Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

This exquisite beige-blue antique rug is a mesmerizing piece that whispers tales of the past with every intricate knot. Handcrafted in the 1920s in the heart of China, this masterpie...

A charming petite early 20th century Chinese Art Deco oval rug with a green field surrounded by a wide violet border, and all overlaid with a garden landscape scene including a pagod...

77594, antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with buddha statues. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug featur...

Scarlet Red, Antique Chinese Art Deco, Flower Design, Good Condition, Even Wear, Clean, 100% Wool, Hand Knotted, Oriental Rug Primary materials: Wool Latex: No Pile height: 0.25 Inc...

1930s Chinese Peking rug in a rare fire orange color Measures: 5' 11" x 8' 8" (180 x 264 cm).

30552, new contemporary Chinese Art Deco rug inspired by Walter Nichols. Channeling the famed Walter Nichols style of the 1920s and ...

A striking early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco oval rug, woven with a rich and symbolic design. At its heart, a gracefully arching cherry blossom tree emerges from scholar’s rocks, i...

This elegant early 20th-century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 2" x 12' 0", features a meticulously woven allover lattice design enriched with circular floral medallions a...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful mint-green field with a singular large central floral medallion in the center with multi-colored peonies, chrysan...

Beautiful mid century Chinese rug with an art deco style design and nice colours with a beige field, pink, red , brown and blue, entirely hand knotted with wool on cotton foundation ...

Vintage Chinese Art Deco handmade wool rug. Size: 11'8" × 16'9" (355 × 510 cm) An early 20th century Chinese art Deco rug, the oatmeal with an unusually delicate European-inspired blue trellis of leafy vinery, feathery leaves and hooked tendrils within a dark blue hooked vinery border. Decorative antique oriental rugs and carpets...

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 ...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet No border around with red background Chinese Art Deco. 8'9" x 11'6" - 267 x 351

A simple but chic early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with two large floral clusters in opposite corners, one with chrysanthemums and the other with peonies, and surrounded by a ...

An antique Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 1" x 14' 10"

Beautiful mid century Chinese rug with nice simple and floral design with a beautiful orange field colour, entirely hand knotted with wool on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the ...

This is an antique Chinese Art Deco rug! It's hand-knotted with wool and features a bold red field and striking multicolor hues. The rug is adorned with a classic Chinese floral desi...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 cm )

The fuschia-red field displays opposite pointing suspended wind chimes and hanging floral vessel, while colourful flowers spill over from the pale celadon border. The chime has a clo...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'6" - 270 x 350 cm )

A beautiful oversize antique Chinese Art Deco wool rug with a goldenrod field. This hand knotted Rug has a frame of purple and multi-...

78900 Distressed Antique Round Chinese Art Deco Rug, 01'11 x 02'02. This hand-knotted wool distressed antique round Chinese Art Deco rug is a captiva...

Introducing a stunning contemporary Chinese rug featuring an exquisite blend of geometric and stylized floral Art Deco design. Crafted with meticulous attention, this rug boasts a pa...

Nice little Chinese beijing rug with beautiful Chinese Art Deco design and beautiful colors with blue, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

78978 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 02'07 x 04'10. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a captivating blend of simplicity, elegance, and symbolic artistry, drawing ...

A gorgeous early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a mint green field surrounded by a wide burnt orange border, and all overlaid with multicolored prunus blossoms and peonies.

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...

Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pieces are k...

77189 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'02 x 09'05. Maximalist style meets sensual decadence in this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug. The elaborate floral details and s...

78992 Antique Green Chinese Art Deco Oval Rug, 04'00 x 06'10. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a captivating example of the elegance and craftsmanship...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11' 10'' x 14' 8'' - 360 x 447 cm )

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" x 11'3" - 266 x 343 )

72021 New Contemporary Modern Chinese Art Deco Rug 11'06 x 18'00. This hand knotted wool contemporary modern Chinese Palace size rug features an Art Deco style showcasing symmetry an...

This hand-knotted wool rug showcases an exquisite Modern Art Deco design with a rich pink field accentuated by broad yellow and gray hues. The intricate Chinese-style foo dogs are be...

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

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Atelier 11'10" x 17'2" - 361 x 523

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 11"

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'3'' - 275 x 343 )

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand knotted wool with a goldenrod field, brick red frame, and multi-color accents in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This r...

Beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue field. This Chinese rug has a beige frame and multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral desi...

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 vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 10' 0" x 13' 6".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a tan color field. This Chinese rug has a gorgeously pictorial design with a navy blue frame and multicolor accents. This rug...

A stunning example of early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco design, this hand-knotted vintage rug brings refined elegance and artistic charm to any interior. The spacious room-size format features a serene navy blue field accented with delicate bird and floral motifs, offering a sense of tranquility and understated beauty. A richly colored taupe border surrounds the composition, densely adorned with blooming florals that highlight the rug’s decorative appeal. The open field layout, minimal yet graceful, reflects the Art Deco aesthetic of balance and stylized naturalism. Perfect for collectors, interior designers, and decorators seeking a rare and elegant vintage piece that fuses Eastern artistry with early modern design sensibilities. Dimensions: 8’ 9” x 11’ 4” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2288 Chinese Art Deco rug, vintage Art Deco rug, room size Chinese rug, navy blue Art Deco rug, taupe border rug, early 20th-century Chinese rug, floral Chinese rug, bird motif rug...

This exceptional hand-knotted wool rug showcases the exquisite Art Deco style and features a navy blue field complemented by a magnificent burgundy frame. The traditional Chinese flo...

77593 Vintage Chinese Baotou vase pictorial rug with Chinese Chippendale Style 02'05 x 04'06. This hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese Baotou pictorial rug features an abrashed tan field showcasing different types of cloisonné vases sprouting with stylized florals resting on pedestals. The main border, which features repeated motifs of diamonds containing stylized ruyi clouds with rosette centers, echoes the balance of geometric forms and floral touches used throughout the piece. It would be perfect for a small space, kitchen, reading nook, master bathroom, grand foyer, designer entry, study, studio, den, walk-in closet, stair landing, alcove, mudroom, entryway, bedroom, private library, private Chambers, living room, front room, wine cellar, conservatory, drawing room, trophy room, game room, music room, listening room, or hotel lobby. It would also make a lovely accent next to a buffet in a dining room or behind the sofa table in the living room. Iconic in its styling, this antique Chinese Baotou rug...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'6'' - 245 x 290 )

This rure vintage rug was made using different pieces of fur from goats and sheep. It was made in patchwork style like a quilt. The design is Art Deco style with a landscape and cran...

78614 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 08'10 x 11'06. Emulating maximalist style with opulent detail work and lavish texture, this antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a captivating vision ...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 cm ) A layering of colorful rocks, a tall shaded orange/rust tree, a fluttering goldenrod spotted butterfly and peonies galore ...

A bold early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant cranberry field surrounded by a wide gray border, and overlaid with vases potted with auspicious flowers including chr...

An antique Chinese Peking large room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 10" x 15' 2".

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 4' 11" x 5' 2", showcases a vibrant composition rich in symbolism and traditional Eastern artistry. The deep navy-blue field ser...