New York City - Chinese and East Asian Rugs

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design with an eclipsed medaion on a tan ground. Measures: 8' x 9'8''.

This rare vintage European Art Nouveau kilim features a bold allover composition set against a striking black ground, offering strong Art Deco character and graphic presence. Handwov...

Handmade in wool, a delicious 8x10 needlepoint rug from Rug & Kilim’s coveted European style rug collection. This transitional rug enjoys an awe inspiring floral pattern in beige-bro...

An Antique Tibetan intermediate Pictorial rug from the early 20th century 5'11'' x 9'3''   

19th Century Chinese Silk & Metallic Thread Dragon Embroidery 2'6" x 4'4" - 76 x 132

Hand knotted in wool, a 6x9 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: This rug recaptures the Chinese Art Deco rug styl...

A floral one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the middle of the 20th century Measures: 3'1'' x 6'.

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 8'11'' x 11'6''.

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

Late 20th-century narrow Tibetan Runner Measures: 1'11'' x 6'3''

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11' 8" - 275 x 356 cm )

1920s Scenic Chinese Art Deco Carpet by Nichols Workshop

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

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

An antique East Turkestan Khotan throw rug handmade during the Early 20th century. Measures: 1' 11" x 3' 6"

Late 19th century narrow and long Chinese Runner Measures: 2'5'' x 14'5".

Sumak (also spelled Soumakh, Sumak, Sumac, or Soumac) is a tapestry technique of weaving strong and decorative textiles used as rugs and domestic bags. Baks used for bedding are know...

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet with European Design Influences. (13' 6" x 17' 8" - 412 x 536 cm)

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

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...

This hand-loomed Tibetan wool blanket is a rare vintage piece. Especially charming for its green, blue and red end panel. Its thick pile would have been used for sleeping on or under...

Early 20th century antique Khotan rug with a peach tone pomegranate motif on a light celadon green field Measures: 5'5'' x 10'3''.

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...

A modern East Turkestan Khotan Vase Pictorial large carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 16' 2" x 18' 6"

Vintage Bessarabian Kilim Rug Handwoven rug Tribal Geometric Overall 5'9" x 8'8" 175cm x 264cm "Very cool vintage Bessarabian Kilim with a rare geometric overall pattern and fanta...

9x12 Rare Antique Art Deco Rug Chinese Rug Chinese Rug 1920 Handmade Circa 1920 9'1" x 11'5" 275cm x 361cm "This is a magnificent unique antique Art Deco rug. It has a fine quali...

Whimsical Charm Antique Chinese Rug, Country of origin: China, Circa date: 1900

An early 20th Century Chinese rug with an animal motif on a navy field Measures: 4'4'' x 6'10''.

Mid 19th Century W. Chinese Kansu Carpet ( 11'6" x 12' - 350 x 365 ) Mid-19th Century Western Chinese Kansu Carpet, Circa 1850 This exceptional Chinese Kansu carpet from the mid-19t...

The beige field is centred by a slightly indented round medium blue medallion with a central lotus blossom. There are four scattered secondary flower sprays. The lotus flowers within...

Made with hand knotted wool, this Tabriz style rug represents a graceful addition to the Modern Classics collection by Rug & Kilim, inspired by our team’s experience in rare antique ...

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 9' x 11'4" - 275 x 345 ) This Minimalist-leaning ruby red, border-less carpet shows just two floating floral forms, one a single flower and the other ...

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

Antique Chinese silk rug, size: 8'2" x 9'4".

Hand knotted in wool, a 10x14 Chinese art deco style rug inspired by rare period pieces of the 1920s Nichols style. On the Design: The design boasts an eccentric open field from ...

Originating from China, this hand knotted floral runner was inspired by antique and vintage Tudor floral designs, embracing a borderless, all over field design with sweapping curvili...

Connoting the Tudor style rugs of the 18th century, a 5x10 hand-knotted piece making way to our European collection. The rendering flourishes in gorgeous florals transitioning beauti...

a mid 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug Details rug no. j4818 size 8' 2" x 11' 8" (249 x 356 cm)

Hand-knotted in wool, this 8x11 European rug has been inspired by English Tudor rugs and tapestries but a particular style among them once called armorial carpets. The design feature...

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

A modern East Turkestan Khotan room size carpet handmade during the 21st century. Measures: 10' 1" x 13' 6"

Scatter-size Chinese Peking rug in blue and white from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 2'1" x 4'.

Antique Silk And Metallic Thread Chinese Rug, Country of origin: China, Circa date: 1900

An antique East Turkestan Khotan throw rug. Possibly Khotanese. This amusing scatter schematically depicts a mosque interior with hanging lamp and kibla mihrab. Two squat minarets ap...

Antique Art Deco Rug Handmade Chinese Rug 10x13 1920 9'9" x 12'8" 298cm x 386cm "This is a beautiful antique art deco rug with simple motifs. This piece has a great neutral colorwa...

This vintage Khaden Tibetan rug features a tiger print. This handmade carpet is made of very soft handspun Himalayan wool and is in excellent condition given its age. Featuring a bea...

A room-size tradtional Chinese rug with a rare pumpkin color ground Measures: 9' x 11'6''.

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

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8' x 9'9" - 245 x 298 )

Large decorative Khotan rug featuring a flower vase design on a soft pinky red background. 8'8'' x 16'2'' Producing rugs since the 17th century with peak production in the 1...

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...

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 pillow made from an early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a pictorial motif. Measures: 15" x 21".

Enchanting floral design early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet in an odd size wide gallery room size format. Measures: 7'6'' x 14'5''.

A Chinese Art Deco Nichols rug with a pictorial animal design on a goldenrod field surrounded by a pink and plum floral motif navy border Measures: 7’10” x 9' 8".

Beneath the tasseled lambrequin, the scaly, five claw dragon rises trailing coiled clouds on the dark blue ground above a five-point “mountain” within frothing surf. Below is a rainb...

Contemporary Chinese Art Deco Style Carpet ( 8'10" X 11'8" )

1920s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 7' 10'' x 9' 7'' - 239 x 292 cm)

Beautiful Antique Chinese Art Deco Floral Nichols Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 1920