Manhattan - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Antique Chinese, Peking rug, size: 2'0" x 4'6".

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

Two vases on stands with peony branches and two fragrance emitting censers, along with two bats, decorate the pale pink open field of this 1930’s Art Deco...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field. Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6" 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...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug with green color and 8'10" x 11'4" size.

Tiger by Joseph Carini with a gold yellow background and pink, black and white details. A tiger print forms from these multicolor lines that form a chevron pattern. Inspired by Tibet...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' X 8'6" - 183 x 260 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'6" x 13'2" - 290 x 402 )

Vintage 1980s Chinese Silk Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

A vintage Chinese pictorial Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 1"

Late 19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 5'10" x 9' - 177 x 274 )

Rare Vintage European Art Nouveau Rug Bold Art Deco rug black handmade Kelim 8x10 7'9" X 9'10" 8x10 236cm x 300cm "Very cool vintage A...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 10'2" - 245 x 310 )

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

This solid area rug is anything but boring. The rich indigo blue background has so much depth and variation that can only be achieved through natural vegetable dye. The ends are trim...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 4' x 6' 9"

1890 Antique Agra Rug Antique Agra Amritsar Handmade Agra Rug Geometric 9x12 Measures: 9'1" x11'9" 277cm x 358cm Circa 1890 "Magnificent antique Agra Amritsar Rug wi...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug by Nichols Workshop ( 3' x 4'8'' - 92 x 142 )

Vintage Art Nouveau Rug Silk Chinese Rug Art Deco Red 5' X 8' 155cm x 239cm Circa 1965 " High quality vintage piece that can be use...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 12'10" x 15'9" - 390 x 480 )

Dreampost is an incredible contemporary luxury carpet design by Joseph Carini. Drawing inspiration from stained glass, five colors melt together to create an aura of warmth. Shown he...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, Size: 11' 8'' x11' 11''

Vinatge 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet ,Size: 9'x 12'

A vintage Chinese Art Deco rug handmade during the mid-20th century predominantly in red, green, and antique white, and with accent colors in silver, beige, pink, blue, and orange , ...

A pillow made from a 19th-century Chinese rug. Zipper closure and insert included. Measures: 17” x 18''.

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

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''.

19th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Thread Meditation Carpet (4' x 7' – 122 x 213 cm) Silk pile of Asymmetric Knots with Gold Metal Thread Brocading...

Antique Chinese - Peking rug, measures: 9'9" x 10'5".

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 16' - 305 x 490 cm )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'4" - 275 x 345 cm ) with a fuchsia color background

Black ground with four matching right angle corners, each composed of a mini-landscape with a pagoda and pine trees in beige tones. Totally open centre with no borders. A very unusua...

A four lobed, nearly open, apricot field is centered on a vase on stand with flowering bouquet, rocks and more flowers fill the blue corners of this 1920s Chinese carpet in the Art D...

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Size: 10'0" x 14'6".

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...

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

A vintage Chinese Pictorial rug handmade during the mid-20th century with 2 dragons in ruby red over a green open field. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 6".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'8" x 11'6" - 264 x 348 cm )

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 11'10" x 17'0".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 2 5'' x 4'3'' - 74 x 130 )

An early 20th-century Chinese Buddha rug. Measures: 2'3'' x 4'3''.

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Size: 9'0" x 11'3".

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 245 x 297 cm )

Vintage Art Deco rug 9x12 Dragons Chinese rug Ivory Rug 6x9 Chinese Rug 1960 5'10" x 8'10" (6' x 9') 178cm x 122cm "This is a very beautiful vintage Art Deco dragon rug...

Deco Crane is a small runner rug is part of Joseph Carini's collection of 3x6s carpets. Inspired by Art Deco sensibility and East Asian designs, this carpet is a wonderful colorful a...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Carpet By Nichols Atelier Dating From 1920s 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 cm

This hand-loomed Tibetan wool blanket is a rare vintage piece. Especially charming for its green, blue and red end panel. Its thick pile would have been used for sleeping on or under...

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk Carpet 3' 2" x 5' 2"

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 9'0" x 11'8".

Rare Antique Khotan Rug E. Turkestan Geometric Samarkand Beige Size: 5' X 9'6" 152cm x 290cm Circa 1890 "This an exquisite mid-1800's antique Khotan rug in a rare geometric de...

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

Stunning Chinese Art Deco rug with jewel tone colors. Rug features full pile in excellent condition with no repairs. Measures: 9' x 11'7”.

19th Century Chinese Mongolian Dragon Carpet ( 9'8" x 12' - 295 x 365 )

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 3" x 11' 8"

This rather distressed piece shows a slate field with the characteristic Khotanese design of converging pomegranate trees emerging from small vases. The quadripartite Turkmen-style ...

Vintage Chinese Dragon Carpet on Black Background ( 5' x 8' - 152 x 243 cm)