Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

The old gold field displays a low vase with spreading flowers at one end, grapes and grape leaves at the other, paeony groups at each side, all framed by a green border with more gra...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 14'8" x 22'2" - 447 x 676

A bold and beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a mint green field with large auspicious floral clusters including peonies and chrysanthemums, and all woven in brig...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 2'6" x 4'4" - 75 x 132 )

Two flower bouquets or bushesfloat in the burnt orange field and two larger aggregations from opposite corners. The yellow and goldenrod flowers are shaded in rust red and there are ...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a cranberry field surrounded by a wide indigo border, and all overlaid with multi-colored auspicious flowers including peonie...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols ( 7' 10'' x 9' 2'' - 238 x 279 cm )

1920s Black Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 13' 6" - 304 x 412 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet on Pink-Rose Background 9' x 11' 8" - 275 x 355 cm

Handmade Vintage Art Deco floral Chinese Rug, 2'11" x 4'10", c-1950's, in green color background with floral traditional design on each corner of the rug. The rug is in excellnt cond...

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3' x 4'8" - 91 x 142 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8'' x 11'4'' - 265 x 345 ) Floral design with burnt orange field & fuchsia color border.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6 'x 8'6" - 183 x 260 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Size: 8' 9" x11' 6"

This rather rare round rug features a landscape design with layered parti-colored rocks, a four story pagoda and simple Dwellings separated by an orange-rust inlet with a small saili...

A stunning early 20th century petite Chinese Art Deco rug with a cranberry field with two chrysanthemum clusters in opposing corner, and two cherry blossoms clusters on the center, a...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 274 x 351 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3'1" x 5'10" - 94 x 178 )

An antique Chinese Mongolian carpet from the early 20th century. Four columns of ivory stars of two distinct sizes decorate the grey-beige field which is framed by a cerulean blue bo...

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

:: 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 ( 2' 2" x 3' 10" - 66 x 116 cm )

An antique Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 0" x 13' 7"

Chinese Art Deco Style Carpet with Dragons ( 9'x 12' - 275 x 365 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11' 7" - 275 x 353 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 5' x 6'9" - 152 x 205 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 244 x 298 )

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

Oversized Vintage Chinese Art Deco Carpet Size: 15'6" × 20'10" (472 × 635 cm) A modern early 20th century Chinese deco rug, the yellow beige field with an overall subtle fretwork des...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 10' x 15'5"

A wonderful and brilliant early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant gold central field surrounded by a wide indigo border, and all overlaid with myriad flowers includi...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 7'10" x 9'8" - 239 x 295 )

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a rich lavender field surrounded by a wide indigo stripe border. The field features a blossoming cherry blossom tree in the c...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 2" x 8' 9"

Elegant, rare, and rich in cultural symbolism, this early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco rug features a striking French blue field framed by a deep navy border, creating a sophisticated and serene color palette that elevates any interior. At the center soars a majestic Phoenix, a powerful symbol of rebirth and renewal. The corners and borders are adorned with delicate flower vase motifs, paired with a collection of traditional Chinese symbols representing life, happiness, and longevity. The rug’s harmonious blend of navy, baby blue, red, purple, and soft pink accent colors brings warmth and vibrancy without overwhelming its refined Art Deco simplicity. Celebrated for their bold yet balanced aesthetic, Chinese Art Deco rugs like this one have become highly sought after for their timeless design and unique color combinations. Ideal for a grand living room, formal dining space, or elegant gallery setting, this oversize rug makes a bold statement rooted in tradition and artistry. Dimensions: 10’ x 16’ 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, SKU: 2147 Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Rugs, Antique Peking Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' x 11'4'' - 183 x 345 )

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" x 11'4" - 267 x 345 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Runner Carpet ( 2'6'' x 8'10'' - 76 x 269 )

Deep red field Chinese Deco Nichols rug. Bright colored floral design in two corners. One or two small discolorations (shown) but truly excellent overall c...

Antique Art Deco Chinese Oriental rug, Gold 8'11" x 11'6" #17400, circa 1930s There are no tears, breaks or holes. The materials are from vegetable dyes wool pile over cotton founda...

A charming Chinese Art Deco rug with a gray field surrounded by a violet border. The field depicts a flowering cherry tree perched above a scholars rock at the edge of a garden. The ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 5' x 7'8" - 152 x 233 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6'2" x 8'8" - 188 x 264 )

Mid-20th Century Chinese Deco Handmade Wool Rug Doris Leslie Blau Size: 10'0" × 13'10" (304 × 421 cm) This vintage Chinese Art Deco rug, circa 1945, exemplifies the bold aesthetic of...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' x 3' - 60 x 90 )

This Mid-20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 0" x 9' 10", is a striking example of the bold design and rich color palette characteristic of the Art Deco period. Th...

This stunning antique Chinese Art Deco rug is expertly hand-knotted from premium wool. It features a rich burgundy background adorned with a vibrant, multicolored floral design, eleg...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a bright gold field surrounded by a wide orange border, both overlaid with multicolored lotus and peonies, and butterflies.

A vintage Chinese Peking throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a cream border and light blue field. Measures: 2' 6" x 4' 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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 15'6" - 305 x 473 )

A whimsical early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a peaceful garden landscape depicting a flowering tree branch with a lantern hanging over the corner of a pond with blossomin...

The most recognizable rugs from the 1920s and 1930s are Chinese Rugs made by Walter Nichols. These Nichols rugs, as they came to be known, were primarily made during the Art Deco mov...

A unique Art Deco carpet distinguished by a sparse and subtle floral tone-on-tone pattern in shades of garnet and amaranth. Rugs of this type were commissioned by Nichols & Co. in Ti...

Hand-knotted in wool, circa 1960 - 1970, this 5x8 vintage Müren Art Deco rug drawn on primitivist tribal and Scandinavian Rya styles in its big colorful l...

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'9" - 274 x 358 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Mat ( 1'7'' x 2' - 48 x 60 )

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'8" - 270 x 356 )

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 ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" x 11'6" - 267 x 350 cm )

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.

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

Hand knotted in wool originating circa 1910-1920, this 10 x 11 antique rug connotes a rare Mongolian rug pattern among the select additions to our collection, enjoying a Classic pall...

The two pictorial dark blue discs in diagonally opposite corners show respectively a butterfly and a flowering stem, with small porcelain vases, a teapot and teacup nearby. A fan and a scroll add to the exotic character of this generously open, champagne beige field, borderless interwar Art Deco Tianjin carpet.

A wonderfully distressed Chinese Art Deco rug with a faded yellow field with a potted vase in the center and miniature garden pagodas under weeping wi...

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'4" - 275 x 345 )

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'9" x21'6" 358cm x 655cm )

A pair of early 20th century Chinese Art Deco oval rugs, each with a flowering cherry blossom tree growing from within a scholar's rock in each corne...

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