New York City - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2'6"x 11'9" - 76 x 358 )

A Chinese peking carpet in midnight blue with a pictorial animal motif. Measures: 2'3'' x 4'.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' X 11'8" - 274 X 355 ) This unusual carpet is a study in tone-on-tone blue combinations: the medium blue field palmettes on a sapphire blue ground; ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures:

2nd Quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Rug in feminine colors. The border consists soft brown, pink and white swastikas (? or ?) t religious and cultural "Peace" symbols, predominan...

Handwoven in wool, a 7x8 celebration of18th century Aubusson tapestry weave style. Belonging to Rug & Kilim’s European rug collection, the field embraces an all over floral pattern t...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 6x9 European rug in beige is the first iteration of this design to be in high-and-low texture. Featuring green and pink floral patterns with red and cream ...

An early-20th-century scatter size Chinese rug in a faded watery blue color, accents in ivory and pink Measures: 3'2 x 4'9''.

A modern East Turkestan Silk Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 5"

An early 20th century Chinese run in the palest of blues Measures: 6'1'' x 9'.

A East Turkestan Modern room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 8"

Hand-hooked in wool originating from China circa 1910-1920, this 10×14 antique rug connotes a hooked design in a distinguished medallion pattern—enjoying brown and pink colors in goo...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 12' 1" x 16' 3"

Large antique shabby chic Khotan rug with an all-over Pomegranate Design with faded red and brown hues on a gray ground Measures: 8'5" x 16'8" Khotan rugs were produced in East...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan 2' x 3' scatter/throw rug handmade during the early 20th century in shades of coral and grey.

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'6'' x 12'4'' - 290 x 375 )

This incredible display of natural indigo dyes on handspun Himalayan hand-knotted wool is a masterpiece by Joseph Carini. Incredibly soft silky Himalayan wool, that has to be felt to...

Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug Measures: 3'1" x 5'7".

An oval-shaped worn early 20th century Chinese rug in powder blue. Measures: 4' x 7'.

Marking an exquisite take on an antique Tabriz Persian rug style of the late 19th century is a 9x12 all wool rug from our Modern Classics collection. The hand-knotted creation reads ...

A matching pair of scatter-size Chinese rugs from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century. Measuring 2'5'' x 4'7'' & 2'3'' x 4'5'' respectively.

Rug & Kilim pays tribute to the celebrated French Aubusson style through this 9x13 flat weave rug from its coveted European Collection. Hand woven in wool with the finest quality yar...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 9x12 European rug in beige is the first iteration of this design to be in high-and-low texture. Featuring green and pink floral patterns with red and cream accents, this rug is an elegant addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection. On the Design: As inspired by English tudor rugs...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet with Eight Immortals Playing Weiqi "Go" ( 4'9" x 7'3" - 145 x 221 )

Antique Chinese Silk Rug, Measures: 3' 5''x 5' 7''.

Antique Chinese - Peking Rug, Size: 5' 0'' x 7' 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...

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Threads Carpet with Inscription " For Use In The Royal Aurora Hall " 4'3" x 6'3" - 130 x 191

Vintage Chinese animal dragon rug in excellent medium even pile condition on creamy yellow colored ground. Measures: 5' x 8'.

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 0" x 8' 9"

One World is a collaboration between Allan Tannenbaum's photography and Joseph Carini's carpet expertise. This result is show stopping carpet or wall hanging. The detail on this wool...

Stunning pale Chinese Art Deco pictorial landscape motif mat from the 1940s in gray, light blue and silver accents. Powder room possibility? Measures: 1'10" x 3'7".

Vintage Khotan “Samarkand” Rug — A Masterpiece of Geometric Harmony Size: 4'8" × 10'8" (142 × 325 cm). This exquisite vintage Khotan rug from the early 20th century is a striking exa...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4' x 6'6'' - 122 x 198 )

Rare size Chinese Peking rug in tan and blue, circa 1910, measures: 4'11" x 7'6" Peking rugs consist of designs that are simpler and asymmetrical, often tending toward modern western Art...

A vintage Chinese carpet with a Khotan design from the second quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 8"

An early 20th century Khotan rug with a feminine vibe. Measures: 4'3'' x 8'2'' Khotan rugs hail from East Turkestan. Due to its geographical proximity to both Persian and China...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' 10'' x 11' 4'' -270 x 345 cm )

A East Turkestan Modern room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 7"

Beautiful Chinese Peking rug with a dragon medallion motif on an ivory colored field and soft baby blue border. Size is uncommon for its type.

Handwoven in wool, an 8x10 Kilim inspired by Tudor flat weaves, joining Rug & Kilim’s classic-style European collection. Further on the Design: This piece...

Scatter size Chinese peking rug in blue and white from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 2'2" x 4'1".

A Chinese Art Deco Nichols rug with a pictorial animal design on a goldenrod field surrounded by a pink and plum floral motif navy border Measures: 7’10” x 9' 8".

Antique Peking Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug 8x8ft Round 8' x 8' 244cm x 244cm "THIS RUG IS EXQUISITE!!! It is a rare oversize Antique Chinese...

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...

Very rare antique Chinese Peking rug with pictorial dragons found in 5 round circular round motifs on a bone colored ground. Exceptional quality too. 11'1'' x 15'3'' Chinese dr...

Antique Chinese - Peking Rug Size: 9' 4''x11' 6''

Early 20th Century Blue Color Antique Khotan Gallery size rug Details rug no. j2674 size 6' 10" x 13' 2" (208 x 401 cm)

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9' 0" x 11' 6"

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet

An antique Chinese Art Deco oriental rug, size 4'0 x 2'0, circa 1920. This lovely hand-knotted antique carpet features various traditional Chine...

A rare throw Size Antique Khotan Rug from the late 19th century Purchased from a collection in Washington DC. Measures: 2' x 3'7'.

2'6 X 4'8. Weaving in Peking began around 1900 during the revival of Chinese carpet manufacturing when the other weaving areas such as Ningxia moved to the capital. Peking rugs are n...

Made with handwoven wool, this 4x6 rug is a new unveiling from Rug & Kilim’s European rug collection—a contemporary reimagining of some of the most elegant, rare masterpieces through...

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'1'' x 11'8'' - 277 x 356 )

Scatter size Chinese Peking rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with an animal pictorial motif Measures: 1'11" x 3'7".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'4" - 275 x 345 cm )

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...

late 19th century worn khotan gallery rug Details rug no. r3959 size 6' 4" x 12' 8" (193 x 386 cm)