Chinese Rugs and Carpets

Antique Chinese - Art Deco Rug, Size: 6'0" x 8'8"

Handwoven in a wool flatweave, this 9x11 rug is a new unveiling from the European rug collection by Rug & Kilim—one of its earliest works, inspired by antique Aubusson rugs and tapes...

Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a dark golden orange field with a central pagoda medallion, garden pavilion...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 4' x 6'6'' - 122 x 198 )

Antique Chinese Peking rug, Size: 8' 0'' x 9' 8''.

A truly rare and beautiful find, this oval-shaped Art Deco Chinese area rug from the early 1900s features a soft green background framed by a warm tan border, creating a graceful and unique silhouette rarely seen in traditional Chinese rug design. Adorned with elegant floral and decorative motifs in shades of pink and yellow, the rug blends classic symbolism with the bold simplicity of the Art Deco era. Its gentle curves and harmonious color palette make it an ideal centerpiece for refined interiors—adding a touch of softness, symmetry, and sophistication. Dimensions: 3’ x 5’ 3” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2077 Oval Shaped Rugs, Oval Shape Chinese Rugs, Oval Art Deco Chinese Rugs, Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Rugs, Antique Peking Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon, Nichols Deco Rugs, Chinese Art Deco Nichols, Nichols Art Deco...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 15'6" - 305 x 473 )

An antique Chinese Peking long gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of cream and blue. Measures: 5' 9" x 16' 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...

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 Chinese Silk Rug 5’1" x 7'0". A generic term referring to any carpets made within the confines of the Middle Kingdom including: Ningxia (north central China), Peking (woven i...

Late 18th Century Chinese Ningxia Carpet ( 5' x 8'1'' - 152 x 246 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'6" - 269 x 350 cm )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 10'2" x 17' - 310 x 518 )

Antique Handmade Art Deco Chinese carpet, c-1920's,3' x 4'10". Woven with natural dyed soft wool pile, in green and rust/brown background color and traditional floral design, this ca...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 6'2" x 9'9" - 188 x 297 )

Hand-knotted in wool, this 6x9 European rug in beige is the first iteration of this design to be in high-and-low texture. Featuring green and pink floral patterns with red and cream accents, this rug is an elegant addition to the Rug & Kilim Collection. On the Design: As inspired by English tudor...

This beautifully unique needlepoint cushion cover has been woven by hand with a floral paisley design, woven in accents of purple, blue, orange an...

Elegant, rare, and rich in cultural symbolism, this early 20th-century Chinese Art Deco rug features a striking French blue field framed by a deep navy border, creating a sophisticated and serene color palette that elevates any interior.  At the center soars a majestic Phoenix, a powerful symbol of rebirth and renewal. The corners and borders are adorned with delicate flower vase motifs, paired with a collection of traditional Chinese symbols representing life, happiness, and longevity. The rug’s harmonious blend of navy, baby blue, red, purple, and soft pink accent colors brings warmth and vibrancy without overwhelming its refined Art Deco simplicity.  Celebrated for their bold yet balanced aesthetic, Chinese Art Deco rugs like this one have become highly sought after for their timeless design and unique color combinations.  Dimensions: 10’ x 16’ 4” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: China Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2147 Art Deco Chinese, Chinese Art Deco, Art Deco Rugs, Antique Peking Rugs, Vintage Art Deco Rugs, Rugs Art Deco, Art Deco Nichols, Chinese Carpet Dragon...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 3'8" x 9'6" - 112 x 290 )

This floral needlepoint cushion cover is an excellent example of vintage cushion covers woven in the 1990s. The floral pattern has been woven in ...

American hooked rug 6'0" x 9'0" Hand-woven. American Hooked Rugs Contemporary American Hooked carpet utilizing strips of fabric to compose designs that express the tradition of hoo...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Walter Nichols ( 11'2" x 15'4" - 340 x 467 ) This exceptional piece exemplifies the bold aesthetic of Chinese Art Deco, characterized by its dramati...

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a gray field surrounded by a wide eggplant colored border, and the central field overlaid with a garden landscape image inclu...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug ( 3'2" x 4'10" - 97 x 147 ) This exceptional piece exemplifies the restrained elegance of early 20th-century Chinese weaving, characterized by ...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco runner with a central medallion depicting a vase potted with a flowering lotus, and flowering trees on either end, and all set abasing a gray f...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with yellow-green color background. 11'4" x 13'9" - 345 x 420

Made with hand-knotted wool and originating from China circa 1910-1920, this 2x4 antique Peking rug is an exceptional find of the “Pao-Tou” design, celebrated for its quality craftsm...

19th Century Caucasian Alpan Kuba Rug ( 3'2" x 5'4" - 96 x 162 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 4'8" x 5'10" - 142 x 178 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'6" - 275 x 350 cm )

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

Antique Chinese, Art Deco rug. Size: 6'2" x 8'10".

Vintage 1980s Chinese Dragon Carpet ( 5'7" x 8'7" - 170 x 262 )

A petite Chinese Art Deco rug with a solid dark cranberry field surrounded by a wide gray border, and all overlaid with a multicolored peony pattern.

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3'1" x 5'10" - 94 x 178 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' 10'' x 11' 7'' - 270 x 353 cm )

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...

Handwoven in wool, an 8x10 Kilim inspired by Tudor flat weaves, joining Rug & Kilim’s classic-style European collection. Further on the Design: This piece draws on Tudor works of the...

Handwoven in wool, this 9x12 contemporary rug is inspired by antique Tudor rugs and tapestries—-a new release from Rug & Kilim’s European collection. On the Design: This modern ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4' x 6'10" - 122 x 208 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug ( 3'2" x 6' - 97 x 183 )

A beautiful vintage Chinese silk rug with a large central floral medallion amidst a field of large-scale flowers all woven in light and dark ...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug 5' 2" x 7' 10"

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 8' 2" x 10' 0".

Chinese - Art Deco rug. Measures: 8'2" x 9'6".

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, handknotted in wool with symbolic corner motifs and rich abrash. Features a minimalist brown field framed by deep indigo, adorned with lotus, vases, and...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 2' x 3'10" - 61 x 117 )

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

A 6x7 antique rug in needlepoint style, handmade in wool originating from China circa 1920-1930. Outstanding in its rare pictorial style, complemented by forgiving beige-brown, green...

1920s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'' x 12' - 275 x 365 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9 x 14'2" - 275 x 430 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 9' x 11' 8''

Vintage 1980s Chinese Art Deco Rug ( 7' 9'' x 9' 8'' - 235 x 295 cm )

Unusual Chinese Art Deco Carpet From 1920s measuring 9' x 11' 6" - 275 x 350 cm

A sweet early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with beautiful pattern containing myriad chrysanthemums and lotus blossoms on a dark green background surrounded by a wide border cont...

Antique Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 9'3" x 14'0"

19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet 10' 8" x 13' 6"

This 10x14 ode to 18th Century Aubusson flat weaves is the next addition to Rug & Kilim’s European collection. Handwoven in wool. Further on the Design: This piece is inspired neocla...