Antique Chinese Art Deco Carpet

The rare carpets of Mongolia have in recent years achieved a stature of their own. They differ from traditional 19th century Chinese carpets in that they typically employ stylized pa...

The painterly effect obtained by mixing varying proportions of ivory and indigo wool is peculiar to this family of northern Chinese weavings. As most of them were sourced directly in...

During the Art Deco period many European and American designers commissioned their patterns to the Chinese manufacturers located in Tianjin and Beijing. Some designs, such as this o...

A very finely woven Chinese carpet of Peking quality, knotted with silky wool and distinguished by a very light palette. The open ivory background is uniquely decorated by a central ...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a beautiful indigo background surrounded by a complementary border with a pink, violet and indigo floral pattern.

In the 1860s an organized carpet industry was established under imperial patronage in Peking. These carpets tended to have tighter and finer weaves than their Ningxia counterparts, o...

79192 Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, 10'00 x 13'03. Echoing the heritage of East and West, this hand-knotted wool magnificent antique Chinese Art Deco rug, inspired by the refined art...

79168 Antique Blue Chinese Art Deco Rug, 07'10 x 09'08. In the golden hush of the 1920's, when East met West in a symphony of style and spirit, this hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug was born—a woven reverie crafted in the famed looms of Tianjin or Beijing. With its deep indigo blue field, it evokes the velvet hush of twilight skies over Peking’s imperial rooftops, a stillness pierced only by the whisper of silk robes and the distant chime of temple bells. Suspended across this tranquil sea are three circular medallions, blooming like celestial seals—guardians of symmetry, echoing ancient Chinese roundels...