Manhattan - Rugs and Carpets

The abrashed rose-red field of this "American style" West Persian rustic carpet displays detached floral sprays accented in dark blue, medium blue and straw, within a dark blue borde...

Chinese Art Deco Carpet 8'10" x 11'9" - 269 x 358 cm

Four oval medallions in French floral style decorate the red field of this western Turkish runner. Small rose bunches fill in along the sdies of the field. A semi-realistic acanthus ...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh tribal accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a lion. Measures: 4' 0" x 7' 0".

One of a Kind Vintage Turkish Konya Rug Details rug no. y1673 size 1' 6" x 2' 7" (46 x 79 cm)

French 19th Century Verdure Tapestry 5'7 x 9'1. A charming example of 19th-century French craftsmanship, this wool and silk verdure tapestry features a tranquil woodland scene, cente...

A modern Turkish flat-woven Kilim room size rug from the 21st century.

Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Carpet ( 11'10" x 14'3" - 360 x 435 )

A vintage Turkish Anatolian tribal room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 9' 11" x 12' 10".

An antique Persian Mashad carpet from the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 0" x 14' 3"

1930s Persian Tabriz Carpet ( 8'5" x 11'9" - 257 x 358 )

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 7' x 11'8" - 213 x 356 )

Antique Turkish Oushak Rug, Size: 9' 2" x 22' 4"

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

A vintage Persian Tabriz large room size rug handmade during the mid-20th century with large palmettes connected by vines over a beige field and a border with shades of mauve. Mea...

Antique Chinese silk rug measures: 3' 2'' x 5' 2''.

Peach and orange works only on Oushaks. Three explicit columns of small lozenges and geometric flowers and palmettes organize the spaciously drawn ...

A muted palette of blue and beige characterizes this Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, featuring a delicate floral motif. Its subtle colors and refined patterns make it a versatile piece f...

1930s American Navajo Rug ( 2'8" x 5' - 81 x 152 ) A bold pattern of four nested chevroned triangles in natural light grey, red and ecru converges toward the centre of this small Nat...

Antique American Hooked Rug, Size: 2'0"x3'0".

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

A vintage Persian Tabriz room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a well-drawn floral design over a yellow goldenrod field and bordered in blush. Measures: 8' 6"...

19th Century Persian Ziegler Sultanabad Carpet ( 13'9" x 17'10" - 420 x 545 )

Beautiful and finely woven large oversized antique Persian Kerman rug, country of origin / rug type: Persian rugs, date: circa 1890's. Size: 16 ft x 22 ft 6 in (4.88 m x 6.86 m).

Antique Art Deco Chinese rug, measures: 3'2" x 5'0".

Antique European needlepoint rug, size: 13'6"x 19'0".

An antique Persian Tabriz pictorial accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 6" x 5' 11" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large cou...

Antique American hooked rug, measures: 2'8" x 3'0".

Early 20th Century S.W. Persian Afshar Carpet ( 4'2" x 6' - 127 x 183 ) Afshar weavers excel at repurposing textile patterns as rug designs. In this case as rust ground displays cruc...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11' 7" - 275 x 353 cm )

An antique Persian Tabriz carpet with a pictorial design from the second quarter of the 20th century.

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

A modern Persian flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 3' 5" x 6' 8" Flat-weave rugs & carpets: Knotted pile rugs are just one small part of a vast universe of textile techniques suitable for heavy use. If you can imagine it, some weaver has tried it out. Pieces can be roughly divided into those reversible from the start and those never, or at least not initially, reversible. Thus, kilims are considered reversible, while everything else is not. Kilims are tapestry woven rugs with both sides the same, in either slit technique where colors change, or with various methods of avoiding slits. Slit tapestry weave goes back to ancient times and Coptic Egyptian...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'6" - 245 x 290 )

Antique American Hooked rug, size: 2'6" x 4'6".

A vintage tribal Turkish flat-weave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century with a Minimalist design in charcoal black, brown, and cream. Measures: 9' 11" x 13...

Antique American hooked rug. Measures: 3'0" x 5'2".

A vintage American rag rug from the mid-20th century.

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...

1930s Indian Cotton Dhurrie Carpet ( 6' x 8' 6" - 183 x 260 cm ) Versatile as a floor covering, furniture throw or wall hanging, this polychrome vintage cotton Indian flatweave...

Vintage Persian Meshed Oriental Rug, Room size A vintage Persian Meshed oriental rug, size 11'3" x 8'2", circa 1950. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a central medal...

Moroccan weavers love lozenges. This rug has a bolder design emphasizing thick charcoal diagonal lines and lacking side borders. The open lozenge lattice is not quite balanced, end-t...

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

Early 20th Century American Navajo Carpet ( 5 x 6'6" - 152 x 198 )

This antique Persian Tabriz carpet has very nice design elements. The branches and leaves look like they are swaying in the breeze. The salmon pink colors are so soft and calming. Th...

An abstract, borderless dynamic pattern of asymmetrically placed boomerang, wavy lines, odd shapes and painterly drawn forms, filled in with pale blue, crea...

19th Century Pair of Chinese Silk Pictorial Kesi Textile ( 9" x 1' - 23 x 31 )

A contemporary Turkish large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century inspired by Moroccan carpets from the mid-20th century period. Measures: 14' 5" x 17' 10".

Antique Caucasian - Kazak rug, size: 3'10" x 7'8".

Toto is a product of Alessandro Mendini and Joseph Carini's four piece limited edition collection: the Earthquake Collection. In the style of the Memphis Movement, which blends Art Deco with Pop Art, this incredible Alessandro Mendini design features bold geometric forms and daring color juxtapositions. Here, Mendini and Carini played with warm tones of pink, gold, and maroon against accents of cooler pinks and blues. Handwoven in our exclusive workshop in Nepal, this high knot count (150 knot) rug exudes luxury and elegance. Shown in 3' (W) x 6' (L) size, this fine handmade carpet is silky soft to the touch and has a beautiful sheen. It makes a fabulous throw rug at the foot of a bed, or in a luxury bathroom, it is the perfect versatile accessory bringing a pop of color and pattern into any room. This Alessandro Mendini x Joseph Carini limited edition carpet stems from the Memphis Design Movement, led by Ettore Sottsass and other Italian designers and architects of the 1980s. Mendini was a prominent personality of the Radical design movement and Postmodernism Movement. Carini’s design philosophy is heavily influenced by historical contexts and nature, merging his graphic and organic design interests with his considerable knowledge of decorative arts, architecture, and industrial design history. His expertise in exotic natural dyes and hand-processed materials has become a cornerstone of his work. Joseph Carini is known for his innovative approach, constantly experimenting with design concepts and natural materials. He works closely with designers and clients, offering his expertise to help realize their visions while ensuring practical and aesthetic success. His emphasis on quality and longevity means that each carpet is crafted to last a lifetime, using the most environmentally friendly dyes and processes. Since founding Carini in 1997, Joseph Carini has worked with diverse clients, from A-list celebrities to high-end projects. His creations appeal to design aficionados and art collectors who value unique, authentic pieces. Carini’s rugs...

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

Antique American hooked rug, size: 2'8"x4'10".

The stepped strongly abrashed brown corners position the straw open field with a tall, pendanted eight lobe medallion with a circular center. Internal pendants on the sub-medallion. ...

This Shiraz rug (3.10 x 5.4) exemplifies the artistry and tradition of Persian tribal weaving, featuring a bold central medallion and intricately detailed borders. The dynamic design...

A contemporary Turkish flatweave Kilim large oversize carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 16' 0" x 20' 8".

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco style rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 8' 1" Turkish Rugs & Carpets: Until the Great Persian Carpet Revival in the later 19th century, the “Oriental rug” was Turkish. For nearly six centuries, Turkish rugs, both scatter, room size, and even larger, thoroughly dominated the European import market. Whereas the Persian carpet can be divided into urban, village, and tribal types, in Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire, rugs almost exclusively came from village weavers and from a small number of urban workshops. Ninety percent village, nine percent city, one percent tribal. Turkish weavers have, with very few exceptions, always worked with the symmetric (Turkish) knot. Wool foundations are standard practice among both town and village weavers. The exceptions, very finely woven 20th century and recent Herekeh silks from near Istanbul, and early 17th century Ottoman Court rugs from Bursa, constitute only a tiny part of the total. Always pricey, they appealed and still appeal to the clients who want lots of knots and perfect execution instead of individual personality. The urban workshops have been centered around the western Turkish city of Oushak and its attendant port town of Smyrna. Oushak weaves with the trends in fashion. When color saturated medallion carpets were needed, Oushak was ready in the 17th and 18th centuries. When coarse red and blue carpets...

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 5'2" x 8' - 158 x 244 )