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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Style: Chinoiserie
Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Romantic Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77442 antique Chinese Peking rug with Romantic chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center medallion decorated with a swirl of...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$7,199 Sale Price
20% Off
Galerie Shabab Collection Handmade Modern East Turkestan Khotan Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary East Turkestan Khotan room Size carpet handmade during the 21st century.
Measures: 8' 11" x 12' 0".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary East Turkestani Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Peking Blu Rug with Longevity Deer and Dragons, ca 1870
Located in Firenze, IT
These rugs were made exclusively for the residences of the court dignitaries: the use of the carpet in China started relatively late and imported from the Middle East, it was not par...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Light Blue Worn Chinese Lumbar Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
A pillow made from a worn 19th-century antique Chinese rug.
16'' x 24''
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
Zabihi Collection Light Blue Worn Chinese Rug Pillow
Located in New York, NY
A pillow made from a worn 19th century worn antique Chinese rug.
20'' x 20''
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Foam
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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Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$4,629 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Ninxia Ocher Yellow Rug Fine Hand Knotted, Cotton and Wool
Located in Firenze, IT
Near the Great Wall there is the important city of Ningxia, the capital of the homonymous region which extended into Inner Mongolia and which was later included in the province of Ga...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$13,038 Sale Price
20% Off
Bobyrug’s pretty vintage memorial testimony Chinese rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty mid century testimonial rug with the inscriptions showing the union of the workers of Asians (Chinese) and Australians. Entirely hand knotted in wool on cotton foundation.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Large Oval Fine Antique Chinese Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
A finely woven Chinese carpet of the type ascribed to the best workshops in Beijing distinguished by an oval format and characterized by a tone-on-tone leaf pattern in off beige-gold...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Ivory Indochine Rug with Stylised Pattern and Cartouche Border
Located in Milan, IT
A specific cluster of northern Indian rugs are inspired by antique Chinese weavings, and are often referred to as Indochine. Here wee see a very subtle palette on an ivory background...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Sky Blue Traditional Chinese Peking Scatter Rug
Located in New York, NY
Stunning sky blue and ivory, navy accent full pile condition antique Chinese Peking rug, circa 1920. Floral border with what looks to be a rooster on a circular medallion.
Measure...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Small Late 19th Century Chinese Carpet with Salmon Pink Ground
Located in Firenze, IT
In the vast range of Chinese carpets, all Chinese civilization is represented and in the elements that make up the design, all Chinese philosophy is represented, the religions with B...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s Pretty mid century distressed Chinese rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a stunning mid-century Chinese rug featuring exquisite Chinese Art Deco-style design and captivating colors. This entirely hand-knotted masterpiece showcases a central na...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Midnight Blue Chinese Folk Art Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A folksy early 20th century Chinese Peking rug featuring eight irregular shaped elemental motifs on a midnight blue colored ground,
circa 1930. Measures: 2'3" x 4'4".
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th Century Blue White Medallion with Animals Wool Chinese Rug, circa 1870
Located in Firenze, IT
The animal in the small medallion in the center of this beautiful square Beijing, is a Qilin, it is frequently associated with the cardinal point of the west, instead of the Byakko w...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
20th Century White and Blue Empty Field Flower Border Chinese Peking Rug, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Peking cream-colored carpet. Borders in more shades of blue decorated with a row of lotus flowers underlined by a Greek. A typical product of Chinese craftsmanship inspired by the wh...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$3,684 Sale Price
20% Off
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 transmission...
Category
Late 19th Century Turkestan Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Chinese Indigo Blue Peking Rug, 1920
Located in Rome, IT
A fine early 20th century Indigo Blue Peking Rug.
Measures: cm 350 x 280.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Galerie Shabab Collection Mid-20th Century East Turkestan Khotan Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage East Turkestan Khotan throw rug handmade during the Mid-20th Century.
Measures: 2' 7" x 3' 10".
Category
Mid-20th Century East Turkestani Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Chinese Feti Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Feti rug with a solid mauve central field surrounded by a border with an indigo meandering motif and repeated floral inner stripe and a wide re...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Summer Palace
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Modern artisanal techniques meet chinois chic in our statement rug.
Summer Palace delicately balances a decorative, cascading ornamental pattern in a pa...
Category
2010s Thai Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Bamboo
$15,000 / item
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
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...
Category
2010s Thai Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Bamboo
$16,800 / item
19th Century Chinese Hand-Knotted Rug Blu Beige with Stylized Spiritual Dragons
Located in Firenze, IT
A rare Chinese carpet from the end of the 19th century, with a refined tone-on-tone geometric decoration that occupies the central field without interruption. At the corners are styl...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$8,787 Sale Price
31% Off
Blue Crane
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
A design story of legacy and grace. A tribute to his grandparents, this was a particularly special rug for Omar to design. Fluidity, duality and functionality Hesina personifies a wi...
Category
2010s Thai Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Bamboo
$15,000 / item
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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