cutout framing a garden landscape with...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9' x 11'9" - 275 x 360 cm)

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'3" x 9'9" - 252 x 298 )

From the large output of Chinese carpets from Tianjin during the 1930s, only a very few are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these extremely ra...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Size: 9' 0''x11' 9''

Very beautiful and decorative early 20th century silk embroidery from Manila, with a Chinese style and beautiful floral design and nice colors, entirely hand embroidered with silk on...

Rare Tree of Life Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Antique Chinese Rug. Measures: 4.2" x 6.8" 4' x 7'. 127cm x 203cm circa 1920 "Beautiful antique Art Deco rug in rare purple color and chic simplistic Tree of life design. Rugs in this quality and size are highly desired!". Size 4.2" x 6.8" Serial ID # 50745k Design Art Deco Metric Size 127cm x 203cm. Age 1920 Antique Category Art Deco Pattern Art Deco, Tree of Life, Floral Material 100% Hand Knotted Wool Foundation Material Cotton Color Purple, Blue, Brown, Yellow, Navy Quality Great Condition Great Condition About Us~ Welcome to Antique Rug Collection. Your #1 Source for handmade Antique Rugs & Tapestries at great prices, curated by leading industry expert. We are a 6th Generation antique rug shop with 48+ years of experience working with designers, private clients, dealers, and really anyone looking for a unique antique rug at a great price. We've made an imprint selling rugs...

Beautiful Antique Turkish khotan hand-knotted wool rug with a beige field. This Khotan has brown and light orange accents in a gorgeous all-over medallion motif. This runner measure...

Scatter size Chinese Peking rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with an animal pictorial motif Measures: 1'11" x 3'7".

Beautiful antique Chinese Peking rug, hand knotted wool with a blue field, and beige accents in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese art design. This rug measures: 7'8" x 9'5".