Hand-Knotted Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet in Mandarin Quality ( 10' x 13'6" - 305 x 402 )

Very beautiful late 20th century Chinese shrug with beautiful Chinese art deco design with birds and flowers, and nice colours with a light green field and pink, yellow, orange, gre...

A vintage late 20th century Tibetan hand-knotted runner with a horizontal stripe pattern woven in varying shades of reds, and some stripes with zigzag patterns, and others with varie...

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...

Golden background Chinese Art Deco, measures: 9'0" x 11'4".

Large Art Deco rug with floral motif on rare Mink tone field. Fresh from an estate table leg imprints are still fresh.

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug 6' 0'' x8' 6''

Handmade vintage Art Deco Chinese rug i, sea green color. The rug is from the end of 20th century in original good condition. -condition: original good, -circa: 1970s, -size...

Handmade in wool, a delicious 8x10 needlepoint rug from Rug & Kilim’s coveted European style rug collection. This transitional rug enjoys an awe inspiring floral pattern in beige-bro...

This contemporary 6x9 flatweave is inspired by 18th century Tudor rugs and tapestries—from the European Collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Handwoven in wool, this construction marks the first adaptation of this transitional rug style to a high-low texture. Its all over pattern is a grand play of florals married to that texture, with a brilliant sense of depth and movement therein. The colorway favors teal and red tones over beige, with especially present cream and ochre notes among many accents. Keen eyes will further note the fine detail and remarkable adaptation of scale to an area rug. The whole look is a fabulous modern interpretation of a botanical English classic...

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...

This beautiful antique Art Deco wool rug has a navy blue color field. It features a traditional pictorial design in golden, brown, and red tones. The rug was hand-knotted in China. ...

Our over-dyed rugs are all hand-knotted vintage pieces that are recreated in our workshop to cater to a wider range of interior design choices from modern to coastal, from industrial...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan throw rug handmade during the Early 20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 3' 6"

77295 vintage Chinese Floral rug with Persian Design and English Country style. This hand knotted wool vintage Chinese floral rug beautifully embodi...

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12'4" x 14'3" - 376 x 434 )

This antique Chinese Art Deco rug is hand-knotted with wool and features a burgundy red field with a navy blue multicolor floral design. The classic Chinese floral pattern is elegant...

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

Rare square size Chinese Peking room size rug from the 1930s Measures: 8'2'' x 8'9''.

Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Style Carpet ( 7'10" x 10'5" - 238 x 317 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design in a pale mauve tone over a seafoam green background. Measures: 12' 5" x 1...

This is a beautiful handmade Turkish Art Deco wool rug with a beige field. It features blue, goldenrod, and black accent colors in a stunning tiger pictorial design. This rug measur...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with a purple color background ( 8'10" x 11'4" - 270 x 345 )

A Tibetan Tiger rug, hand knotted in Nepal. This traditional Tiger rug design is typically found on antique rugs called Khaden. It describes a small sized rug of about 3 x 6 ft that...

A stunning early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a gorgeous cobalt blue field with an asymmetrical composition of multi-colored flowers including peonies, lotus, and chrysanth...

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

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug with green color and 8'10" x 11'4" size.

Beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a gray field. This Chinese rug has pink, yellow, green, and blue accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral design. ...

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug. Measures: 8'6" x 11'6".

74648 Vintage Edward Fields Octagon Rug, 16'00 x 16'00. Edward Fields rugs are renowned luxury rugs known for their exceptional craftsmanship and custom de...

Antique Art Deco rug Chinese rug rare Art Nouveau Peking Rug Blue 9' x 11'7" 274cm x 348cm Circa 1920 "This is a beautiful antique Art Deco Pe...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 7' 11" x 11' 1", is a striking example of vibrant design and intricate craftsmanship. The rich magenta field serves as the backd...

Tigers are not native animals of the Tibetan plateau; however their presence in neighbouring countries such as China and India partly explain its depiction, both in a realistic as well as in an abstract fashion, on a specific group of antique Tibetan weavings. The tiger pelt became a symbol of high rank in Tibet, employed almost exclusively on weavings which belonged to the religious as well as secular upper class. Following a series of important exhibitions and publications, rugs with this design have become exceedingly rare and sought-after. On this rare monastic example, the tiger pelt rug...

A modern East Turkestan Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 7"

Early 20th Century Chinese Baotou Scholars Carpet ( 4' x 5'10" - 122 x 178 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6'2" x 8'9" - 188 x 267 )

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...

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...

Beautiful light colors Tibetan Nepal rug, circa 1980 with a simple design and beautiful yellow field, blue and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velv...

Hand-knotted wool and hailing from 1920s China, this 9x11 antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a one-of-a-kind new curation from Rug & Kilim. On the Design: An off-white field and bord...

Pretty vintage Chinese Beijing rug with a nice decorative and art deco style design of the nature with stylized tree, birds, flowers, and nice colours with a faded orange background ...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Size: 4'2"x6'10"

Exquisite mid-century blue Chinese rug featuring a captivating antique design, meticulously hand-knotted with wool velvet on a cotton foundation. Elevate your space with this beautif...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 6' 8".

31331 New Modern Chinese Art Deco Dragon Rug, 09'11 x 13'05. In a world where artistry meets myth, this hand-knotted wool modern Chinese Art Deco dragon rug emerges as an extraordina...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in orange and green colours. The rug is from the end of 20th century in original good condition. The rug has a symbol of Indian swastic. -Con...

30993 Modern Chinese Art Deco Rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style, 02'04 x 09'02. Chinoiserie Chic meets Modern Luxe in this hand knotted wool Chinese Art Deco style runner. The timeless...

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...

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

This is an Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted from wool with a purple background. It features a multicolor floral design with a red border. This rug measures 9'1" x 11'5".  

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 ...

This elegant antique Peking Chinese wool rug features a goldenrod field with a decorative border and navy blue accents, showcasing a stunning classic Chinese motif. This rug measure...

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

This Rug is in excellent condition with high pile throughout the rug, cleaned and no stained, the ends and bindings of the rug are intact as original and there has not been any repai...

This 9x12 kilim rug from our European collection marks a modern take on 18th century Aubusson flatweave styles among our principal’s favorite curations. Handwoven in wool, the warm r...

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 ...

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 5' 8" 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...

A magnificent and oversized example of an early 20th-century Walter Nichols Art Deco Chinese rug—truly one of the most beautiful and iconic rugs ever woven in China. In remarkably well-preserved, “like new” condition, this masterpiece has defied time with minimal wear, an extraordinary rarity for a rug over 100 years old. The central field features a serene and captivating pagoda design set against a rich blue background. Surrounding the central motif are delicately rendered butterflies and floral bouquets, evoking a sense of grace and harmony. Each corner of the field is adorned with vibrant imagery of birds, butterflies, and flowers, adding layers of narrative and visual interest. Framing this scene is a bold and luminous yellow border, beautifully decorated with repeating pagoda designs—tying the entire composition together in classic Art Deco fashion with a Chinese cultural flourish. This rug is a testament to the sophisticated design sensibility of the Walter Nichols studio and a rare opportunity to own a true treasure from China’s golden era of fine hand knotted rugs. Dimensions: 11’ 2” x 17’ 8” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation with natural vegetable dyes Condition: Excellent with a full pile The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU 1297 Walter Nichols Art Deco Chinese Rugs, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon, Nichols Deco Rugs, Chinese Art Deco Nichols, Nichols Art Deco Carpet, Chinese Floral Rugs, Chinese Peking Rugs, Peking Carpets, Antique Chinese Peking Carpets, Antique Peking Rug, Antique Peking Carpet, Chinese Rug Dragon...