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

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 9" 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 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 remarkable Tabriz rug woven by Hadji Jalili workshop in the city of Tabriz. Predominant colors in salmon orange cream and blues the weave, craftsmanship and quality on the rug is s...

Antique Malayer Runner, Persia, Early 20th Century. Size: 5 ft x 17 ft 3 in (1.52 m x 5.26 m).

An antique Persian Bidjar throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 8" x 6' 4".

Room size 1930s Persian Malayer Rug. Measures 10'6'' x 13'4''

An early 20th-century narrow Northwest Persian runner with large palmettes on a multi-abrashed field throughout. Details rug no. j4463 size 2' 3" x 8' 8" (69 x 264 cm)

Narrow Turkish Sivas runner with icy blue field and deep reds.

An early 20th-century antique Oushak carpet Measures: 9'11” x 13'5”.

An early 20th century Turkish Prayer rug with a colorful prayer motif. 3'7'' x 5'1''

A fascinating early 20th century Persian runner with an open lime green field.

One of a kind Turkish Oushak re-created using recycled vegetable dyed angora wool giving it an old world look and feel. 6'3'' x 8'6''

mid 20th century Turkish Kars in pale colors with pops of pink Details rug no. j2232 size 9' 7" x 10' (292 x 305 cm) Kars is a village located in Northeast of Turkey. The weavers i...

A rare size vintage Persian Sarouk carpet. Measures: 5'4'' x 8'.

A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo Rug with a geometric tribal design with pink, camel and brown accents on an ivory field. Measures: 3'5'' x 4'5''.  

Neutral Color Persian Tribal Serab Runner from the 2nd quarter of the 20th Century Measures: 3' x 10'1'.

Fine silk Qumm Ghomm rug 100% silk silk foundation 7x10 Handmade Silk Rug 6'6" x 9'10" 7x10 199cm x 300cm "Very fine silk rug with an intricate weave and artisan workma...

Mid-20th century Turkish Anatolian intermediate rug 6'6'' x 10'

A geometric tribal looking Caucasian Shirvan rug from the early 20th century. Colorful geometric design on a navy blue field. Antique Caucasian rugs from the Shirvan district vill...

A rare size early 20th century antique Oushak runner in sage green and warm terracotta accents. Measures: 1'9" x 8'4".

A mid-20th-century Turkish Rug with an all-over floral design in predominantly soft beige, cream, and green tones Details rug no. 29911 size 9' 5" x 13' 4" (287 x 406 cm

A decorative pictorial Persian Malayer Runner with a flurry of white and blue birds and pigeons on a soft blue background, circa 1920.  

An authentic handmade late 19th century antique Turkish Oushak rug with a celadon green. field, ivory central medallion and border. Accents in light yellow and an orangey red. Mea...

an early 20th Century Persian Lilihan in predominantly light green Details rug no. j2925 size 10' 7" x 13' 8" (323 x 417 cm)

Fine quality bright Turkish runner with an elegant vertical floral motif. Bright red, powder blue, yellow accents, circa 1920, measures: 3'5" x 13'.

1920s Persian Kashan Rug with an all over formal design in flesh pink, light blues, red, and brown Details rug no. j4431 size 10' 10" x 16' 9" (330 x 511 cm)

Late 20th-century Turkish Anatolian Pictorial rug with 8 jolly full Reindeers. Measures: 2'5'' x 3'7''.

A vintage Turkish Oushak carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 7' 3" x 8' 8"

Angora "Tulu" rug. A very high quality, luminous example of this type of rug. Rug has great colors.

an early 20th Century Persian Sarouk oversize rug with lovely greens and terracottas Details rug no. j3800 size 12'5" x 20'6''

A One of a Kind Antique early 20th century Persian Mahal rug with beautiful Variations in color and design which is often phrased as lazy lines. Lazy lines are a slanted break in a c...

Description an early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Borlu Rug Details rug no. j4087 size 3' 11" x 6' 3" (119 x 191 cm)

A stunning early 20th century Heriz Serapi rug with a large scale dragon style pattern on a rich red ground. 9' x 11'8'' Heriz rugs are Persian rugs from the area of Heris, East Az...

a 3rd quarter of the 20th Century Vintage Turkish Wool Kilim in white and dark brown Details rug no. j2434 size 10' x 12' 9" (305 x 389 cm)

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Turkish rug Measures: 3'11'' x 7'3''.

Visioni B Proudly made by hand in Nepal Designed by Patricia Urquiola Designed by Patricia Urquiola, Visioni is an unprecedented synthesis between an age-old technique and abstract g...

Rare Vintage Silk Chinese Rug Temple of Heaven Tapestry 6'2" x 8'9" (6' x 9') 188cm X 267cm Circa 1965 "This is a magnificent vintage...

A vintage Persian flatweave Kilim accent rug in square format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 6" x 7' 4".

Turkish Anatolian rug with yellow field, accents in pink and green.

Minimalist mid-20th century Turkish Tulu rug Measures: 5'4'' x 9'5''.

Room size Masculine Persian Heriz rug in predominant browns, charcoal and navy blue colors. Measures: 9'9" x 12'5" Originating in Northwest Persia and the Iranian province of E...

a 3rd quarter of the 20th Century Vintage Turkish Wool Kilim in white and dark brown Details rug no. 31877 size 5' x 6'6''

An antique Persian Sarouk room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 9' 0" x 11' 9".

a mid-20th century Orange Coor Anatolian Turkish rug with mermaids floating around. Details rug no. j4304 size 5' 8" x 7' 4" (173 x 224 cm)

Marvelous small plush Swedish Rya rug from the Mid-20th Century Measures: 2'7” x 3'8” Swedish Rya rugs are extremely colorful, lovely and quite chic and each have their own charact...

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...

Beautiful large square size antique Irish Donegal rug, country of origin / rug type: Irish rug, circa 1930's. Size: 15 ft 5 in x 16 ft 8 in (4.7 m x 5.08 m)

An intermediate size vintage Turkish Kilim with a colorful striped design throughout.

Interesting Persian kurd bidjar runner, accents in different shades of blue, green, orange on a camel abrashed ground. Measures: 3'6'' x 14'7''.

An early 20th Century Persian Doroksh Rug. A true show stopper of a rug, this antique Persian Doroksh contains an intricately woven bouquet of flowers that...

Vintage Arts & Crafts Rug Rare Art Nouveau Rug William Morris Art Deco Rug 12x12 11'9" x 11'9" 358 cm x 358 cm "This is a Magnificent Arts & crafts...

A rare size vintage Khotan rug with Classic large pomegranate design on a teal field from the 3rd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 9' x 11'9".

An antique Persian Malayer runner handmade during the early 20th century.

A one of a kind decorative antique Persian Heriz runner. With distinctive large scale motifs and a wide ranging palette of warm colors, the antique Heriz carpet is probably the mo...

Room size 1930s Persian Malayer Rug. Blue, green beige, sand, khaki Measures 10'4'' x 13'7''.

a one-of-a-kind cotton and wool Turkish Kilim handmade from the late 20th century Details rug no. 10707 size 13'3" x 15'8" Kilims, primarily refer to a type of flat-woven rug tha...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 1" x 11' 9".

A colorful mid-20th century shabby chic Turkish runner. Measures: 1'9” x 5'7”.

This is attributed to Marasali village in the eastern Caucasus by the beautiful honey yellow border featuring characteristic bunches of grapes (or ‘parrots’). Instead of botehs, the ...

An authentic mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco with an spacious open field floral design in goldenrod Measures: 2'7'' x 4'5''.