New York - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet (9'10" x 13'6" - 300 x 410 )

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...

European inspired Tibetan handmade wool rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 8'0" × 10'0" (243 × 304 cm). This traditional-inspired rug largely draws from the decorative art of Eastern-Eu...

An antique East Turkestan Saf (also spelled Saff or Saph) Khotan rug from the first quarter of the 20th century. The elements of this runner make for a great ecumenical context. The Mihrab design in each of the 12 niches that compose this rug makes it easy to distinguish that it is a Saff Khotan Islamic Prayer rug...

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

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 5'2" x 6'10" - 157 x 208 cm )

Antique Tibetan Mat 2'5" x 2'9" - 73 x 83 cm

Early 20th Century N. Chinese Baotou Carpet 10'x 12' 3"

This antique 11x13 IndoChinese Samarkand rug is a rare new addition to Rug & Kilim’s prized classic curations. Hand-knotted in wool, it originates circa 1920-1930. Further on the D...

1930s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 14' x 17'6" - 427 x 533 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3' x 4'9" - 92 x 145 cm )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 7'6'' x 8'5'' - 230 x 257 )

This is a lovely and pristine pair of antique blue gold black Art Deco Chinese runner rugs c. 1920-1930, each measuring 2.6 x 14.8 ft.

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 10'10" x 17'4" - 330 x 528 )

19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 6' x 8'8" - 183 x 265 )

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 5'3" x 7'0".

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

An antique Chinese handmade rug from the early 20th century in shades of seafoam blue and seafoam green. Measures: 10' 1" x 15' 5"

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 8" x 3' 9" 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...

Artistic Antique Chinese Five Claw Dragon Design Shabby Chic Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa date: 1880. Size: 5 ft 3 in x 7 ft 8 in (1.6 m x 2.34 m)  

Mid 19th Century W. Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 7'6" x 10'4" - 228 x 315 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug, in an oblong oval shape, handmade during the mid-20th century with a floral pattern over a magenta-red field and goldenrod yellow border. Me...

Vintage 1980s Nepalese Carpet ( 6' x 8'9" - 183 x 267 )

Antique Chinese, Peking rug, size: 9'2" x 11'6".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop ( 6' x 8'9" - 183 x 267 )

Modern black mohair rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 4.7" × 5.5" (139 × 165 cm). The only thing that can compare to the elegance of this exquisite contemporary area rug is its luxurio...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 11' x 14'4" - 335 x 437 )

Kansu province lies just to the east of Xinkiang or Chinese Turkestan. Kansu carpets are more "Chinese-like” with, as here, fret borders and corners, butt...

Mid-19th Century W. Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 4'10" x 5'6" - 147 x 168 )

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 en...

Antique Chinese, Art Deco rug. Size: 8'3" x 9'9".

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 4' x 6'9" - 122 x 206 )

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 4" x 13' 8"

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

This rather rare round rug features a landscape design with layered parti-colored rocks, a four story pagoda and simple Dwellings separated by an orange-rust inlet with a small saili...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8' 2" x 10' - 250 x 305 cm )

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 6'8" x4'0"

Mid-20th Century Floral Beige, Blue, Green, Yellow Japanese Handwoven Wool Rug Size: 3'1" × 5'10" (93 × 177 cm) A second quarter 20th century Japanese rug, the oatmeal field with an ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'9" x 9' - 267 x 275 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug ( 3'2"x 6' - 97 x 183 )

An antique East Turkestan Khotan gallery rug handmade during the early 20th century with a predominately light brown neutral field. Measures: 5' 0" x 9' 4"

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 5'2" x 8' - 158 x 244 )

Hand knotted 9x12 wool geometric rug.

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 4' 0'' x 6' 9''.

Handwoven in wool, this 3x10 Kilim runner is a new unveiling Rug & Kilim’s European Collection by Rug & Kilim, inspired by 18th century Aubusson flatweaves. On the Design: Ins...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Rug ( 3'6" x 3'6" - 107 x 107 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Gallery Carpet ( 6' x 11' 8" - 183 x 355 )

Antique Chinese, Kansu rug, size: 5'6" x 8'6".

Contemporary Abstract Blue Purple Flat Weave Rug Size: 5'7" × 7'1" (170 × 215 cm) A contemporary flat-weave wool rug with an abstract design in blue and purple hues. Exclusively ava...

19th Century Central Asian Chodor Turkmen Carpet

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 cm ) The lemony gold field, with a dark blue border, shows a characteristic group of Chinese motives, three different hanging o...

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

Vintage Chinese Silk Rug ( 4' x 6' 3" - 122 x 190 cm )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug ( 3' x 5' - 91 x 152 )

Early 19th Century W. Chinese Saddle Cover 2'2" x 4'3".

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'6" - 270 x 350 )

Contemporary terra blue hand knotted in natural wool rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 4'2" × 6'0" (127 × 182 cm). Hand knotted un-dyed wool Tibetan rug with all-over geometric design. ...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan rug in gallery format from the early 20th century.

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 11' x 19' - 335 x 580 )

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 8'9" x 11'4".