USA - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

The wine-brown field is diagonally wide open and guided by asymmetric rose, peony and lotus corners bin bright polychromy. The dark pink border has a lace-like character with barbed ...

19th Century W. Chinese Round Ningxia Dragon Carpet 4' x 4'

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 7' x 11'8" - 213 x 356 )

Beautiful oversized antique Chinese Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a red field, tan frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 11'11" x 19'2"....

SATURDAY SALE Room sized (96" x 117") Chinese Art Deco rug attributed to Walter Nichols in hand knotted wool with burgundy red field and navy blue border i...

77588 antique Chinese Baotou rug with Art Deco style. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Baotou rug features a rounded fretwork medallio...

Beautiful Vintage needlepoint wool rug with a green, yellow, blue, and red all-over designed field. This piece has fine details with a floral scroll-designed frame. This rug measur...

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 ...

An amazing early 20th century Central Asian Khotan rug with a wonderful burnt red or orange abrash background with a large central pale indigo medallion surrounded by a field of tree...

Beautiful vintage Art Deco style wool rug with a brownfield, and multi-color accents in an all-over geometric design. This rug measures 6'3" x 7'3".

77593 Vintage Chinese Baotou vase pictorial rug with Chinese Chippendale Style 02'05 x 04'06. This hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese Baotou pictorial rug features an abrashed tan field showcasing different types of cloisonné vases sprouting with stylized florals resting on pedestals. The main border, which features repeated motifs of diamonds containing stylized ruyi clouds with rosette centers, echoes the balance of geometric forms and floral touches used throughout the piece. It would be perfect for a small space, kitchen, reading nook, master bathroom, grand foyer, designer entry, study, studio, den, walk-in closet, stair landing, alcove, mudroom, entryway, bedroom, private library, private Chambers, living room, front room, wine cellar, conservatory, drawing room, trophy room, game room, music room, listening room, or hotel lobby. It would also make a lovely accent next to a buffet in a dining room or behind the sofa table in the living room. Iconic in its styling, this antique Chinese Baotou rug...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' x 3' - 60 x 90 )

An antique East Turkestan Khotan accent rug handmade during the early 20th century primarily bitonal in shades of brown. The small ivory motifs add a...

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...

Antique Chinese Rug Doris Leslie Blau Size: 10'0" × 14'3" (304 × 434 cm) This antique Chinese rug displays a luminous ivory field scattered with an abstract lattice of cobalt-blue fl...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 6x9 European needlepoint rug originating from China, features floral designs that speak to Bessarabian and Aubusson sensibilities along with other transiti...

Vintage Chinese Rug (size adjusted) Size: 13'0" × 25'0" (396 × 762 cm) This circa-1920 antique Chinese rug features a border of traditional oriental designs in blue, white and dark r...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4'5'' x 11'9'' - 135 x 358 )

74866 Vintage Chinese Tang Dynasty Rug, 05'00 x 07'11. This hand-knotted wool vintage Chinese rug features six rectangular pictorial vignettes floating on a patterned backdrop reminiscent of ancient Chinese stone carvings...

Antique Chinese Peking rug, Measures: 8' 9''x11' 5''.

1940s Chinese Tibetan Carpet ( 8' x 10' - 245 x 305 )

Gold and neutral hued antique Chinese Peking rug handmade in ancient China. It is made out of wool using the pile weave method with traditional Chinese motifs. Rug Number 5931...

78079 Distressed Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 08'02 x 09'08. This hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug captures the essence of timeless elegance and understated sophistication...

A vintage Chinese Peking throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a cream border and light blue field. Measures: 2' 6" x 4' 3" 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...

74909, vintage Chinese rug with Soumak Design and Warm Arts & Crafts style. This hand knotted wool vintage Chinese rug features an all-over floral lattice pattern spread across an ab...

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

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 8' 9'' x 11' 0''.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 cm ) A layering of colorful rocks, a tall shaded orange/rust tree, a fluttering goldenrod spotted butterfly and peonies galore ...

Beautiful antique Art Deco Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a red field. This Chinese rug has a green and yellow frame multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over traditional Chines...

This contemporary 14x17 flat weave is the next addition to Rug & Kilim’s European collection. Inspired by 18th century Aubusson flat weaves, which is a favorite style and period of R...

78124 Distressed Antique Chinese Peking Pictorial Rug with Cartouche Border 05'02 x 07'07. With its effortless beauty and rustic s...

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

Vintage 1960s Khotan runner rug with a bright red, overdyed field and medallion design. Measures 4'2" x 12'2".

Beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted wool rug with a tan field. This Khotan rug has a brown and orange accent in an all-over medallion floral design. This rug measures 5'7" x 10...

30971 Modern Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Rug, 09'02 x 12'04. Showcasing a unique bamboo design, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 8'0" x 9'8".

New Chinese Art Deco style rug set of 6. Showcasing a unique bamboo design, incredible detail and texture, this hand-knotted wool Chinese Art Deco style rug is a captivating vision o...

An antique Chinese Nichols oriental rug runner offers wool construction with three floral medallions and floral border, 20th C Measures - 122'' x...

Handwoven in wool, this 7x9 flatweave rug “Acanthus” from China features floral patterns that are often seen in botanical illustrations throughout Aubusson, Tudor, Bessarabian and ot...

Vintage 1980s Chinese Silk Dragon & Phoenix Carpet ( 10''x 16'' - 305 x 488 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 2 5'' x 4'3'' - 74 x 130 )

Rug & Kilim pays tribute to the celebrated French Aubusson style through this 9x13 flat weave rug from its coveted European Collection. Hand woven in wool with the finest quality yar...

Beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a burgundy field. This Chinese rug has a purple frame, multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese floral design. ...

Antique Chinese, Ningxia rug, size: 10'4" x 15'6".

Chinese Peking Rug 6' 8" x 9'

77542 Antique Chinese Peking rug with Traditional Chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center medallion decorated with a swirl...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 13'10'' x 17'4'' - 422 x 528 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop (8'10'' x 11'6'' - 270 x 350)

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

30820 New Chinese Art Deco Style Rug with Landscape Pictorial 09'09 x 13'01. Showcasing a unique bamboo design, incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted wool contemporary Chi...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 13' x 17'10'' - 396 x 544 )

Handwoven in wool, this 6x9 European flatweave rug has been inspired by 18th century English Tudor rugs and tapestries. The design features floral patterns in green, red, gold and te...

77415 Vintage Chinese Tabriz Rug, 11'11 x 17'11. With timeless appeal, ornate decorative detailing, and effortless beauty, this hand knotted wool vintage Chinese Tabriz palace rug...

Beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a brown field. This Chinese rug has a blue frame, multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over Chinese medallion...

A broad cream strapwork decorated with paeonies and frets, shapes the lavender field with its symmetric small leaf pattern. Very creative use of the border/field division. Rounded ...

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

This antique, circa 1880, Khotan rug has a deep-blue field scattered with a variety of flowerheads and leafy floral motifs around three aubergine-purple roundels the smaller at each ...

This beautiful vintage Chinese Art Deco area rug showcases the timeless elegance of early 20th-century design with a warm tan (caramel-toned) field and a contrasting dark blue border...

Hand-knotted in wool, a 10x12 marvel from our European collection inspired by classic Tudor rugs renowned for grand patterns and regal sensibilities of Hellenistic nature. On the De...

Hand knotted in wool, a 9x12 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: The design boasts an all over floral pattern in ...