Tri-State Area - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'8" - 270 x 356 )

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 10 3" x 12'9" - 312 x 389 )

19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12'4" x 14'6" - 375 x 420 cm ) Probably woven in 3rd quarter of 19th century making it among rare group of surviving early Peking ( Beijing ) car...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11' 2''x 14' 2'' - 340 x 432 cm )

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet 4'2'' x 6'9'' - 127 x 206

Early 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Kang Carpet ( 6'5" 11'4" - 195 x 345 ) The k’ang is a heated seating platform in northern Chinese houses and it is often covered by a rug for extra comfort. Kang rugs are long and relatively narrow as on this circa 1825 rug from Ningxia or Suiyuan in northern China. The classic “Grains of rice” pattern...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'3" - 274 x 343 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'8" x 13'2" - 295 x 402 )

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...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 6' 8" x 13' 1".

Chinese Art Deco Rug in Soft Rose with Lush Multicolor Floral Borders Size: 8'10" × 11'5" (269 × 347 cm) This exquisite Chinese Art Deco rug from the 1940s encapsulates the elegance ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' 10" x 11' 6" - 270 x 350 cm )

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 7'9" x 11'0".

19th Century Chinese Mongolian Carpet ( 8' x 13' - 245 x 395 )

Late 19th Century Chinese Mongolian Carpet ( 11'6" x 21'3" - 350 x 650 )

A vintage Chinese Art Deco rug handmade during the mid-20th century predominantly in red, green, and antique white, and with accent colors in silver, beige, pink, blue, and orange , ...

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 9' 2'' x 11' 3''.

1920s Antique Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'9" X 11'6" - 266 x 350 ) Floral pattern with Navy background.

This elegantly hand woven rug is from China and woven from the finest wools to create a soft and luxurious piece that will work well in so many different settings. Size: 2' X 3'-9"

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet Floral green background. 9' x 11'10" - 275 x 360

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 17'6" - 305 x 533 )

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

19th Century Chinese Mongolian Carpet ( 10'2" x 19'8" - 310 x 600 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' x 11'4'' - 183 x 345 )

1920s Chinese Oval Art Deco Carpet ( 2' 6'' x 4' 8'' - 76 x 142 cm )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 1'7'' x 2' - 48 x 61 cm )

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Thread Carpet ( 2'7" x 4'2"-78 x 127)

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'9" x21'6" 358cm x 655cm )

Antique Chinese silk rug, size: 8'2" x 9'4".

Made in hand knotted wool from the custom Classic Burano Collection by Rug & Kilim, this 2 × 3 this 2 × 3 rug is available as a gift-sized rug for both flooring and wall-hanging projects. Drawing inspiration from an 18th century Chinese rug...

Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug. Measures: 3' x 5'6".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'3" x 17'2" - 343 x 523 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 2'6" x 4'4" - 75 x 132 )

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

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rugs, size: 11' 0'' x 14' 0''.

Antique Chinese - Peking rug, size: 14'0" x 15'4".

19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 )

19th Century W. Chinese Gansu Carpet ( 6'2" x 6'7" - 188 x 200 )

Early 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Rug ( 2'4" x2'4" -72 x 72 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'6" - 245 x 290 )

Vintage 1980s Chinese Silk Dragon & Phoenix Carpet ( 6' x 8' - 183 x 245 )

On each of the four border sides are facing pairs of feng-hung (phoenix) birds with long wavy tail feathers, set around a paeony palmette. A black wiry arabesquerie supports the bird...

Mid 19th Century W. Chinese Kansu Carpet ( 11'6" x 12' - 350 x 365 )

An antique Khotan carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century. Khotan rugs and carpets were produced in the oasis town of Eastern Turkestan, today part of the Xinjiang region i...

Late 18th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 4'10" x 6'10" - 147 x 208 )

The plain red field has a hanging basket dripping flower in the top right and a vase on stand with a more formal bouquet in the bottom left. The motives spill into the border and the...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Runner Carpet ( 2'6'' x 8'10'' - 76 x 269 )

Mid 19th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 6'8" x 9'8" - 205 x 295 )

19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 12'2" x 14'8" - 371 x 447 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Thread Foo Dog Rug 2'7" x 4'2" - 79 x 127

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Circular Carpet ( 12' 2" - 370 )

1930s Chinese Art Deco Runner Carpet ( 3' x 11' - 90 x 335 )

1930s Square Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'8" x 12' - 355 x 365 cm )

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 15'3'' x 17'4'' - 465 x 528 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9' 2'' x 11' 7'' - 280 x 353 cm )

1920s Chinese Baotou Saddle Cover ( 2' x 4'2" - 61 x 127 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Gallery Carpet ( 5'2" x 10'2" - 157 x 309 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'8" x 17'2" - 355 x 523 )