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Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

CHINOISERIE STYLE

Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.

The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.

Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.

As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.

Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.

Find a collection of chinoiserie bedroom furniture, cabinets, decorative objects and more on 1stDibs.

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Bobyrug’s Pretty Vintage Chinese Beijing Art Deco Design Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century Chinese beijing rug with beautiful Chinese Art Deco design and nice colors with blue, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience t...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool, Cotton

Bobyrug’s Beautiful Vintage Pink Chinese Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice 20th century Chinese rug with Chinese design and beautiful colors with pink, blue, yellow and green, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundations. ✨✨✨ "Experien...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Cotton, Wool

Antique Chinese Embroidery Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful antique embroidery from China late 19th century with very nice Chinese design with birds, flowers and personages, and beautiful purple color silk foundation, entirely hand ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Silk

Chinese Bolster Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese Peking rug.
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20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool, Cotton, Foam

Antique Chinese Peking Wedding Rug with Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77267 Antique Chinese Peking Wedding Rug with Art Deco Chinoiserie Style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center ...
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Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Ming Hua
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted. Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! As holy and enchanted. As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted. Reflecti...
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2010s Thai Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool, Bamboo

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning late 19th century Chinese Peking rug with a champagne colored field covered with pattern of auspicious flowers, bats, and scholar's objects scattered around a central phoe...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Contemporary Irregular Hand-Tufted Wool Chinoiseries Style Rug by RAG Home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
Moody's! Mood for Love from RAG Home Inspired from a piece of chinoiserie. The evocation of Chinese motifs and patterns mixed with Contemporary shape rug. Original Designed by RAG H...
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2010s Indonesian Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Chinese Pictorial Goat Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
A pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a pictorial motif. Measures: 15" x 21".
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Antique Chinese Art Deo Pictorial Rug with Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77583 antique Chinese Art Deo Pictorial rug with Chinoiserie style 08'11 x 11'08. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug features a colo...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Antique Chinese Art Deco Round Rug with European Influenced Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77784, antique Chinese Art Deco Round rug with European Influenced Chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Chinese Horsecover Textile Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th-century colorful Tibetan horse cover textile rug. Measures: 2'1'' x 4'7''.
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Traditional Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
78130 Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Traditional Chinoiserie Style 08'03 x 09'08. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open medallion decorated with ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Antique Chinese Peking Pictorial Rug with Cartouche Border
Located in Dallas, TX
78124 Distressed Antique Chinese Peking Pictorial Rug with Cartouche Border 05'02 x 07'07. With its effortless beauty and rustic sensibility, this hand-knotted wool antique Chinese P...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Tibetan Saddlebag Textile Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century colorful Tibetan textile saddbleback rug. Measures: 2'2'' x 3'5''.
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Bobyrug’s Beautiful Antique Chinese Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century embroidery from China with a beautiful Chinese design and beautiful colors, entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Silk

Antique Chinese Five Claw Dragon Pictorial Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
77589, antique Chinese Five Claw Dragon Pictorial rug. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese pictorial rug depicts a five claw dragon design. The abrashed orange field features an a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Pair of Chinese Art Deco Carpet Runners
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chinese Art Deco carpet or rug runners, circa 1930s. Beautiful colors and rare to find a pair. They measure 45" length x 23" width each. Th...
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1930s Unknown Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Fabric, Wool

Antique Chinese Baotou Rug with Art Deco Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77588 antique Chinese Baotou rug with Art Deco style. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Baotou rug features a rounded fretwork medallio...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug with European Influenced Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77782 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug with European Influenced Chinoiserie Style 03'02 x 05'00. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a subtle all-over arabesque ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Eclectic Khotan Rug, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A colorful East Turkestan Khotan rug from the early 20th century Measures: 4'4" x 9'1'' Khotan, an ancient Buddhist kingdom, was located on a branch of the famous Silk Road in Ea...
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1910s East Turkestani Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Golden Rod Pictorial Animal Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese Art Deco Nichols rug with a pictorial animal design on a goldenrod field surrounded by a pink and plum floral motif navy border Measures: 7’10” x 9' 8".
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Tranquil Gray Chinese Floral Rug
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful early 20th century Chinese rug with a lovely floral pattern on a gray field Measures: 6'2'' x 8'8''.
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Wonderful Vintage Chinese Beijing Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 20th century Chinese rug with a beautiful modern design and orange, green, blue and pink colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, French European Meets Chinoiserie Chic
Located in Dallas, TX
70603 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'01 x 11'09. French European meets Chinoiserie chic in this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug. The intrinsic botanical design and r...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Early 20th Century Handmade East Turkestan Khotan Pictorial Vase Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
An antique East Turkestan Khotan gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a pictorial vase design. Measures: 6' 8" x 12' 10".
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Early 20th Century East Turkestani Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Vintage Persian Style Chinese Accent Rug with Traditional Design
Located in Dallas, TX
77172, vintage Persian style Chinese rug with traditional design. This Vintage Persian style chinese rug features a traditional lobed diamond medallion with elaborate floral ornament...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Mustard Chinese Emperor Runner
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Chinese runner with an emperor on a mustard color ground. This piece looks to be a fragment from a larger rug. Ends and sides are intact Measures: 2'8" x 7'7".
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Shabby Chic Distressed Vintage Chinese Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a large central element obtained from a stylization of the 'Shou' Chinese ideogram, symbolizing infinity, this glorious carpet is further characterized by a soft tau...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
72991 Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Chinoiserie Style. Framed by an intricate blue border, this antique rug boasts a classic blue chinoiserie design that will never go out of style...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

19th Century Peking Hand-Knotted White and Blu Luxury Decoration Rug
Located in Firenze, IT
These rugs are characterized by the elegance of the tones and the refinement of the design that is linked to the art of decoration of the blue white porcelain of the Ming period. ...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Antique Chinese Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
The painterly effect obtained by mixing varying proportions of ivory and indigo wool is peculiar to this family of northern Chinese weavings. As most of them were sourced directly in...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

19th Century Brown and Blue Stylized Rosette Gul Chinese Khotan Rug, circa 1870s
Located in Firenze, IT
Late 19th century rug knotted in East Turkestan, today China's XINJIANG province, "Oasis of Khothan" Over the centuries the silk road has represented a great channel of transmissi...
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Late 19th Century Turkestan Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Wool 20th Century Gallery Size Brown Yellow Khotan Pomegranate Design Rug
Located in New York, NY
Authentic early 20th century Khotan rug with repetitive pomegranate motif in predominant tones in brown, salmon and mustard yellow. Measures: 5'7" x 11' Khotan, an ancient Budd...
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1910s East Turkestani Vintage Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Dragon Chinese Peking Rug
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Chinese Peking rug with a dragon medallion motif on an ivory colored field and soft baby blue border. Size is uncommon for its type.
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Chinoiserie chinese and east asian rugs for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie chinese and east asian rugs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chinese and east asian rugs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, asian art and furniture, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie chinese and east asian rugs made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chinese and east asian rugs, popular names associated with this style include and RAG home. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chinese and east asian rugs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $199 and tops out at $41,162 while the average work can sell for $3,248.

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