Mid-20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

This is a mid-20th century hand knotted Khotan rug with a beige color and medallion floral design. The rug measures 5'3" x 10'7".  

Early 20th Century Chinese Silk Carpet 3' 2" x 5' 2"

The borderless rich red field displays baskets and porcelain vases overflowing with flowers in the corners and a pointed elliptical wreath with still more floral extrusions toward th...

A sweet petite mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a gray background and clusters of peonies woven in pale pinks, yellows, greens, and blues live in opposite corners.

Vintage Chinese Tibetan Tiger Carpet

Chinese Art Deco Botanic Rug Circa: 1940 Size: 7'6" × 10'0" (228 × 304 cm) Age: Vintage Color: Beige, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Origin: China This exquisite rug is part of the div...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3' x 4'10" x 92 x 147 cm )

77587, vintage Chinese Baotou Vase Pictorial rug with Chinese Chippendale style. 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...

Mid-20th Century Tibetan Khaden Wool Rug with Central Medallion and Cloud Spandrels This is more than just a beautiful rug; it's a piece of history, representing the end of a thousa...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco rug handmade during the mid-20th century predominantly in red, green, and antique white, and with accent colors in silver, beige, pink, blue, and orange , ...

Beautiful Asian textile with foo dogs in 100% wool. This would be great in any room decor. Wonderful details and colors.

1920s Chinese Tibetan Carpet ( 2'1" x 8'4" - 64 x 255 cm )

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'9" x 15' - 297 x 457 )

Deep red field Chinese Deco Nichols rug. Bright colored floral design in two corners. One or two small discolorations (shown) but truly nice overall condit...

51403 Blue and beige vintage Turkish Oushak rug with Chinoiserie style. Embodying European sensibility with an artful balance between warm and inviting, this hand-knotted vintage Tur...

The beige open field is centred by a miniature landscape roundel featuring a leafy tree growing from banded rocks. The border is similarly plain except for identical branch and f...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 4' 11".

:: Open field with diagonally opposing sprawling ornate foliage and long stemmed vines reciprocating each other. Super soft and blanket-like feel with plush pile. Colors and shades include: Pale dusty rose, ivory, beige, mint green, pistachio green, sand, sky blue, coffee brown, pale gold, and more. Condition notes: Like-new, original full pile height even across. Original side cord selvages intact. Fully secured sides and ends. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Japanese Art...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 16' - 305 x 490 cm )

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese pictorial Art Deco rug featuring a scholar's pavilion perched on an outcropping in a garden landscape with a pond in the foreground, a bridge w...

Vintage Chinese Pictorial rug. Circa 1940's. Camel tone background with vases on stands, baskets with flowers, butterflies and fruit. Wool material, ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in shades of green and cream. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 10".

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet

Antique Chinese Silk Rug, Measures: 3' 5''x 5' 7''.

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet, Size: 9' x 12'

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...

Graceful and eye-catching, this vintage Chinese Art Deco rug features an elegant allover floral pattern set in a soft sage green field, framed by a bold royal purple border. The uniq...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a wide open solid field surrounded by a baroque-style floral border, all woven in soft pastel blues, reds, yellows, and greens.

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 8'9" x 11'4".

Step into a world of vintage allure with our captivating Vintage Persian-Style Mahal Rug, originating from the Middle East in the 1950s. This rug boasts original goodness with a touc...

Elevate your living space with the timeless elegance of our Handmade Vintage Persian Sarouk Rug from the 1960s. Measuring 1.9 feet by 2.6 feet (60cm x 81cm), this exquisite rug is a ...

This is a lovely Chinese pictorial area rug depicting vibrant pastoral Asian scenes. Happy pink and blue pagodas dominate the scene. It is i...

This border-less trompe l’oeil rug displays a soft red scroll rolled back in one corner to revel a scroll patterned underside and an ivory triangle beneath. The rug has a three dimen...

Handmade vintage Caucasian Shirvan rug in unusual cross design. The rug is from the middle of 20th century in original good condition. -condition: original good, -circa: 1950s,...

Antique Horse Cover rug, Size: 2'2"x4'4".

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

Antique Chinese Peking rug. Size: 9'0" x 11'3".

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11'10" - 17'4" - 360 x 528 )

This floor mat once occupied a tribal long house of the Dayak Tribe of Borneo. It is made from woven dyed and natural coloured rattan fibres forming tribal motifs. A leather border l...

Mid 20th Century American Hooked Rug ( 3'9" x 6'3" - 114 x 191 )

Antique Chinese rug, size: 11'0" x 16'3".

A rare and sweet early 20th century Chinese Peking runner with a field containing an all-over patter of petite flowers woven in pale pinks, greens, and indigos against a light indigo background. The border is unusual too, with a similar petite floral pattern with large Buddhist...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'8" - 270 x 358 )

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 8'8" x 14'8".

Add a touch of Oriental elegance to your space with this stunning vintage Chinese Nichols rug, measuring 300 × 154 cm. It's worth mentioning that the design of the rug is inspired b...

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...

1930s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12'3" x 20'6" - 373 x 625 )

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size?: 9'0" x 11'10" Navy background.

A pair of early 20th century Chinese Art Deco oval rugs, each with a flowering cherry blossom tree growing from within a scholar's rock in each corne...

Vintage Chinese Art Deco Rug Size: 8'9" × 11'5" (266 × 347 cm) This captivating vintage Chinese Art Deco rug from the 1950s is a striking example of the fusion between Eastern decora...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug. Size: 3'0" x 5'4".

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug with multi-color and 9' 0” x 11' 8” size.

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 4' 11" x 5' 2", showcases a vibrant composition rich in symbolism and traditional Eastern artistry. The deep navy-blue field ser...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11' x 16'9" - 335 x 511 )

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 5' 10" x 8' 7", features a striking composition with a deep burgundy field that exudes warmth and elegance. The spacious central...

This refined Mid-20th century Chinese Peking Art Deco rug, measuring 8' 4" x 9' 11", features a harmonious allover lattice design composed of delicate floral medallions in soft beige...

Antique Art Deco Chinese rug, measures 8'6"x 9'0".

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 8'9" x 11'4"

Six exploding floral bouquets are positioned on islands of dark blue or green on the deep red virtually border less field. Two butterflies flutter about. There is a distinctly three-...

Distinguished by an unusual all-over grid pattern on a soft lemon yellow background, this carpet is an example of the eclecticism of Chinese weavings in ...