Chinese Rugs and Carpets

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...

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

This is an 18th-century imperial silk Chinese textile that measures 79 x 47CM in size. This rare example has been preserved in excellent condition and has retained its dramatic satur...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 274 - 356 )

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

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

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a deep cranberry colored background surrounded by a black border, and myriad auspicious ...

Fette Chinese Carpet, c. 1930 Additional Information: Dimensions: 9'0" W x 11'9" L

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 9' x 11' 6'' - 275 x 350

Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 3'10" x 5'10" - 117 x 178 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Thread Carpet ( 2'7" x 4'2"-78 x 127)

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...

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

Mid-18th Century W. Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 13'6" x 13'10" - 411 x 422 )

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

Made with fine quality hand spun wool yarns, this handmade cut and loop pile rug has natural variations in colors and texture similar to antique rugs. Ha...

78231 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 09'04 x 11'08. Rendered in variegated shades of tan, sand, cerulean, ecru, blue, peach, rust, taupe, latte, and mocha with other accent colors. Des...

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand knotted wool with a goldenrod field, red frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 8'8" x 11'5".  

Late 19th Century Chinese Mongolian Carpet ( 11'6" x 21'3" - 350 x 650 )

19th Century Chinese Mongolian Carpet ( 10'2" x 19'8" - 310 x 600 )

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

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

Hand knotted in wool originating from one of our most reputed long-standing partner looms in Nepal, this addition to the European Collection by Rug & Kilim recaptures the sensibiliti...

77587, vintage Chinese Baotou Vase Pictorial rug with Chinese Chippendale style. 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...

This exquisite Dragon Rug Antique Peking is a remarkable artifact of historical artistry, offering a glimpse into the sophisticated carpet-making traditions of ancient China. Crafted...

Beautiful late 20th century Chinese rug with light colors with beige, brown, green, yellow and pink, and Chinese design, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundations.

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...

An antique Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 5".

77100 A Surrealist tapestry inspired by Joan Miro's 'Femme et Oiseaux' woman and birds, 1966. The painting was the last of a series the artist complet...

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

Hand-knotted in wool, this 9x12 European rug in beige is the first iteration of this design to be in high-and-low texture. Featuring green and pink floral patterns with red and cream...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" x 11'6" - 267 x 351 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' 2" x 3' 10" - 66 x 116 cm )

Hand knotted in wool, an 8x10 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: The design boasts a bold open field from this p...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 5'10" x 8'3" - 178 x 252 )

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...

Premium ultra soft 1/4" pile with non-slip padded backing. 3' x 5' New Origin: China Field Color: Burnt-Orange Border Color: Blue Accent Colors: Blue, Ivory, Black, Yellow Tu...

77137, vintage Chinese rug with modern style. This hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese rug with modern style features an all-over geometric pattern surrounded by a double Greek Key Mea...

Beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted wool rug with a tan field. This Khotan rug has a brown and orange accent in an all-over medallion floral design. This rug measures 5'7" x 10...

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.

Handmade with wool, this 9×13 needlepoint rug is a new unveiling from the earliest works in Rug & Kilim’s European Collection. On the Design: Admirers of the craft may note inspi...

An outstanding creation of Modern Mondrian rug that elegantly establishes the exceptional intricacy through a Chinese contemporary design of blooming contrasts of neutral tones. With...

This traditional hand-woven Chinese rug has a café-au-lait field with meandering rust vine issuing polychrome sunflowers and delicate stylized leaves, in a plain rust red border.

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 16' - 305 x 490 cm )

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a brilliant fuchsia field surrounded by a wide turquoise border flanked by narrow gold and fuchsia stripes. Overlaying the border are wonderful large-scale peonies and scrolling vines, all woven in gold, gray, teal and pink.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'2" x 11'9" - 279 x 358 )

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, Size: 8' 8'' x 11' 4''.

This graphic and sophisticated Ming rug was realized in China, circa 1880. Presented against a black background, the circular rug presents sprigs of cherry blossoms resting in a vase...

73695 Imperial Harem Odalisque Tapestry with Ottoman Empire Style, Wall Hanging 04'08 x 06'04. Drawing inspiration from Rudolphe Ernst, Odalisque by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Reclini...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful indigo background surrounded by a complementary border with a pink, violet and indigo floral pattern.

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

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand knotted wool with a dark-blue field, orange and red frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 7" x 9'7".

A beautiful oversize antique Chinese Art Deco hand knotted wool rug with a navy- blue field. This rug has a frame of beige and multi-color accents all over Chinese floral design. ...

1930s vintage hand knotted wool Khotan rug with a tan/beige field and a medallion design. This rug measures 6'9" x 10'4".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 3' 10".

On the lookout for a new carpet to enhance your living room or bedroom? This Beautiful needlepoint could make the perfect accessory. This wool needlepoint is a traditional textile woven by hand. The central design has been woven on a simple cream background and features an elegant symmetrical floral...

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