Green Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug with Dragons and Ming Dynasty Style

Rare Nichols rug with an unusual dragon and phoenix theme likely custom made. Blossoming honeysuckle plant flanked by smaller plants and perched above a dragon and phoenix (Yin & Yan...

Art Deco style Chinese area, or scatter, rug with dragon motif. The rug is in very good, original, clean and ready to use condition, free of significant wear, odors, or problems. The...

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...

9x12 Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Tree of Life rug 267cm x 346cm 8'9" x 11'4" 9x12 Circa 1920 "This is a magnificent unique antique Art Deco rug. It has a fine quality, and fabulous colorway. This piece has incredible design elements including a tree of life, vase, butterflies and exotic flowers. Pieces like this are hard to come by and are extremely desired."-Antique Rug Collection Size 8'9" X 11'4" Serial ID # 20894k Design Art Deco Metric Size 267cm x 346cm Age 1920 Antique Category Art Deco Pattern Art Deco, Exotic Flowers Material 100% Hand Knotted Wool Foundation Material Cotton Color Grey, Beige, Pink, Blue, Ivory, Orange, Green, Yellow Quality High Quality Condition Great Condition, Minute low area About Us~ Welcome to Antique Rug Collection. Your #1 Source for handmade Antique Rugs & Tapestries at great prices, curated by leading industry expert. We are a 6th Generation antique rug shop with 48+ years of experience working with designers, private clients, dealers, and really anyone looking for a unique antique rug at a great price. We've made an imprint selling rugs...

This antique Chinese Ningxia rug Floating dragon design is a true work of art. The intricate design features dragons and clouds in shades of blue, white ...

Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug, c. 1930 Additional Information: Dimensions: 7'0" L x 4'3" W Origin: China Period: c. 1930 Rug ID: 23098

Beautiful Chinese Art Deco rug with nice design and white field color, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

This wool rug is one of the unusual rugs of the 1900 s which are Art Deco rugs in excellent condition with a rust background colour contrasting the stylish yellow border and the moti...

This wool rug is one the unusual rugs of the 1970 s which are Art Deco rugs in the excellent condition with Cream background colour contrasting the stylish border and the motives. This patterned rug is a combination of a floral rug and geometric rug. This vintage rug is patterned by Chinese wool rug style. Originating in China, the hyper-stylized floral patterns, symmetrical in the royal border. Handwoven in the thick but plush wool pile, while the field is a brighter array of the mustard colour, gold hues contained with an uncommonly dimensional Chinese frame. Quick and easy to clean as a washable rug and can be a great idea as an elegant living room as an important interior object. Oriental Vintage Rug Art Deco Style Chinese Rugs...

This wool rug is one of the unusual rugs of the 1970 s which are Art Deco rugs in excellent condition with a Cream background colour contrasting the stylish border and the motives. This patterned rug is a combination of a floral rug and a geometric rug. This vintage rug is patterned by Chinese wool rug style. Originating in China, the hyper-stylized floral patterns, symmetrical in the royal border. Handwoven in the thick but plush wool pile, while the field is a brighter array of the mustard colour, gold hues contained with an uncommonly dimensional Chinese frame. Quick and easy to clean as a washable rug and can be a great idea as an elegant living room as an important interior object. The colours have retained their vibrancy, despite the age of this piece. The quality wools found in traditional oriental rugs make them durable and sure to last. Decorative and functional, these rugs are not only valued for their technical qualities, unique designs, and durability. Crafted by hand, the intricate design is skillfully executed from the medallion right through to the framing border. This rug's fine texture and excellent workmanship make it a perfect investment piece for your home. Oriental vintage rug art deco style...