Chinese Rugs and Carpets

1890 Antique Agra Rug Antique Agra Amritsar Handmade Agra Rug Geometric 9x12 Measures: 9'1" x11'9" 277cm x 358cm Circa 1890 "Magnificent antique Agra Amritsar Rug wi...

A striking early 20th century Central Asian Khotan rug with wonderful large-scale flowers and scrolling baroque ornamentations, all woven in beautiful muted greens, golds, reds, and ...

Beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue field. This Chinese rug has a tan frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral design....

A mid-20th century hand knotted vintage Khotan rug with a beige color and all-over design. The rug measures 5'3" x 11'3".  

Pairs of sinuous, scaly blue dragons cavort above medium blue waves around the edges of the open straw-ecru field. Outer near black plain border. Mountains rise from the waves betwee...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 2" x 11' 8", features a sophisticated and understated design rooted in traditional craftsmanship. The soft, muted beige fiel...

An antique Chinese Peking long gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of cream and blue. Measures: 5' 9" x 16' 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...

This exquisite handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug is a true treasure from the 1920s. It features a compact size of 2.1 feet by 4.2 feet (64cm x 128cm), making it perfect for addin...

A slightly worn out Khotan rug with soft coloyurs , from the turn of 20th C.

78978 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 02'07 x 04'10. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug is a captivating blend of simplicity, elegance, and symbolic artistry, drawing ...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11' X 13' 9" - 355 X 420 )

Nice mid century large Chinese silk embroidery with beautiful floral design with birds and nice colors, entirely hand embroidered with silk on ...

The Older Antique Chinese Rugs, as opposed to most other productions of Chinese goods, were woven almost exclusively for internal consumption. Since ...

Very beautiful late 19th century Chinese embroidery with Chinese inscription and design and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand embroidered with silk and inscription with golden,...

Continues the development of the carpets family with new additions to the already existing collection designed by Marco Oggian, resized to a smaller version, maintaining shapes of pl...

Nice mid century Chinese peking rug with beautiful Chinese Art Deco design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome ...

Pretty mid century Chinese Beijing rug with nice Chinese Art Deco design and beautiful colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experienc...

Large distressed antique Chinese rug probably, late 18th or early 19th century Some old reparations, with nice Chinese design and beautiful colors with yellow and blue, entirely han...

Very beautiful late 19th century silk Chinese embroidery in panel, with a Chinese and blue, entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk foundation.

Hand-knotted in wool, this 12x15 modern rug with floral patterns is inspired by vintage and antique Persian rugs of Tabriz provenance—the latest addition to Rug & Kilim’s Modern Clas...

78989 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'00 x 11'09. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug embodies the elegance and restrained beauty characteristic of early 2...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in good condition. The rug has been made in China in fuchsia shade. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century. -condition: good, -circ...

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

1930s Chinese Peking rug in a rare fire orange color Measures: 5' 11" x 8' 8" (180 x 264 cm).

An Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand-knotted from wool with a red background. It features a multicolor pictorial design. This rug measures 2'2'' x 4'1''.  

Antique Chinese Rug, Size: 10'3" x13'9".

A simple but chic early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with two large floral clusters in opposite corners, one with chrysanthemums and the other with peonies, and surrounded by a ...

Beautiful mid century Chinese rug with nice simple anrt deco and floral design with a beautiful red field colour, entirely hand knotted with w...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 10' 4" x 12' 7", features a bold yet refined design that bridges traditional Central Asian motifs with a modern aesthetic. The ...

An early 20th century Chinese run in the palest of blues Measures: 6'1'' x 9'.

An 4x6 rug inspired by Tudor flat weave styles, and the next addition to Rug & Kilim’s classic-style European Collection. Handwoven in fine wool. Further on the Design: This is an ...

This fantastic area rug has been handwoven with a beautiful symmetrical floral design woven on an ivory blue background with Beige, red, cream green and ivory accents. This elegant p...

74909, vintage Chinese rug with Soumak Design and Warm Arts & Crafts style. This hand knotted wool vintage Chinese rug features an all-over floral lattice pattern spread across an ab...

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a tan color field. This Chinese rug has a gorgeously pictorial design with a navy blue frame and multicolor accents. This rug...

Late 19th century narrow and long Chinese Runner Measures: 2'5'' x 14'5".

Handwoven in a wool flatweave, this 14x15 contemporary rug is a new unveiling from the European rug collection by Rug & Kilim—one of its earliest works, inspired by antique Aubusson ...

Early 20th Century Blue Color Antique Khotan Gallery size rug Details rug no. j2674 size 6' 10" x 13' 2" (208 x 401 cm)

Immerse your living space in the rich history and artistry of our Handmade Vintage Afghan Ersari Rug from the 1940s. Measuring 2.2 feet by 2.9 feet (70cm x 89cm), this captivating ru...

Made with hand-knotted wool, this 5x11 antique khotan rug originating from 1910-1920 in East Turkestan is a particularly special find among Khotan rugs of this or any period. On th...

77230 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 09'00 x 11'04. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a variety of elegant floral motifs spread across a cream field. Each of t...

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a blue field. This piece has a purple frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous traditional Chinese floral design. This r...

A 2nd quarter of the 20th century blue Tibetan Plush Pile Rug Measures: 5'4" x 7'3".

This luxurious Peking Chinese antique wool rug boasts a blue field decorated with a designed frame and golden, peach, and black accents in a beautiful all-over Chinese floral pattern...

78299 vintage Persian style Chinese silk-wool Runner, Measures: 02'06 x 10'08.

Narrow and short one-of-a-kind Khotan runner from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century 2'5'' x 7'11''

An early 20th-century oversize decorative Chinese rug with an all-over design on a faded peach field accents in brown, light blue, green, ivory. The design seems to be derived from l...

79096 Vintage Chinese Mahi Tabriz Rug, 09'00 x 12'03. This vintage Chinese Mahi Tabriz rug is a masterpiece of traditional craftsmanship, woven with fine wool and silk to create a lu...

Antique Turkoman rug, circa 1920, from Turkmenistan hand knotted wool, could be use as wall hanging, floor rug, or large pillowcase. Pillow case ...

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

Hand-picked by buyers at Ann-Morris Inc. 1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop

Introducing a stunning and exceptionally rare antique Chinese rug, boasting an exquisite dragon-themed design that features an astonishing five majestic dragons. This masterpiece sho...

Beautiful 1920s antique Chinese Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with terracotta color field. This piece has a designed frame in black hues adorned with a classic Chinese floral scroll...

Antique Chinese - Peking Rug, Size: 9'4"x11'10".

An early 20th century Khotan rug with a denim blue field. Measures: 5'3" x 8'9" Khotan rugs hail from East Turkestan. Due to its geographical proximity to both Persian and Chin...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in green shade with floral design. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original good condition. -condition: original good, ...

Very nice antique and rare Chinese rug from Ningxia with nice Chinese design and symbols on design, and nice natural colours with a navy blue field and yellow, gold, orange , white a...

This new wool needlepoint is an elegant piece woven with an asymmetrical floral design woven with a beautiful circular floral medallion on a repeating pattern background. A bold enclosing border then frames this. The traditional design and contemporary colour palette in this wool carpet make it suitable for any modern or classic interior. This attractive wool rug was constructed with only the finest hand-spun wool and cotton that have been dyed with organic vegetable dyeing techniques that have been used for generations. Master weavers employ traditional techniques in the construction, creating highly durable carpets that are sure to last for decades if cared for correctly. This needlepoint rug is in great condition, ready for use in any home or office environment. Our team source only the finest interior accessories, with years of experience, let our team help you find your perfect accent peices for your home interior. Our inventory includes a range of modern rugs, vintage rugs and antique rugs. With a huge range of colours and sizes available now. Small Wool Needlepoint Runner rug...

Rare Nichols rug with an unusual dragon and phoenix theme likely custom made. Blossoming honeysuckle plant flanked by smaller plants and perched above a dragon and phoenix (Yin & Yan...

Antique Chinese, Art Deco rug. Size: 8'3" x 9'9".

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...