Early 20th Century Central Asian Rugs

Very rare antique signed Ardabil rug by famous master in pure lambswool. A true palace size masterpiece richly woven in beautiful refined yet vibrant hues with the famous central med...

Antique Karabagh Rug Size: 6'1" × 12'5" (185 × 378 cm). An early 20th century Karabagh handmade rug features a fabulous allover design, consisting mainly of flowers, leaves and flowe...

Vintage Samarkand (Khotan) Rug Size: 9'0" × 17'4" (274 × 528 cm) This exquisite early 20th-century vintage Samarkand rug from East Turkestan represents a rare and refined convergence...

This is a rare example of a 'postak', used by the Kirghiz people inhabiting the Pamir mountains, made up of strips of animal fur hand-stitched together to form a pattern. It represen...

Antique Baloutch Stylish Geometric Design 6'7''x3'2'' one of a kind 1 of 1 more info upon request

Beautiful Bokhara design rug with nice geometrical design and orange field color, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury ...

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Vintage Samarkand Rug Size: 4'7" × 9'7" (139 × 292 cm) This elegant vintage Samarkand rug, handwoven in East Turkestan in the 1920s, exemplifies the region’s unique blend of cultural...

A beautiful antique Khotan rug with a peach field, and multi-color accents in an all-over medallion geometric design. This rug measures: 6'10" x 13'02".  

Antique Central Asian Khotan Sarmarkand Rug 8'0'' X 4'9''

Made with hand-knotted wool and originating from China circa 1920-1930, this oversized 9x17 antique Chinese Art Deco rug is the next great addition to Rug & Kilim’s repertoire of per...

Antique Samarkand Stylish Animal Print 6'8'' X 4'6'' one of a kind 1 of 1

Antique Ruband veils such as this example, which are hand-embroidered in silk on a cotton foundation, were used to cover the bride's face when she moved to the groom's house, as well...

Beautiful early 20th century Turkmen Baluch rug with a tribal geometrical design and natural colors, with red, brown and yellow colors with orange, red, brown and black, entirely han...

Beautiful Antique Khotan hand-knotted wool with a brown and orange rust color field. This piece has a designed frame and beige accents in a center medallion design. This rug measure...

Looking for a new accessory to uplift your home, this antique kilim could be the perfect piece. The central design features a repeat tribal motif pattern woven with a beautiful colou...

An extremely rare early 20th century pictorial Chinese rug depicting Chinese scholar's objects like potted peonies and chrysanthemums, citron (Buddha's Fingers) with a censor, and a peach, all symbols of longevity and prosperity. The border is wonderful, with a wide floral and vine pattern running in a circular fashion around the rug. The rare quality of this rug lies not in the imagery, but in the color. Most Central Asian rugs utilize crimsons, golds, oranges, and natural brown wools, however this example is woven mostly in varying shades of indigo, reminiscent of traditional Chinese blue and white pottery.

Nice early 20th century Turkmen rug with a beautiful boukhara design and beautiful colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of ...

This beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted design rug will make your floor look splendid. This collection is made in wool. It's measures are: 5'.2 x 10'.6 This antique Khotan rug...

Sometimes referred to as Kirmanshah in the trade, rugs of this type are the finest nineteenth-century workshop weavings from the city of Kirman. This fine antique Lavar Kirman rug ex...

An early 20th century Central Asian Khotan rug with asymmetrical geometric and floral pattern surrounded by a contrasting floral border.   Keywords: Rug, carpet, textile, quilt...

Beautiful Vintage Tabriz hand-knotted wool rug with a tan color field. This piece has a dark blue frame, multicolor accents, and a gorgeous all-over floral design. This rug measur...

Handmade in the Tribal North of Afghanistan, the 2 figures on the borders indicate the tribe that made this prayer rug. Early 20th century, circa 1920. Made of wool. Square shape. Very tight weaving and knotting. In great condition. Near Mint. Browns, blues, burgundies and coffee colors. Provenance: Bought at a specialist rug Auction...

A gorgeous early 20th century Central Asian pictorial Khotan rug depicting a deer on a mountain with a crane perched in a twisted pine tree against a brilliant orange sky. The border...

Antique Saraband Runner Rug 5'4'' X 2'2''

Early 20th Century Antique Central Asia Khotan Samarkand Rug 9'9'' X 5'7''

Beautiful antique Samarkand hand-knotted wool rug with a gray field. This piece has tan and brown accents in an all-over geometric tribal design. This rug measures: 6'10" x 13'7".

Hand knotted in wool originating circa 1910-1920, this antique runner hails from a select line made in Iraq, one of the only pieces in our collection hailing from this region. Paying homage to Moroccan runner patterns, this play of high pile and all-over diamond medallion patterns...

Looking to upgrade your floors with anantique rug? This piece is sure to wow your guests… This fine wool rug was woven by hand in the 1910s and features a bold all over central desi...

Antique Tibetan carpet from my private collection: dark grey with three big pink flowers - The blue color has a special long preparation proce...

972 - antique boukara silk rug.

Vintage Samarkand (Khotan) Rug Size: 2'7" × 4'10" (78 × 147 cm) This striking 1920s Samarkand rug from East Turkestan beautifully exemplifies the region’s unique aesthetic, which har...

An antique Mongolian room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a contemporary Art Deco style geometric pattern in neutral colors. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 1" 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 (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique Tibetan carpets...

This bold red kilim is a traditional flatwoven area rug woven by hand circa 1900. The design features a geometric design woven in bold accents of black green and blue on a beautiful ...

Antique Bessarabian Kilim Rug Size: 5'0" × 7'8" (152 × 234 cm). This elegant antique Bessarabian rug from the 1920s is a quintessential example of Eastern European textile artistry, ...

Paying tribute to the nomadic sensibilities of Baluchistan, a 2x3 antique Baluch rug coming from Persia circa 1920-1930. The hand-knotted wool rug displays a tribal geometric pattern...

Hand-knotted in wool and originating in China, this 8x10 Chinese Art Deco Rug is a new addition to Rug & Kilim’s coveted Antique collection. On the Design: This piece boasts the ma...

This traditional beautiful rug features a multitude of beautifully angular elements, chosen for their presence with the rich colors and characteristic octagonal Ersari tribal guls. A...

727, very beautiful midcentury rug with nice floral design, in the style of European savonnerie rugs, and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton f...

This early 20th-century Turkmen Ersari main carpet presents a bold and authentic tribal design in an allover Gul (octagonal medallion) pattern. The composition features three columns...

664 - Nice kilim from the end of the 19th century with beautiful fine central medallion patterns, and beautiful pink, orange, yellow, green and dark brown colors, entirely hand-woven...

Beautiful vintage Khotan rug, hand knotted wool with a cream field, tan and light gray accents in allover multi medallion design, circa 1920s This rug measures 4' 9" x 10' 8".

Beautiful modern Khotan scatters hand knotted wool rug with a purple field, beige, brown, and black accents in all-over the pictorial design. This rug measures: 3'4" x 6'.

This large antique Bokhara rug was handwoven in the Early 20th Century. It is remarkable for its beautifully aged surface, giving it an appearance of a weathered painting. The design...

Antique Turkish Oushak decorative oriental carpet, room size, with green field. A gorgeous antique Turkish Oushak carpet, circa 1900, size 13'4" x 10'2" This lovely carpet features ...

Hand knotted in wool originating from Nepal circa 1910-1920, this 9 x 12 antique rug connotes a Shahrestan rug design of particularly rich color and...

This 2x4 antique hooked rug is a delightful addition to Rug & Kilim's growing collection of rare and collectible works of the provenance—a charming example of early 20th century folk...

This 2x3 antique hooked rug is a delightful addition to Rug & Kilim's growing collection of rare and collectible works of the provenance—a charming example of early 20th century folk...

This 2x3 antique hooked rug is a delightful addition to Rug & Kilim's growing collection of rare and collectible works of the provenance—a charming example of early 20th century folk art from the United States, made with hand-hooked wool circa 1920-1930. On the Design: Exemplifying the quintessential pastoral storytelling tradition that defined American...

76641, antique Afghan Turkoman Turkmen Torba bag, wall hanging, tribal textile tapestry. This hand knotted wool antique Afghan Turkmen Turkoman Torba st...

This beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted design rug will make your floor look splendid. This collection is made in wool. It's measures are: 6'.5 x 9'.9 This antique Khotan rug...

This beautiful antique Khotan hand-knotted design rug will make your floor look splendid. This collection is made in wool. It's measures are: 4'.9 x 11'.11 This antique Khotan rug...

761 - Pretty mid 20th century Kilim with geometric tribal design and beautiful orange, purple, black and green colors, fully hand woven with wool on wool background.

870 - Very beautiful Bukhara (Asmalik) carpet from the end of the 19th century with a beautiful geometric design and pretty colors entirely and finely hand-knotted with wool velvet o...

Made with hand-knotted wool and originating from China circa 1920-1930, this 9x11 antique Chinese Art Deco Rug is a rare and exciting new curation in Rug & Kilim’s collection of Chin...

An exceptional early 20th century Central Asian Samarghand rug with a wonderful large stylized floral central medallion woven in crimson and fuchsia amidst a field of flowers and tre...

A two column stylized pomegranate tree design with tiny end vases fills the oatmeal field of this Xinjiang town rug with a dark brown - accented partial Yun-tsao Tou border. Pink ton...

Exceptional Signed Antique Caucasian Silk Rug, Art Deco Era Tribal Carpet, circa 1920, Fine Signed Caucasian Silk Rug, Art Deco Period, Hand-Knotted Tribal Motifs, circa 1920, Antique Signed Caucasian Silk Rug, Art Deco Tribal Design, 1920 A superb signed antique Caucasian silk rug from the Art Deco period, circa 1920, finely hand-knotted with remarkable precision and jewel-toned vegetable dyes. Woven entirely by hand, this high-quality silk carpet displays exceptional finesse, crisp drawing, and the distinctive tribal sensibility characteristic of early 20th-century Caucasian weaving. The design blends Art Deco era aesthetics—geometry, symmetry, and stylized botanical forms—with traditional Caucasian tribal motifs that trace their lineage back to classical weaving traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The rug’s refined patterning, intricate borders, and vivid palette of terracotta, deep blues, ivory, and golden tones highlight the weaver’s mastery and the extraordinary detail achievable with fine silk knotting. This is an authentic tribal textile, created during a transitional moment when ancient tribal traditions intersected with modern Art Deco influences. Signing the rug further suggests workshop pride and a higher-grade production typical of special commissions or gifted pieces. The rug survives in excellent antique condition, with only minor age-appropriate wear consistent with its materials and age. A rare collector's piece and an impressive decorative artwork—perfect for display on the floor or mounted on the wall as a textile tapestry. Measures: 46 in. Wide × 68 1/4 in. Long This antique silk masterpiece is both a work of fine art and a functional textile—ideal for display in a living room, library, entryway, or hung on the wall as a tapestry. A superb opportunity to acquire a rare signed Persian rug...

Made with hand-knotted wool circa 1910-1920, this 6x9 antique Chinese Art Deco rug is an exciting new collectible and rare period piece in Rug & Kilim's Collection. Its design is bel...

Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental rug, Room size A vintage Baktiari oriental rug, size 7'7" x 7'1", circa 1920. This handsome hand-woven geometric rug features a garden design in ...