Manhattan - Rugs and Carpets

An early 20th-century colorful Tibetan horse cover textile rug. Measures: 2'1'' x 4'7''.

1920s Chinese Art Debackground measuring 9' x 11'9" Green background with yellow border.

An early 20th century square size antique Turkish Oushak featuring an-all over design in warm colors. Measures: 12' x 12'2'' Oushak rugs originated in the small town of Oushak ...

a one-of-a-kind cotton and wool Turkish Kilim handmade from the late 20th century Details rug no. 10708 size 13'1" x 15'7" Kilims, primarily refer to a type of flat-woven rug tha...

Description a late 19th Century Room size Persian Tabriz Rug featuring large roosters and other animals Details rug no. j2763 size 10' 2" x 13' 7" (310 x 414 cm)

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 7".

One of a kind vintage Turkish runner with a all-over borderless design with running circles on a sweet red ground. 4'8'' x 9'10''

Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Style Carpet ( 8'10" X 11'8" )

This 1920 Bibibaft Bakhtiari is an improvisational piece of exceptionally fine quality. It consists of a cotton warp, handspun wool weft and hand-knotted handspun wool pile, and its ...

Rare antique silk Persian Serapi rug fine ivory gold 4 x 5 Heriz Serapi rug 100% silk 3'10" x 4'10" 4' x 5' 117cm x 148cm "This is one-in-a-million museum quality antique Silk Heriz...

Colorful mid-20th century Turkish flat-weave Kilim. Measures: 4'11'' x 8'1''

Pillow made from a vintage Persian Malayer rug. Measures: 16'' x 16''.

Description An American hooked accent-size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century Details rug no. j3607 size 4' 4" x 5' 9" (132 x 175 cm)

Beautiful Geometric Decorative Tribal Vintage Turkish Kars Rug, Origin: Turkey, Circa date: Vintage – Rugs from Kars are some of the most delightful in the world. They often feature ...

A vintage Swedish Scandinavian flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 7".

An antique Mongolian room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a contemporary Art Deco style geometric pattern in neutral colors. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 1" 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 (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique Tibetan carpets...

Antique French Aubusson rug France, circa 1920 Handwoven.

1st quarter of the 20th century Persian Formal Tabriz rug Measures: 8'6'' x 11'4''.

Mid-20th century hand knotted one of a kind Turkish Kilim with a brightly colored striped design. Measures: 5'3" x 13'5".

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

Highly decorative scatter size 1st quarter of the 20th century kurd pictorial rug. Rug no. r5828 Size 2'6" x 3' 7".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 )

This attractive Peking scatter features a cerulean blue field uniformly adorned with seven paeonies, with attendant leaves and stems. Eggshell border with vases on stands, bonsai pla...

A strikingly minimalist composition of just four creamy beige reed panels, each enclosing three nested, floating tall lozenges, defines this tribal carpet detailed in shades of sienn...

a one-of-a-kind cotton and wool Turkish Kilim handmade from the late 20th century Details rug no. 10707 size 13'3" x 15'8" Kilims, primarily refer to a type of flat-woven rug tha...

Made in Iran with finest hand-spun wool, our Mazandaran collection highlights the Minimalist sophistication that existed long before the modern era. The collection was inspired by th...

19th Century English Victorian Needlepoint Carpet ( 6' x 6' - 185 x 185 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8" x 11'4" - 265 x 345 )

This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional texti...

This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional texti...

One-of-a-kind early 20th century Khotan rug with a soft pink field consisting of a yin yang pattern and a camel border. Measures: 5'4'' x 8'3''.

The gently abrashed soft terra cotta open field neatly displays a central dark blue hexagon, within which is a green, slightly eccentric eight flap and lobe sub-medallion. Small dark...

Bolster size Pillow made from a 19th-century Persian Kerman rug. Fill insert and zipper closure provided Measures: 12" x 20".

A connoisseur caliber late 19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet. Measures: 10'5'' x 13'10'' Woven in a series of villages in Western Central Iran, Sultanabad carpets employ o...

A vintage Persian Tabriz pictorial accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 0" x 5' 7".

Mid-20th century colorful worn Turkish rug depicting camel and donkeys on an ivory ground. Size: 2'5'' x 3'11''.

This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional texti...

A handmade one of a kind American Hooked Rug from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century with an irregular checkerboard pattern Measures: 3' x 5'7''.

An early 20th century high decorative Caucasian Kuba runner with a colorful repetitive design on a navy color field Measures: 3'4'' x 7'6''.

Late 20th century one-of-a-kind Turkish pictorial depicting a tiger on a green ground. RAAARRRR!!! Measures: 2'11'' x 3'10''.

Persian Heriz area rug, 8'7 x 11'10. As perpetually fashionable as they are collectible, traditional Heriz rugs are skillfully woven in vibrant colors and emphatic geometric designs....

4'2 x 5'4. Hand Woven using Mohair Wool which creates a wonderful texture and feel. Colors: camel/brown/ivory.

4'6 x 6'. Hand woven using Mohair wool which creates a wonderful texture and feel. Colors: brown/ivory/black.

4'8 x 8'9. Oushak's are known for their soft palettes combined with eccentric drawing. Oushak in western Turkey has the longest continuous rug weaving history, stretching back at lea...

7'10 x 9'9. This is a brand new hand knotted contemporary rug made from viscose and has the silky sheen that creates a wow in any room it is placed.

One of a kind Persian Malayer rug. Measures: 4'4" x 6'8" Malayer is a large village located between the major weaving areas of Hamadan and Sarouk in Northwest Persia. In Malayer and the small villages surrounding it, production was almost exclusively small antique rugs...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 9'0" x 11'6".

Beautiful Large Antique Vase Design Persian Tabriz Rug, Country of Origin / Rug type: Persian Rug, Circa Date: 1920 – Size: 12 ft 10 in x...

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 8" x 8' 3".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop ( 11'8" x 20'4" - 356 x 620 )

A French pastoral landscape tapestry from the 18th century, depicting a placid country scene with a young couple conversing and tending to their flock of sheep amidst the beauty and ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 7".

Full pile large Chinese Art Deco rug plum border, blue field Measures: 10' x 19'1".

1920 Chinese Art Deco Chinese Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Gallery Carpet, Size: 8' 9"x35'

Pillow made from an antique Turkish Kilim flat-weave.

Mid 20th Century Dutch Rug 16'' x 17''

5'1 X 10'11. This vintage Turkish flat weave Kilim is hand-woven. The simplicity and boldness of this piece can also give a contemporary feel and is able to look at home in both a mo...