New York City - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Hand-knotted in wool, this 7x8 antique khotan rug originating from 1910-1920 in East Turkestan is a particularly special find among Khotan rugs of this or any period. On the Desi...

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk Carpet 5'2" x 8' - 158 x 244

A colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on red ground Measures: 3' x 5'7''.

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 1' 11" x 3' 9" - 2' 0" x 3' 9" , features a bold and artistic composition centered around a finely detailed vase motif. The rich...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug 6' 0'' x8' 6''

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 2" x 12' 11"

Full Pile Chinese intermediate size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century featuring a bright yellow border and gray field. Very unique colors and in great condition. Measur...

The semi-open ecru beige field shows diagonally opposed motives of vases on stands with distinct paeony-based floral sprays. The single dark blue border shows a diagonally symmetric...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10'' x 11'10'' x 270 x 360 )

A Carini Classic, this Tiger Caramel is the perfect accent rug for your space! Designed by Joseph Carini, this has been a mainstay in his collection for over 20 years. Shown here in ...

Large Vintage Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 17'10" × 20'10" (543 × 635 cm) This vintage Chinese area rug dates back to circa 1930 and is a repre...

An intermediate size Chinese Peking rug in soft blue and champagne tones from the early 20th century 5'3'' x 8'1''

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''.

Antique Chinese Embroidery, Origin: China, Circa: Late 19th Century

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

Long 1920s Chinese runner with a solid open field design with floral motifs in beige with a lovely floral border in navy and light blue. Excellent condition. Measures: 3' x 19'3".

A terrestrial/aquatic dragon rises from stylized waves while a celestial dragon descends from fungus whorl clouds with two flaming pearls in the plain areas of this black on black Ar...

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

Pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese blue Peking rug. Measures: 16'' x 19''.

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: 8' 8" x 11' 6"

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

This attractive Peking scatter features a cerulean blue field uniformly adorned with seven paeonies, with attendant leaves and stems. Eggshell border with vases on stands, bonsai pla...

An authentic mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco with an spacious open field floral design in goldenrod Measures: 2'7'' x 4'5''.

an early 20th century East Turkestan Khotan Pictorial rug Measures: 5'8'' x 8'8''.

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet

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...

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

Late 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Dragon Throne Back

Antique Chinese - Peking rug. Measures: 3'0" x 5'10".

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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...

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

With a minimalist floral pattern inspired by a rare botanical design with bamboo trees in green and blue, on a beige field and gold border, this 12x15 Chinese Art Deco rug is hand-kn...

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

Handmade in wool, a delicious 8x10 needlepoint rug from Rug & Kilim’s coveted European style rug collection. This transitional rug enjoys an awe inspiring floral pattern in beige-bro...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 9' x 11' 8''

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 7'11" x 9' 4"

Antique Khotan Samarkand Rug 4'6 x 6'6. This antique Khotan from China is a geometrically designed beauty. Woven in cream dark chocolate and rose this rug displays its elegance in th...

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 third quarter of the 20th century Chinese Emperor Empress Chinese pictorial conversation rug. Measures: 3' x 5'.

An early 20th-century Chinese Peking carpet in tan and blue colors featuring a whimsical motif. circa 1920 measures: 4'1'' x 5'9"

An early 20th Century Chinese rug with an animal motif on a navy field Measures: 4'4'' x 6'10''.

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

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

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 2' 3" x 4' 6", showcases a minimalist yet sophisticated design. Featuring a solid blue field with subtle tonal variations, the r...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 5' 10" x 8' 7", features a striking composition with a deep burgundy field that exudes warmth and elegance. The spacious central...

A pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a pictorial motif. Measures: 15" x 21".

Mid-18th W. Chinese Ningxia Carpet Main Hall Carpet 11’9” x 12’ Mid 18th Century Structural Analysis: Warp:cotton,off-white,natural,Z-4-S,somewhat irregular; Weft:cotton,off-white,Z-4-S,winder plied, quite irregular;2 shots alternating; wefts thick and soft; Pile:wool,Z-4; Knot: PL/0 degrees warp depression/horiz. 6 x vertical 5 = 30 knots per square inch; knots somewhat irregular, some quite thin; [check for T knots along edges] Sides: two cords each of two body warps, inner directly weft-attached; figure eight sparsely weft yarn wrapped; Weft/knot ratio: 60/40 wefts predominant. Remarks: This is another variant on the popular Mandarin nine lion dog carpet...

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

Antique Circa 1923 Taupy-Gray Chinese Art Deco Hand Knotted Rug 8'10 X 11'2. As the term implies, true Chinese Deco carpets were woven in a s...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'2" - 275 x 340 )

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'2" x 11'9" - 279 x 358 )

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 8'x9' 6"

Art Deco Bauhaus Inspired Rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 16'1" × 22'9" (490 × 693 cm) A modern area rug inspired by the Art Deco Bauhaus style, originating from Tibet. It is knotted ...

A 3rd quarter of the 20th-century highly decorative Tibetan rug with a large double dragon motif. Size: 3'3'' x 5''7'.