New York City - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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

9x12 Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese rug blue purple Tree of Life 1920 9' x 11'5" 9x12 275cm x 348cm Circa 1920 "Beautiful Antique Art Dec...

Handwoven in wool, this 6x9 kilim is a new unveiling Rug & Kilim’s European Collection by Rug & Kilim, inspired by 18th-century Aubusson flatweaves. On the Design: This rug enjoys...

Main Hall Carpet Ningxia North Central China First Half of the 18th century Measures: 12'8" x 13'4" - 386 x 406 cm Structural Analysis Warp: cotton, white, natural, Z-4-S, hand-spun...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11' - 275 x 335 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet 8'2" x 9'8" - 249 x 295

19th Century N. Chinese Mongolian Carpet. 7' x 9'6 - 213 x 290

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''.

19th Century W. Persian Bijar Carpet , Size: 11'3" x 18'

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet Size: 9' x 11' 6"

An early 20th century antique Khotan rug 4'1'' x 6'10''

This Tiger rug embodies a traditional and versatile pattern, both contemporary and timelessly classic. Shown in black and natural tan, colored with vegetable dyes. Joseph Carini was inspired by the patterns on the tiger pelt and traditional Tibetan animal prints on rugs...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'3" x 11'8" - 282 x 356 )

a mid-20th-century Feminine Color Tibetan Rug Details rug no. j4331 size 2' 8" x 4' 11" (81 x 150 cm) rug type Tibetan

The beige field is centred by a slightly indented round medium blue medallion with a central lotus blossom. There are four scattered secondary flower sprays. The lotus flowers within...

This hand-loomed Tibetan wool blanket is a rare vintage piece. Its thick pile would have been used for sleeping on or under during the cold nights in the Himalayas. In Tibet, it woul...

Rare oversize antique peking chinese art deco rug museum quality blue, measures 12'8" x 18' Circa 1870 387cm x 549cm. "This is a rare, oversized Antique Chinese Peking Art Deco ...

Abstract Modern Tibetan Rug in Silk and Wool – “Desert” Design by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 8'0" × 10'2" (243 × 309 cm) This exceptional abstract modern rug, handwoven in Tibet, is a m...

Full Pile Chinese rug in predominantly blue with vase design in orange and coral from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. A conversation piece....

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'x 9' 10" - 245 x 300 )

Hand knotted on a luscious 9 x 12 scale from China circa 1950-1960, this vintage Art Deco rug hails from Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique & Vintage Collection. R...

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 2'10" x 11'6" - 85 x 350 )

a late 20th Century Tibetan Rug with a dragon motif Details rug no. 31781 size 3' 2" x 6' 1" (97 x 185 cm)

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 8'1" x 9'8"

An antique Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 8' 10" x 11' 5"

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 0" x 11' 9", features a refined and elegant floral design characteristic of the period’s aesthetic. The soft beige field is d...

Rare Vintage Chinese Art Deco Art Nouveau Khotan Rug Geometric Pink 8'7" x 11'10" (9 x 12) 262cm x 361cm Circa 1965 "This an exquisite Rare vintage Hand made Chines...

One of a kind Khotan rug with a soft pink field consisting of a flower vase motif and a soft green border.

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 9".

Hand knotted in wool, a 6x9 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: This rug recaptures the Chinese Art Deco rug styl...

An early 20th-century floral Chinese rug in beige and navy Blue 6'2'' x 9' Peking rugs consist of designs that are simpler and asymmetrical, often tending toward modern western Art...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan pictorial room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 4" x 11' 10"

An early 20th century Chinese pictorial horses rug. Six blue horses flocking on a ivory colored ground. 2'2" x 3'9"

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 2' 0" x 3' 9", features a striking geometric design that embodies the bold, modern aesthetic of the Art Deco movement. The compo...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 3" x 12' 2"

Modern Tibetan “Tiger” Wool Rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 2'0" × 3'0" (60 × 91 cm) Color: Black, Taupe Striking in its simplicity and bold in character, this modern hand-knotted Tib...

An antique Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 10' 1" x 14' 10"

a 1940s Chinese Deco Round Small Rug Details rug no. j3067 size 2' 10" x 2' 11" (86 x 89 cm)

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with Modernist Design (2'10'' x 5'9'' - 86 x 175)

Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Saddle Cover ( 2' x 4' - 62 x 122 )

This vintage Khaden Tibetan rug features a tiger print. This handmade carpet is made of very soft handspun Himalayan wool and is in excellent condition given its age. Featuring a bea...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 8x11 European flatweave rug in brown features rich brown underscores and green, blue and beige floral patterns, with a terracotta accent befitting such an ...

The old gold field displays a low vase with spreading flowers at one end, grapes and grape leaves at the other, paeony groups at each side, all framed by a green border with more gra...

An early 20th century fine quality mysterious Chinese tiger pictorial rug with symbolic Chinese elements, dated 1926. We are unable to translate the symbols. Decorative oriental, Chinese rugs and carpets...

This contemporary 6x9 flatweave is inspired by 18th century Tudor rugs and tapestries—from the European Collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Handwoven in wool, this construction marks the first adaptation of this transitional rug style to a high-low texture. Its all over pattern is a grand play of florals married to that texture, with a brilliant sense of depth and movement therein. The colorway favors teal and red tones over beige, with especially present cream and ochre notes among many accents. Keen eyes will further note the fine detail and remarkable adaptation of scale to an area rug. The whole look is a fabulous modern interpretation of a botanical English classic...

1930s Tibetan floral rug in a soft pink tone Details rug no. j3568 size 3' x 4' 9" (91 x 145 cm)

An early 20th-century Mongolian Animal Rug Details rug no. j3422 size 2' 2" x 4' 1" (66 x 124 cm)

a 3rd quarter of the 20th Century Green Tibetan Pictorial Dragon motif rug Details rug no. j3675 size 3' x 5' (91 x 152 cm)

3rd quarter of the 20th century tibetan rug with a dragon motif Details rug no. j3880 size 3' 1" x 6' 2" (94 x 188 cm)

A modern East Turkestan Pictorial Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 10" x 13' 11"

Two Tigers is Joseph Carini's twist on a traditional Tibetan design. Two tigers face opposite directions surrounded by bamboo shoots and flowers reminiscent of east Asian motifs. The...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 4' 0" x 5' 6", features a richly detailed design with a distinctive oval shape. The intricate central medallion is framed by a s...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'9" - 274 x 358 )

Large decorative Khotan rug featuring a flower vase design on a soft pinky red background. 8'8'' x 16'2'' Producing rugs since the 17th century with peak production in the 1...

Stunning large Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful floral design with a silver field and plum border. Room size formats are usually found...

Rare Vintage Silk Chinese Rug Temple of Heaven Tapestry 6'2" x 8'9" (6' x 9') 188cm X 267cm Circa 1965 "This is a magnificent vintage...

Mostly paeonies, in the suspended cloisonné urn, in two poly-chrome corners, along with an edging of other seasonal flowers along one end of this brisk rose Art Deco border-less carp...

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 accents, this rug is an elegant addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection. On the Design: As inspired by English tudor...