Wool Chinese and East Asian Rugs

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 ) Chinese Art Deco Carpet, circa 1920 – 9' x 11'6" An exquisite Chinese Art Deco carpet from the 1920s, featuring a bold claret red field framed by a soft grey border. The composition includes asymmetrical floral sprays, blossoming branches, bamboo clusters, vases, lanterns, and a phoenix — each chosen for its symbolic meaning. Phoenix: a Chinese emblem of rebirth, grace, and renewal Bamboo: resilience, strength, and flexibility Flowers: prosperity, harmony, and natural beauty Lanterns and vases: abundance, peace, and illumination Executed in a vibrant palette of blues, yellows, purples, and greens, this piece reflects the fusion of tradition and modernism that defined the Art Deco movement in China. The open red ground creates a dramatic backdrop for the symbolic motifs, giving the design a modernist elegance while retaining cultural richness. Type: Chinese Art Deco Rug...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a tone-on-tone gray field surrounded by a wide gray border, and indigo scholar's vases in opposing corners each potted with auspicious...

Chinese - Art Deco Rug, Size: 6' x 8' 10"

77328 antique Chinese Art Deco oval rug with traditional chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug features a plain neut...

This 6x9 antique Chinese Art Deco rug represents one of the most unique and rare, collectible designs of its provenance to join Rug & Kilim’s curation of the iconic movement—both an ...

79078 Antique Chinese Peking Rug, 06'03 x 09'01. This exquisite one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug is a stunning representation of Chinese artistry and cultu...

A pair of matching Decorative Chinese Peking Fragment navy blue runners from the early 20th century. Measures: 2'2'' x 16'6'' & 2'6'' x 16'6''.

This antique, circa 1900, Khotan runner has a steel-gray field with a coral-red vase at each end issuing dusty-pink pomegranate and angular floral and serrated leaf vine, enclosed wi...

a mid-20th-century Feminine Color Tibetan Rug Details rug no. j4331 size 2' 8" x 4' 11" (81 x 150 cm) rug type Tibetan

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'7" x 11' - 262 x 335 )

Dragon Rug Wool Silk Carpet with Chinese Imperial Kansu Design Hand Knotted 6 x 4 ft - 180 x 120 cm. A beautiful contemporary dragon design rug, han...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12'4" x 14'3" - 376 x 434 )

A sweet early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with rich pink field surrounded by a wide turquoise border, and all overlaid with auspicious flowers including peonies, chrysanthemum,...

This 20th century Chinese carpet is unusual because it is an nearly square and it is monochromatic. The subtle sculpted border features a fretwork and bat pattern...

A 3rd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan rug depicting a large orange dragon. Measures: 3'2" x 5'3''.

This 9x12 kilim rug from our European collection marks a modern take on 18th century Aubusson flatweave styles among our principal’s favorite curations. Handwoven in wool, the warm r...

A central, five-clawed dragon (the symbol of both the forces of nature and the Chinese emperor), is surrounded by four other dragons, all floating on an indigo blue background. At bo...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 6' x 8'10" - 185 x 270 )

A Tibetan Tiger rug, hand knotted in Nepal, silk and wool pile. This traditional Tiger rug design is typically found on antique rugs called Khaden. It describes a small sized rug of...

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

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 10' 0'' x 13' 4''.

A vintage Tibetan throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 5' 8" Chinese Rugs Carpet: 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...

19th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 6'4" x 9' - 193 x 274 )

Tree and Cloud is a mainstay Carini Carpets signature design by Joseph Carini. This is the indigo rendition, featuring a deep and rich indigo blue ground with corral and pink branche...

Modern Art Deco Chinese Oval Rug Salmon color 5'2x8.

A sweet early 20th century oval Chinese Art Deco rug with a peach central field surrounded by a teal and peach border overlaid with multi-co...

Beautiful late 19th century silk embroidery from China with nice design and red field wool foundation.

During the Art Deco period many designers commissioned their patterns to the city looms located in Tianjin through companies such as Nichols & Company. Some designs, such as this one...

Khotan rugs are hand woven in Sinkiang province in western China, also referred to as East Turkestan. They are often called Samarkand rugs after the central Asian city where they wer...

A striking rareVintage Tibetan pictorial rug, hand-knotted in Tibet in the3rd quarter of the 20th century. The design features a whimsical skeletal figure rendered in soft blush tone...

A pagoda, arched bridge and gazebo float in on medium blue watery clouds from one side of the light green field while a gnarled flowering prunus (plum) branch snakes in from one corn...

Handmade antique Art Deco Chinese rug in ruby and burgundy shades. The rug is from the beginning of 20th century in original good condition. It has some floral accent with large peac...

2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan rug with 2 flamingos on a light blue ground 3' x 5'1''

This early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco rug is a refined example of East meets West design, with a quiet palette and rich symbolism. The field is a soft, elegant gray, framed by a n...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with Modernist Design (2'10'' x 5'9'' - 86 x 175)

Collectible and rare Tibetan saddle cover featuring two charming tigers surrounded by a border of beautiful dragons. This handmade saddle was prob...

Very rare antique Chinese Peking runner with a pictorial dragon motif found in field and border in two shades of predominant blues. The size on this piece is original which makes an ...

1920's Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" ) Paeonies everywhere, in the four corners overlapping pink field and celadon green border, in the larger central bouquet. Only one cloisonné vase in a corner. The pink is balanced top and bottom, but a larger plain area is on the left. One lotus blossom appears in the lower left flower bunch. An attractive almost antique...

A Tibetan rug with antique Chinese design, hand knotted in Nepal. This traditional rug design is typically found on antique rugs from China. The blue ground is often found in Peki...

19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 12' x 15'6" - 365 x 472 )

A striking vintage Khotan rug from East Turkestan, featuring a bold palette of black, ivory, and soft taupe. The field is centered with a stepped diamond medallion surrounded by geom...

Nice little Chinese beijing rug with beautiful Chinese Art Deco design and beautiful colors with blue, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

Add a touch of elegance and heritage to your space with our Handmade Vintage Afghan Ersari Mat from the 1960s. Crafted with meticulous care, this exquisite rug showcases the rich art...

Beautiful vintage Chinese Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue field and red border with multicolored accents and all-over floral design. This rug measures 9' 0" x 11' 3"...

Pillow made from a 20th-century Chinese rug with zipper closure and poly-fill. Measures: 15'' x 15''.

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...

Stunning sky blue and ivory, navy accent full pile condition antique Chinese Peking rug, circa 1920. Floral border with what looks to be a rooster on a circular medallion. Measure...

A fine quality antique Tibetan accent size rug depicting a large rooster on a navy blue ground. Measures: 3'9" x 6'

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'3" x 11'8" - 282 x 356 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 274 x 365 )

Pretty vintage Chinese Beijing rug with a nice decorative and art deco style design of the nature with stylized tree, birds, flowers, and nice colours with a faded orange background ...

Beautiful antique Art Deco hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue color field. This piece has a purple frame with multi-color accents in a gorgeous traditional Chinese floral design....

1930s Chinese Peking rug in a rare fire orange color Measures: 5' 11" x 8' 8" (180 x 264 cm).

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 351 )

Silk Heriz Design Rug 20 x 16 ft , Contemporary Carpet in Japandi Style by Djoharian Design A beautiful contemporary modernized Persian design hand knotted rug using finest wool and...

Beautiful antique Chinese Art Deco rug, hand knotted wool with a navy-blue field, tan frame in a subtle all-over Classic Chinese floral design. This rug measures: 9'10" x 13'2".

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9' 2'' x11' 8''

Chinese - Art Deco rug, measures: 8'9" x 11'4".

73471 Antique Chinese Peking Accent Rug with Neoclassical Chinoiserie Style 03'00 x 05'09. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features an open center medallion with a ...

Three Variations on Form, Craft, and Memory TeHer Art Rugs is proud to present an exclusive collaboration with acclaimed Mexican artist Edgar Orlaineta, known for his poetic sculptu...