Manhattan - Rugs and Carpets

A narrow vintage Turkish runner with a floral design on an ivory ground and solid blood red border.

This all silk, extremely fine urban, Turkish wall-hanging shows a cream nichewith a central vase flanked by two full-height trees harboring small birds. Diagonally colour-ribbed colo...

A turn of the 20th century Caucasian Shirvan carpet.

Pillow made from a border of a Turkish Deco rug. Measures: 16'' x 16''.

A colorful early 20th century antique Turkish Oushak rug. Predominantly Raspberry and mustard. Measures: 12'2" x 17'10".

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

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...

Geometric early 20th Century Persian Heriz Runner Measures: 2'9'' x 9'5''.

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

A Remarkable Rare and Breathtaking Large Antique Indian Agra Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Indian Rugs, Circa Date: Late 19th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 18 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 5....

A 2nd quatrer of the 20th century Persian Gabbeh Runner rug no. 30419 Size 3' 4" x 11' 4" (102 x 345 cm).

Our Relief rug is hand-knotted, and made from the finest hand-carded, hand-spun undyed wool of grey and beige tones. Many of the rugs made in the villages surrounding the city of Shi...

A colorful antique early 20th century Turkish Oushak rug. The field is teal; the border is pink. The rug has a lot of character and exhilarating in person Measures: 13'4” x 15'8” ...

Antique Pile Aubusson rug France, circa 1746-1762 Provenance: William & Babe Paley. handwoven

A small room-size predominantly brown Turkish rug. Measures: 7' x 9'7".

French Art Deco Carpet in Style of Andre Arbus ( 6'6" x 6'10" - 198 x 208 )

Decorative Silk & Wool Geometric Modern Contemporary Rug, Country of origin: Turkey, Circa date: Modern

Pillow made from a Caucasian Karabagh rug. 14'' x 17''

Fabulous Antique Persian Mahal Sultanabad Rug, Country of Origin: Persia, Circa date: 19th Century

Pillow made from a Turkish Anatolian rug from the 20th century with pink and blue cotton accents on a shabby chic beige and brown motif Size: 18'' x 18''.

One-of-a-kind early-20th century decorative Northwest Persian pictorial rug. 3'7'' x 3'11''

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...

A modern Moroccan rug from the 21st century.

Three columns of characteristic Oushak palmettes alternate with two vertical lines of cruciform, hooked motives, all on an otherwise un-ornamented tomato red ground. A red rosette an...

A rare size Persian rug. Soft pink terra cotta field with accents of grey and blue.

Phenomenal large size handmade Turkish Oushak from the early 20th century in peach and cream. Measures: 16'8'' x 19'5'' Oushak rugs originated in the small town of Oushak in west-c...

Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug 3'7'' x 6'5''.  

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet, Size: ( 8' 1'' x 10' 7'' - 245 x 322 cm )

Rustic Ivory Antique Decorative Persian Sultanabad Rug, Country of Origin: Persia, Circa Date: 1880. Size: 11 ft 3 in x 13 ft 7 in (3.43 m x 4.14 m)

Vintage European Kilim flat woven rug Art Nouveau Tapestry 4' x 5'2" 135cm x 158cm "This is a beautiful Vintage European Rug tapestry. This mag...

Late 19th Century Caucasian Shirvan Prayer Rug ( 3' x 5' - 91 x 152 )

19th Century Central Asian Ersari-Beshir Gallery Carpet ( 6'6" x 18' - 198 x 548 )

Scatter size Persian Kilim from the late 20th century with a large lonely white pigeon getting cuddled by a boy and a girl on a blue field This was originally belonging to a private...

Pillow made from antique Persian Mahal rug with cotton back. Measures: 16'' x 16''.

Pillow made from an early 20th Persian Malayer rug. Measures: 16'' x 17''.

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The buff light pink field hosts a small-scale Herati design covered centrally by a 16 point round medallion with layers of radiating palmettes. Brown border with slanted and upright ...

An authentic one of a kind Classical Palace size antique Persian Bidjar rug in astonishing excellent full pile condition. 15'7'' x 22'4'' Bidjar carpets are world renowned for thei...

Rare bolster size pillow made from an early 20th century Persian Malayer rug. Measures: 12'' x 37''.

An oversize neutral-colored Persian Bakhtiari rug, circa 1920. Measures: 13'7'' x 20'.

Kayseri carpet or rug. A great old Turkish carpet with a classical design, lovely colors and great patina. A generation older than most of this type of ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9' x 11'6'' - 275 x 350 )

This Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz carpet circa 1880 features a tree of life design, hand-knotted handspun wool pile and natural vegetable dyes. Created in the workshop of master weaver...

An early 20th Century Russian Karabagh rug with a floral motif in brown, ivory blue, and apricot tones Measures: 4'9'' x 7'6''.

A narrow decorative earth toned Persian Malayer runner. 1'11'' x 8'10''

Marvelous small plush Swedish Rya rug from the Mid-20th Century Measures: 1'10” x 3'9” Swedish Rya rugs are extremely colorful, lovely and quite chic and each have their own ch...

Mid-20th Century Turkish Anatolian Prayer niche rug. Measures: 2'6'' x 3'7''.

Late 19th Century N.W. Persian Carpet ( 13'3" x 16'9" - 404 x 510 )

An early 20th-century fine Turkish Sivas runner in predominantly red Measures: 2'7'' x 12'9''

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

Banded "Jajim" rug with good luck charms. A tribal floor cover or rug, possibly Kurdish, tightly woven and sturdy, consisting of four panels sewn together, with an unusual color comb...

Mid-20th Century Anatolian Square Turkish rug Measures: 4' x 4'11''.

Stunning early 20th century Turkish Karapinar runner with rich colors. Antique Turkish Karapinar rugs are very rare and are among the more intriguing examples, boasting a very distinct set of design preferences that makes them reminiscent of Caucasian rugs and carpets. In the Turkish language, the term “Karapinar” means “black spring.” While this might suggest a style that is characterized by dark colors and themes, antique Karapinar rugs and carpets are generally characterized by bright and bold colors. They were woven in southern Anatolia, an area in Turkey with a rich and vibrant history in the arts – especially the weaving arts...

An authentic handmade late 19th century antique Turkish Oushak rug with a celadon green. field, ivory central medallion and border. Accents in light yellow and an orangey red. Mea...

8'10 x 12'2. The city of Sivas is in West Turkey is well known for weaving fine rugs often with a classical Persian design. Appreciated for their decorative style and using the best ...

Colorful vintage one of a kind narrow Turkish Anatolian runner.

3'2 X 19'11. Rugs from Malayer, east of Hamadan, could be considered top quality Hamadan’s and they share similar structural aspects. This very attractive rug will look amazing in so...

Our vintage Moroccan rugs are part of a skillfully curated collection of rare and unusual designs. They are made of all-natural dyes and 100% handspun wool from the Atlas Mountain re...

Antique Kagizman Kilim rug. Beautiful Kurdish kilim rug from Eastern Turkey, with a warm color palette, enhanced by the use of natural brown wool.

The unusual camel field of this period Axminster carpet appears behind the in and out palmette, leaf and vine pattern adapted from virtually contemporary Indian Mughal carpets. The p...