Manhattan - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 3' x 4'8" - 91 x 142 )

A East Turkestan Modern room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 4" x 11' 9"

A modern East Turkestan Khotan pictorial room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 3" x 13' 0"

19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon-Phoenix Carpet 10'2'' x 13'5'' - 310 x 410

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop 9' x 11' 6'' - 275 x 350

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'2" x 11'6" - 280 x 350 )

Purple Antique Chinese Dragon Design Rug, Country of origin: China, Circa date: 1900

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 10' x 17'2" - 305 x 523 )

Pair of Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 3' 1" x 8' 10"

1920's Chinese Art Deco Carpet 9'x 11'6".

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9'9" x 13'3" - 297 x 404 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop ( 8'8" x 11'4" - 265 x 345 )

This hand-loomed Tibetan wool blanket is a rare vintage piece. Its thick pile would have been used for sleeping on or under during the cold nights in the Himalayas. In Tibet, it woul...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 2' 3" x 4' 6", showcases a minimalist yet sophisticated design. Featuring a solid blue field with subtle tonal variations, the r...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'4'' x 11'9'' 285 x 358 )

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 3" x 12' 7", features a striking, minimalist landscape design with a bold, modernist aesthetic. The composition is dominated ...

This striking 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 8' 10" x 11' 10", showcases a bold geometric design that pays homage to the rich weaving traditions of Khotan while em...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Oval Carpet ( 3' X 5'8" - 92 x 172 cm ) with an ivory background and navy border.

1920s Chinese BaoTou Rug ( 2'2'' X 4'3" - 66 x 130 cm )

This exquisite 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 7'11" x 10'0", embodies the refined elegance and historical richness of traditional Khotan weaving, reinterpreted wit...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet 9' x 11' 6" ‐ 274 x 351

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 2" x 11' 8", features a sophisticated and understated design rooted in traditional craftsmanship. The soft, muted beige fiel...

A very bold volute and 'V' border frames the somewhat distressed tan field with shadow leaves and stems. There are a few details in white cotton on this brown accented west Turkestan...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 4'1" x 6'8" - 125 x 205 )

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 8'2'' x 10'4'' - 250 x 315 )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'8" - 275 x 355 ) We love rose/pink Art Deco Chinese carpets and they must have been popular in the interwar period also. A jade green border w...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 11' 4'' x 15' 4'' - 345 x 467 cm )

A modern Tibetan rug from the 21st century.

A vintage Turkish Anatolian Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a goldenrod field and silver-grey border. The Cintamni pattern of 3 stones is in dark brown a...

An antique Chinese Art Deco oriental rug, size 4'0 x 2'0, circa 1920. This lovely hand-knotted antique carpet features various traditional Chine...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 11'1"x 14'7" - 340 x 442 )

Chinese Art Deco, Size: 8' 9" x11' 7" As the name implies, pieces woven between the wars for the Western market by mostly American owned firms especially Nichols and Fette, in thick...

This exquisite 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 10' 7" x 12' 10", beautifully embodies the refined elegance of traditional Khotan weaving. The serene light blue fiel...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 10" x 12' 9", showcases a sophisticated interplay of geometric and symbolic motifs. The central field features an elegant la...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 8" x 3' 9" 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...

This solid area rug is anything but boring. Expertly dyed with indigo and natural vegetable dyes, the organic striation and variety in color can only be achieved by ancient practices...

Antique Chinese - Peking rug, size: 12'6" x 13'4".

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 5" x 12' 10", is a stunning example of the region’s refined weaving tradition, skillfully merging historical symbolism with ...

This 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 3" x 11' 9", features a richly detailed lattice design inspired by traditional Central Asian motifs. The allover trellis pat...

This elegant 21st-century East Turkestan Khotan rug, measuring 9' 2" x 12' 0", showcases a refined composition rooted in the rich artistic traditions of Khotan weaving. The soft gray...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 1" x 12'

This 21st-century East Turkestan silk Khotan rug, measuring 9'6" x 11'8", exemplifies the refined artistry and delicate craftsmanship of contemporary interpretations of traditional K...

This attractive Peking scatter features a cerulean blue field uniformly adorned with seven paeonies, with attendant leaves and stems. Eggshell border with vases on stands, bonsai pla...

Crosshatch is a classic design with nods to Tribal and Moroccan rugs. The distinct irregular diamonds are woven in a natural brown and the background is a creamy natural unbleached w...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 10'2" x 12'8" - 310 x 385 )

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

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet, Size ( 10' x 15' 6'' - 305 x 472 cm )

This captivating collection showcases the creative partnership between Joseph Carini and artist, Michelle Weinberg, blending vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and exceptional texti...

Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 13' 9" x 19' 5" - 420 x 592 cm )

Early 20th Century N. Chinese Peking Carpet 12'2" x 18' - 370 x 550

Antique Circa 1923 Green Chinese Art Deco Hand Knotted Rug 8'7 X 11'5. As the term implies, true Chinese Deco carpets were woven in a short t...

Antique Chinese - Art Deco rug, size: 9'0" x 11'8".

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 3" x 12' 4"

Antique Chinese Nepal rug, size: 8' 3'' x 8' 8''.

Crosshatch is a classic design that blends modern sensibility with a gentle nod to traditional Tribal and Moroccan designs. The distinct irregular diamonds are woven in a natural unb...

A modern East Turkesan Khotan large room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 12' 5" x 14' 10"

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 9' 6" x 11' 5"

The ecru open field is anchored by a dark blue, scalloped and reticulated roundel of a dragon within roiling clouds, and is echoed in the similar dragon accented triangular floating corners...

Pairs of sinuous, scaly blue dragons cavort above medium blue waves around the edges of the open straw-ecru field. Outer near black plain border. Mountains rise from the waves betwee...

Chinese Peking Rug, Size: 8'x9' 8"