Manhattan - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8'1" x 9'7", showcases a harmonious blend of traditional Khotan aesthetics and contemporary craftsmanship. The design features ...

A mid-20th-century room size Chinese rug in soft brown and olive tones Measures: 7'10'' x 10'9''.

This 21st-century East Turkestan silk Khotan rug, measuring 9'6" x 11'8", exemplifies the refined artistry and delicate craftsmanship of contemporary interpretations of traditional K...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan Accent Carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 7' x 9' 3"

A 2ndquarter of the 20th-century highly decorative Tibetan rug with fishes floating around a floral motif on a dark ground color. Size: 2'10'' x 4'9''.

This exquisite 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 1" x 12' 6", embodies the timeless elegance of traditional Khotan weaving. The composition features a harmonious b...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 10" x 12' 9", showcases a sophisticated interplay of geometric and symbolic motifs. The central field features an elegant la...

The off-white field of this rustic runner shows a borderless, potentially infinite allover pattern of near black dots and dashes, randomly laid out around a tall, lozenge sand medall...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8'0" x 10'0", showcases the timeless elegance of traditional Khotan weaving with a refined geometric design. The field features...

Vintage 1980s Chinese Art Deco Dragon Carpet ( 9' x 12'2" -275 x 365 )

Rare Room size Antique Khotan Rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th Century Measures: 10'10" x 13'7" Khotan rugs were produced in Eastern Turkestan. Khotan produced fine rugs in the...

Gold Antique Art Deco Rug Antique Chinese Rug Walter Nichols Black 4x7 122x203cm Circa 1920 "Beautiful antique Art Deco rug in a rare, gold and black colorway along with magnific...

Chinese Art Deco Mat scatter size rug Measure: 2'11'' x 4'10''.

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet 12'4" x 18'2" - 376 x 554

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3'7" x 5'4" - 109 x 163 )

A pair of matching Decorative Chinese Peking Fragment navy blue runners from the early 20th century. Measures: 2'2'' x 16'6'' & 2'6'' x 16'6''.

Gallery size worn Khotan rug from the 19th century with a pomegranate design. Measures: 6'4'' x 13'2''.

Rare square size Chinese Peking room size rug from the 1930s Measures: 8'2'' x 8'9''.

19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12'6'' x 18' -380 x 550 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 10' x 11'6'' - 305 x 350 )

This village rustic kenare (runner) shows a soft, much abrashed, basically bitonal palette of browns, with lighter right triangles standing out against a somewhat darker ground. Bord...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10'' x 11'8'' - 270 x 355 )

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...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4' x 6'10" - 122 x 208 )

Enchanting early 20th century highly decorative Chinese Peking rug with an abrashed light blue field The wool and feel of the rug is very soft on the feet. It has a silky sheen to it...

Antique Chinese Peking Rug 4' 10'' x 8' 6''

Early 20th century antique Khotan rug with a peach tone pomegranate motif on a light celadon green field Measures: 5'5'' x 10'3''.

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rugs, size: 9' 0'' x 11' 8''.

A 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Chinese rug with a dragon motif on a dark red field Size: 4' x 7''.

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12' x 15' - 365 x 458 )

This exquisite 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 10' 7" x 12' 10", beautifully embodies the refined elegance of traditional Khotan weaving. The serene light blue fiel...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8' 11" x 11' 8", features a captivating fusion of geometric and botanical motifs inspired by the region’s rich weaving traditio...

Mid-20th century Chinese runner with an emperor on a mustard color ground. This piece looks to be a fragment from a larger rug. Ends and sides are intact Measures: 2'8" x 7'7".

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 11' 5" x 11' 11"

This elegant 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 2" x 12' 0", showcases a refined composition rooted in the rich artistic traditions of Khotan weaving. The soft gray...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8' 11" x 11' 5", beautifully embodies the region’s rich weaving heritage with a refined contemporary touch. The central field i...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8' 10" x 12' 5", features a delicate interplay of traditional motifs and soft, harmonious colors. The central field is adorned ...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 10' 7" x 12' 9", features a sophisticated geometric composition inspired by classical motifs. The central field is adorned with...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 5" x 11' 7", showcases a refined, abstract geometric design rooted in traditional Central Asian motifs. The soft, muted beig...

Mid-20th century Chinese Floral design pictorial rug. Measures: 2'9'' x 6'.

A colorful East Turkestan Khotan rug from the early 20th century Measures: 4'4" x 9'1'' Khotan, an ancient Buddhist kingdom, was located on a branch of the famous Silk Road in Ea...

One of our most interesting finds to date. This is a 33 foot Khotan runner with repeating diamond motifs in earth-tone hues surrounded by thin multi-band borders with several beautif...

19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet 9'4" x 11'8" - 285 - 355

An eclectic scatter size antique Chinese Art Deco Nichols rug featuring a plum color we absolutely covet. Measures: 3' x 5' 8".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4' x 6' 8'' -122 x 203 cm )

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Pillar Carpet ( 4' x 7' - 122 x 213 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 17'2" - 305 x 523 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 5'10" x 8'3" - 178 x 252 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'6" - 270 x 350 )

A full pile 20th century Chinese rug with 4 dragons floating on a navy blue ground. Measures: 4'1" x 6'1".     

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 3' x 5' 10'' - 92 x 178 cm )

An early 20th century Tibetan dragon horse cover textile rug, circa 1900, measures: 2'5" x 4'.

Authentic early 20th century Samarkand Khotan rug. 4'8'' x 9'2''

Chinese - Art Deco Rug, Size: 8' 9" x11' 2"

Pair of Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 3' 1" x 8' 10"

Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9' x 11' 9"

Chinese Art Deco 9' 0"x10' 3"

The shaped charcoal sub-field displays a complex flower, leaf and stem rootless creation, within corners with semi-peonies and flower trails alongside the sub-field. Cerulean blue bo...

An antique Chinese Peking large room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 10" x 15' 2".