Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Chinese Export
Vintage Chinese Carpet, Tan and Blue Carpet, Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Port Washington, NY
China has a long tradition of carpets and the original ones, probably used as merchandise, are dated at over 2000 years ago. The art of knotting carpets was however, introduced somewhere around the 15th century in China.
The patterns on some of the older Chinese carpets...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$7,199 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Chinese Peking Handmade Designed Wool Rug From the 1920s
Located in Norwalk, CT
Behold this elegant antique Peking Chinese wool rug! Its navy blue field, decorative border, and beige accents showcase a stunning classic Chinese motif.
This rug measures 12'6'' x ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
1920s Antique Peking Designed Chinese Wool Rug Handmade In Blue
Located in Norwalk, CT
This elegant antique Peking Chinese wool rug features a navy blue field with a decorative border and vibrant color accents, showcasing a stunning classic Chinese motif.
This rug mea...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Blue Beige Chinese Silk Scatter Rug
Located in New York, NY
A late 20th-century Chinese Silk rug in beige, light blue and navy
Measures: 3' x 4'11''.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
Zabihi Collection Blue Chinese Deer Bird Pictorial Landscape Rug
Located in New York, NY
early 20th century blue chinese peking rug with a deer and flying bird
rug no. j3395
size 4' 10" x 6' 2" (147 x 188 cm)
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Chinese Rug in Peking Green
By Nichols
Located in New York, NY
Nice thick pile Chinese wool rug having a two tone green color way, in the style of Nichols. This rug is in very fine, original condition, clean and ready to use. We believe it is vi...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1920's Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 09'00 x 11'09
By Helen Fette
Located in Dallas, TX
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$6,608 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Antique Peking Chinese Blue Wool Rug with Allover Floral Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
Upgrade your interior decor with this superior-quality handmade Chinese rug. Our beautiful traditional Chinese rug has a stunning blue field, mult...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Antique Denim Blue Chinese Rug with Tone on Tone Scrolling Leaf Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined antique Chinese carpet, distinguished by a subtle tone on tone pattern of scrolling leafs in sky blue on a denim blue background, reminiscent of the most sophisticat...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Handmade Square Blue Antique Wool Rug Designed Art Deco Fl
Located in Norwalk, CT
This beautiful hand-knotted wool rug showcases a navy blue center framed by a multicolored border in a stunning Chinese floral pattern.
This rug measures 7' x 7'2".
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Colorful Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug
Measures: 3'1" x 5'7".
Category
Late 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Vintage Chinese Silk Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A simple but beautiful hand woven Chinese silk rug depicting a central medallion of a phoenix resting on the branch of cherry tree with a blossom on the...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
Chinese Dragon Peking Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese animal dragon rug in excellent medium even pile condition on creamy yellow colored ground.
Measures: 5' x 8'.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Room Size Antique Art Deco Chinese Wool Rug Handmade In Dark Terracotta Color
Located in Norwalk, CT
This elegant antique Art Deco Chinese wool rug features a dark terracotta color field with a decorative border in green and vibrant accents, showcasing a stunning classic Chinese mot...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Antique Peking Burgundy Chinese Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
A beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a burgundy field. This rug has a frame of red and multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral design.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Vintage 1920s Brown and Blue Chinese Art Deco Fette Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Fette rug with a dark brown border and outer field, blue inner field, and all-over lattice design in lighter tan. Measures 9.0...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Fine Beige Blue Antique Indo-Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
A spectacular 19th century Indo-Chinese rug. The weave is very fine (check detailed image of back) and has quite a decorative look highlighted by a beige color oval shaped field acce...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Rare Matching Pair of Antique Khotan Carpets
Located in New York, NY
Very rare matching pair of antique khotans with one measuring 4'1'' x 5'11'' and the other measuring 4'4'' x 6'2''.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkmen Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$9,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1990s Vintage Decorative Chinese Rug with Floral Design 10′2″ × 11′2″
Located in Los Angeles, US
Antique Chinese Rugs, as opposed to most of the antique rug productions, were woven almost exclusively for internal consumption. Since they were mostly sheltered from European and We...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Purple Antique Unique Beijing Dragon Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful unique antique Beijing hand knotted wool rug with a purple field. This Beijing rug has a blue frame and multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over center dragon Chinese cul...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Champagne Mustard Soft Blue Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
An intermediate size Chinese Peking rug in soft blue and champagne tones from the early 20th century
5'3'' x 8'1''
Category
1920s Vintage Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Vintage Chinese Dragon Rug
Located in New York, NY
A late 20th-century one of a kind hand-knotted Chinese rug with a dragon motif
Measures: 5'2'' x 8'1''
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Very Rare 19th Century Rko Ningxia 'Ninghsia' Rug from West China
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare 19th century RKO Ningxia (Ninghsia) rug from West China
A very rare and typical Ningxia RKO rug of the last quarter of 19th century with full ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Blue Chinese Peking Rug, Yellow Field, Blue and Orange Border and Tones
Located in New York, NY
The straw field display a rounded central medallion with four paeony projections, surrounded by four bonsai trees, paeony corners and further tree paeonies with stems. Three-dimensio...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Designed Art Deco Chinese Wool Rug Handmade In Goldenrod Color
Located in Norwalk, CT
This elegant antique Art Deco Chinese wool rug features a goldenrod-colored field with a burgundy-colored decorative border and vibrant accents, showcasing a stunning classic Chinese...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Zabihi Collection Floral Antique Chinee Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early 20th Century Chinese rug with a floral design in cream, blue, yellow and brown
Measures: 8'11'' x 11'5''.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77591 Antique Chinese Peking rug with Chinoiserie Chic Style 03'00 x 05'01. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$1,919 Sale Price
36% Off
Vintage Art Deco Handmade Blue Chinese Wool Rug with Medallion Motif
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful Chinese art Deco wool rug hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue field. This Piece has a red frame and multicolor accents in a gorgeous traditi...
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1950s Tibetan Vintage Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Blue Chinese Peking Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Chinese Peking hand knotted wool rug with a blue field, orange frame, and multi-color accents in an all-over Classic Chinese floral design.
This rug measure: 9' ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Enchanting Pictorial Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
Floral motif Pictorial mid 20th century Tibetan rug
Measures: 3'1" x 5'1".
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
1920s Antique Peking Chinese Wool Rug Handmade with Floral Design In Goldenrod
Located in Norwalk, CT
This luxurious antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug showcases a goldenrod color field embellished with a navy blue designed frame and multicolor accents, all arranged in a br...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Beige Peking Chinese Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
A beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted Wool rug with a beige field. This rug has a frame of blue and multi-color accents all-over Chinese desig...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Mid 19th Century Geometric Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
A mid 19th Century Geometric Chinese Accent Size Rug
Measures: 3'7'' x 5'11''.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Zabihi Collection Square Size Vintage Inspired Khotan Rug
Located in New York, NY
21st century vintage inspired Khotan square size rug in warm colors.
8' x'8'9''
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a central floral medallion against a dark abrash indigo background, and surrounded by a wide stylized lotus and scrolling vine patter...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Matching Pair of Antique Khotan Rugs
Located in New York, NY
Very rare matching pair of antique khotans with one measuring 2'8" x 3'8" and the other measuring 2'8" x 3'9".
Category
Early 20th Century Turkmen Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$2,500 / set
Antique Chinese Embroidery Textile 8" x 8"
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Embroidery, Origin: China, Circa: Late 19th Century
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
Handmade Antique Peking Blue Chinese Wool Rug with Classic Floral Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This luxurious antique Peking Chinese hand knotted wool rug features a navy blue field adorned with a designed frame and multi-colored accents in a stunning all-over Chinese floral m...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
Antique Green Chinese Peking Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Chinese Peking hand knotted wool rug with a green field, orange frame, and multi-color accents in an all-over Classic Chinese floral design.
This rug measure: 8'...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Pictorial Rug, First Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptional antique Chinese Pictorial rug, first quarter of the 20th century, woven horizontally in subtle colors on a cream ground ce...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Blue Tan Chinese Animal Pictorial Landscape Rug
Located in New York, NY
A 20th century Chinese Peking rug with 2 reindeers and a large bird in a scenic background with a tree and palm tree. The wool on this rug is lustrous and has a silky feel to it if w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
White Blue Chinese Rug
Located in New York, NY
Floral vintage Chinese rug in shades of creamy white and blue.
Measures: 5'1'' x 8'1''.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$3,500
Vintage Indo-Chinese Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Amritsar, in the Punjab region in northwest India, began producing carpets in the 19th Century when Kashmir was annexed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh...
Category
1940s Indian Vintage Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Chinese Ninghsia Style “Hundred Antiques” Carpet, circa 1960
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Chinese Ninghsia style “Hundred Antiques” carpet
circa 1960.
Measures 9.ft.6in. x 6ft. (290cm. x 183cm.)
A central medallion surrounded by cult...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Nichols Carpet, Gold, Blue, Green, Navy Carpet Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Port Washington, NY
This is an early 20th-century Nichols Chinese carpet, characterized by its vibrant color palette and intricate design elements. The carpet showcases a striking golden-yellow field ad...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$7,999 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Peking Chinese Runner, Handmade Oriental Rug, Circa 1870, Ivory and Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
This exquisite Antique Chinese runner, woven in the distinguished Peking style circa 1870, features a rare and sought-after white and blue color palette. The piece measures approxima...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Dragon Rug Wool Silk Chinese Style Carpet Blue Beige, Djoharian Design
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Dragon design rug wool and silk in style of Chinese carpets 5.6 x 8 ft.
A beautiful contemporary dragon design rug, hand knotted using finest Chinese mulberry silk (10%) and Tibetan...
Category
2010s Nepalese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool, Silk
$4,097 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Baotou Indigo Rug, circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Antique Chinese Baotou indigo rug, circa 1900. The central field with an intricate lattice work of Traditional Gau (Amulet) design in two shades of blue...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Medallion Handmade Antique Chinese Peking Square Wool Rug in Blue
Located in Norwalk, CT
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...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
1920s Antique Chinese Peking Wool Rug Handmade Blue with Classic Floral Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This luxurious antique Peking Chinese hand knotted wool rug features a navy blue field adorned with a designed frame and golden accents in a stunning all-over Chinese floral motif.
...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other
1920s Chinese Peking Wool Rug Handmade with Allover Motif in Brown & Blue
Located in Norwalk, CT
Transform the look of your home with this incredible antique Chinese Peking wool rug. This unique handmade piece is defined by its rustic brown field accompanied by cheerful blue med...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Other, Metal
Antique Brown and Blue Chinese Peking Rug Carpet Runner
Located in Dallas, TX
78200 Antique Chinese Peking Rug Runner, 02'07 x 14'04. Behold the timeless allure of this meticulously hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug runner, where artistry and nature...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$7,728 Sale Price
20% Off
New Contemporary Green Chinese Art Deco Carpet, 07'10 x 09'11
Located in Dallas, TX
30922 New Modern Green Chinese Art Deco Rug with Maximalist Style, 07'10 x 09'11. Emanating maximalism with incredible detail and lavish texture, this Chinese Art Deco style rug is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$5,760 Sale Price
27% Off
Red Chinese Manadala Rug, Feng Shui Meets Modern Asian Flair
Located in Dallas, TX
78539 Red Chinese Rug with Floral Mandala, 07'09 x 09'10.
Feng Shui meets modern Asian flair in this red Chinese Mandala rug. The opulent floral mandal...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
$5,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Pictorial Chinese Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful vintage pictorial hand knotted wool rug with an abstract brown field. This rug has multi-color accents in an all-over gorgeous Oriental pictorial design.
This rug measur...
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Medallion Design Antique Chinese Rug. 2 ft 3 in x 4 ft
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful And Versatile Small Size Blue Color Geometric Antique Chinese Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 1900 – This gorgeous antique Chinese rug boasts soothing and dreamy shades of blues that play off each other to create a feeling of midnights bliss. Beautifully balanced, this small scatter size rug features a navy blue border with a geometric adaptation of the running dog...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Large Antique 20th Century Chinese Oriental Silk Rug Cream Green Lotus Flowers
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A very attractive and large Chinese silk rug with central floral motif and stylised linked chain lattice in subtle colours depicting lotus flowers, symbols of wealth and foliage on a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Silk
$3,872 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Art Deco Purple Area Rug
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese Art Deco rug with a pale purple background and floral decoration (possibly NICHOLS).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Celestial Chinese Dragon Carpet
Located in Chicago, IL
This small rectangular area carpet recreates traditional Chinese carpet designs with a bold color palette of maroon, navy and mustard yellow. Set against the wine-red field is a cent...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a large round central floral medallion flanked by two blossoming peonies on a beau...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Rugs and Carpets
Materials
Wool
Chinese Export rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export rugs and carpets 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 rugs and carpets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, asian art and furniture, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export rugs and carpets 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 rugs and carpets, popular names associated with this style include Djoharian Design, Gianni Versace, and Liberty of London. 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 rugs and carpets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $149 and tops out at $56,000 while the average work can sell for $4,800.