New York - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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 antique East Turkestan Khotan throw rug. The salmon-pink field of this lively small scatter from the Xinjiang oasis city of Khotan displays two wiry, openwork octagons in dark bro...

Pillow made from an old Chinese rug predominantly in green. zipper closure and polyfill provided Measures: 23'' x 23''.

Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Walter Nichols Bird 10' x 14'4" 305cm x 437cm Circa 1920 "This is a magnificent antique Art Deco rug with butterfly & bird design. With high ...

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...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3'1" x 5'10" - 94 x 178 )

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

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 2'6" x 5'0".

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

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...

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'10" x 12' - 270 x 365 )

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...

Finely Woven Antique Chinese Textile, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: Late 19th Century

Very rare antique Chinese Peking runner with a pictorial dragon motif found in field and border in two shades of predominant blues. The size on this piece is original which makes an ...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' 10'' x 11' 7''- 269 x 353 cm ) With European Design Influences Reminiscence of Ivan de Silva Bruhns Works

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

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 4' 3" x 6' 11".

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...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 2" x 9' 8", features a striking emerald green field adorned with an intricate floral composition. A lush arrangement of peoni...

Chinese - Art Deco Rug 7' 10" x 11' 6"

Antique Chinese Peking rug, Size: 13' 9'' x15' 3''

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

The clear red field displays numerous Chinese vases and related objects with elaborate, colorful flowers, within a steel blue border of realistic lotuses. The pattern is asymmetric, ...

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...

Chinese Art Deco Botanic Rug Circa: 1940 Size: 7'6" × 10'0" (228 × 304 cm) Age: Vintage Color: Beige, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Origin: China This exquisite rug is part of the div...

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

A full pile 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Chinese rug with a blue dragon on a yellow-beige field. Accents in blue. Measures: 2'3" x 4'5".  

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

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

A pagoda, arched bridge and gazebo float in on medium blue watery clouds from one side of the light green field while a gnarled flowering prunus (plum) branch snakes in from one corn...

Aubusson style rug Designed by Arthur Dunnam for Doris Leslie Blau Size: 6'0" × 9'0" (182 × 274 cm) A modern Aubusson style rug designed by the famous interior designer Arthur Dunnam...

Compelling Chinese rug with a motif full of happy foo dogs, circa 1940. The field is a peach tone, with navy and light blue accents Measures: 5'3" x 8'2".

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: 10' 1" x 14' 10"

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' x 3'10" - 61 x 117 )

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 10'0" x 13'6".

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

An early 20th century Chinese pictorial throw-size rug Measures: 2'8' x 5'.

1930s Large Vintage Chinese Deco Rug with Bamboo Motif in Soft Beige and Green Size: 17'10" × 20'10" (543 × 635 cm) This large vintage Chinese...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 10' x 15'5"

This Mid-20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 0" x 9' 10", is a striking example of the bold design and rich color palette characteristic of the Art Deco period. Th...

A 6x7 antique rug in needlepoint style, handmade in wool originating from China circa 1920-1930. Outstanding in its rare pictorial style, complemented by forgiving beige-brown, green...

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...

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Size: 8'0" x 9'10".

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

Antique Chinese - Peking rug. Size: 4'0" x 6'9".

1920 Chinese Art Deco Chinese Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 )

Antique Chinese - Ningxia rug, size: 2'2" x 2'3".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 0" x 8' 10".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 8'9" x 11' 6" - 295 x 350

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 8'0" x 9'4".

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

an oversize Tibetan Decorative Wool Rug with a large flora design on a borderless orange sherbert field Details rug no. r5468 size 12' 8" x 17' 6" (386 x 533 cm)

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

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...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'3'' x 9'7'' - 252 x 292 )

Newly added to Rug & Kilim’s European Collection, a 3x5 inspired by classic Arts & Crafts rugs of the early 20th century. The beige-brown colorway enjoys a fabulous play with the blu...

a glowing 1930s Art Deco Chinese Mandelin Wool Carpet Details rug no. 10816 size 8' 9" x 11' 5" (267 x 348 cm) rug type Chinese,Deco