Manhattan - Central Asian Rugs

Rare Pair of Tiger Pictorial Tibetan Rugs from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century. One has a sun and the other has a moon on the top Details rug no. j3895 size 2' 8" x 4' 11" (81 x...

1930s Chiense Animal Pictorial small Rug Details rug no. j3525 size 2' 7" x 4' 11" (79 x 150 cm)

Introducing Bullseyes: The Icons, Carini Carpets' first limited-edition collection of round rugs. Renowned for innovative designs, Carini has long crafted variations of round accesso...

Stunning circa 1930's Chinese pictorial rug with a large deer and bird on a deep blue ground Measures: 2'5" x 4'6".

Blue Vintage Room Size Size Inspired Vintage Turkish Oushak Carpet 10'5'' x 13'2''

Colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on a bright orange field Measures: 3'4'' x 5'7''.

A fine-quality antique Tibetan throw-size pictorial rug. Would make for a great wall hanging too Measures: 2'5" x 5'

This is a 100% handknotted wool rug. Custom color and size available. Rug size is 9'0" x 12'0".

A full pile 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Chinese rug with a blue dragon on a yellow-beige field. Accents in blue. Measures: 2'3" x 4'5".  

Chinese Nichols art deco scatter size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 3' x 5'

Late 20th-century narrow Tibetan Runner Measures: 1'7'' x 8'4''

This Zebra rug embodies a traditional and versatile pattern, both contemporary and timelessly classic. Shown in a silky bronze and cream white, colored with natural vegetable dyes. J...

An early 20th century Chinese Peking Dragon motif rug with a spacious open field design on an ivory ground Measures: 7'3'' x 9'7'' Chinese dragons are an important and powerful...

A 2nd quarter of the 20th Century Tibetan Rug featuring an animal pictorial motif on an orange ground color Measures: 2'10" x 5'2''.

A vintage Caucasian flatweave Verneh throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 8" x 5' 6".

Aquarium is a mainstay in Joseph Carini's signature collections and is one of his most sought after designs. A luxurious and sophisticated carpet, this design is versatile for many d...

This folky accessory rug was inspired by traditional Tibetan motifs of the 20th century. This floral rug embodies a traditional and versatile pattern, both contemporary and timelessl...

This is a 100% hand-knotted wool and silk rug. Custom color and size available. Rug size is 9'0"x12'0".

Enchanting Large room size 20th-century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design on a Burgundy Field Measures: 9'10'' x 13'5''.

Introducing Bullseyes: The Icons, Carini Carpets' first limited-edition collection of round rugs. Renowned for innovative designs, Carini has long crafted variations of round accesso...

A rare 20th-century Tribal Ersari carpet in predominantly bright pink. Not to be mistaken with an over-dye. The dyes are 100 % vegetable dyed. Details rug no. j3068 size 12' 2" x 22...

Narrow Chinese Peking Runner from the 1st quarter of the 20th century Measures: 2' x 9'7".

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design on a Magenta Ground. Measures: 8' x 9'10''.

An early 20th-century Chinese Pictorial rug with an animal motif in light blue, navy and ivory Measures: 2'3' x 4'5''.

Persian Tribal small size Rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century size 4'4'' x 5'8"

Pillow made from a 19th-century antique Ersari rug in blue and brown with cotton back. Measures: 20'' x 20''.

Chinese Nichols art deco mat-size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 2'1'' x 3'8"

Enchanting floral design early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet in an odd size wide gallery room size format. Measures: 7'6'' x 14'5''.

A 2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Animal Pictorial Carpet Size 3' x 5' 7" (91 x 170 cm).

A vintage Afghan Baluch carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

a fun Mid-20th Century Tribal Turkish Kilim Measures: 3'5'' x 4'4”

One of a kind hand-knotted 100 % vegetable-dyed rug depicting a soccer field surrounded by a traditional border. Measures: 2'7'' x 4'.

Introducing Bullseyes: The Icons, Carini Carpets' first limited-edition collection of round rugs. Renowned for innovative designs, Carini has long crafted variations of round accesso...

Introducing Bullseyes: The Icons, Carini Carpets' first limited-edition collection of round rugs. Renowned for innovative designs, Carini has long crafted variations of round accesso...

Rare and Beautiful Large Oversized Antique Khotan Carpet, Country of Origin: East Turkestan, Circa Date: 1910. Size: 14 ft x 20 ft (4.27 m x 6.1 m).

Early 20th century colorful antique Khotan gallery rug. The field is a bone color, denim blue, rust accents are dominant. Measures: 5'8" x 12'11".

A late 20th-century one of a kind hand-knotted Chinese rug with a dragon motif Measures: 5'2'' x 8'1''

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Peking carpet with a soft blue background, beige border and soft accents in peachy apricot. 8'10'' x 11'3''

An early second quarter 20th century Samarkand carpet in the Khotan family.

Muted Turkish Oushak one of a kind square rug in very muted brown and yellow tones. Even medium pile condition throughout Measures: 5'9'' x 7'1''.

Colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century feauturing a bright orange field Measures: 3'2'' x 5'6''.

Suzu Fin is an original abstract design by Joseph Carini. Its dreamy, elemental mood was achieved by channeling colors from Claude Monet's garden. By juxtaposing water elements with ...

Gorgeous Modern Contemporary Rug, Country of origin: Central Asia, Circa date: Modern

What looks to be an early 20th century tiny rug mat from central Asia, most probably from the Khotan region from East Turkestan. A lion standing alone on ivo...

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

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''.

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

Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug with a lovely floral design Measures: 2'11'' x 5'9".

Antique Persian Heriz Serapi Oriental rug, Room size An antique Persian Heriz Serapi oriental rug, size 12'6" x 10'4", circa 1920. This handsome ...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 9" x 8' 11"

A vintage Central Asian tribal Turkoman room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 10" x 12' 4".

An early 20th century Persian Malayer Rug in gallery format size 6' 4" x 12' 4" (193 x 376 cm).

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 wonderful Turkemen pillow we acquired from a private estate. Sewn shut with polyfill insert. 18'' x 18'' The most valuable carpets, and textiles in the Turkemen yurt were always...

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Introducing Bullseyes: The Icons, Carini Carpets' first limited-edition collection of round rugs. Renowned for innovative designs, Carini has long crafted variations of round accesso...

An early-20th century conversational Chinese pictorial rug with a herd of horses on a neutral color ground. Measures: 5'7" x 8'1" Decorative oriental, Chinese rugs and carpets have been a significant art form within the Chinese culture for many centuries, if not for several millennia. The history of...

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