New York - Central Asian Rugs

Handwoven in wool, this 9x12 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary...

Handwoven in wool, this 5x7 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary ...

Handwoven in wool, this 5x6 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary ...

Handwoven in wool, this 5x7 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: From our beloved “Rez Kilim” collectio...

Handwoven in wool, this 5x7 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: From our beloved “Rez Kilim” collectio...

Handwoven in wool, this 5x6 contemporary Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: From our beloved “Rez Kilim” collectio...

Antique Jerusalem carpet. Size: 5'10" x 9'0".

An antique Mongolian room size carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a contemporary Art Deco style geometric pattern in neutral colors. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 1" 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 (sleeping rugs) with simple chessboard allovers. Only a few large antique Tibetan carpets...

Hand-knotted in wool, this 5x10 modern rug from our Tiger rug line in Modern Classics collection, has been particularly inspired by a Mongolian take on the style. On the Design: Hi...

Handwoven in wool, a 3x4 gift-sized Kilim from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: The “Rez Kilim” connotes a modern take on classic...

One of a kind Late 20th century Chinese rug with a shepherd riding on a mule. Measures: 3'1'' x 6'1''.

Pillow made from an early 20th century antique Ersari rug with cotton back. Brown and Beige 14'' x 24''

A 2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Animal Pictorial Carpet Size 3' x 5' 7" (91 x 170 cm).

This hand knotted rug is made of 100% wool and is entirely undyed. It has a very tribal, bohemian feel while still being quite neutral at the same time. The relief design in this rug...

Full plush pile Chinese Batou rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century featuring the wall of China Measure: 4'7'' x 6'

An early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with a spacious open field design on a creamy yellow field and pretty blue accents featuring a dragon inside a central medallion . Measures: 6'2'' x 8'8'' Chinese dragons...

An old kilim, attributed to one of the Baluch tribal groups living along the western borders of Afghanistan who are all prolific weavers. Woven in two halves on a simple nomadic loo...

Handwoven in wool, this 3x4 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to Turkish...

Hand-knotted in wool and silk in our most luxurious Nepalese pile, this 9x12 transitional rug is an addition to the European rug collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: The eleg...

A late 20th-century one of a kind hand-knotted Chinese rug with a dragon motif Measures: 5'2'' x 8'1''

Handwoven in wool, this 4x7 vintage Persian kilim from Afghanistan, circa 1950-1960 is latest to join our internationally-acclaimed Kilim & Flatweave collection. On the Design: ...

Handwoven in wool, this 8x10 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim'' represents a contemporary homage to...

Handwoven in wool, this 7x10 Kilim is from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on ...

Handwoven in wool, this 8x10 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim'' represents a contemporary homage to...

Handwoven in wool, a 9x13 Kilim design from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on...

Handwoven in wool, this 10x14 Kilim is from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on...

Handwoven in wool, this 15x21 oversized Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary h...

Handwoven in wool, a 8x12 Kilim design from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on...

Handwoven in wool, this 10x14 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to T...

Handwoven in wool, a 10x14 Kilim design from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take o...

Handwoven in wool, this 12x15 oversized Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary h...

Handwoven in wool, this 12x18 oversized Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary h...

Handwoven in wool, this 3x3 square Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to ...

Handwoven in wool, a 8x12 Kilim design from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on cla...

Handwoven in wool, this 3x4 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to Turkish...

an intermediate size muted Chinese Rug from the middle of the 20th century Measures: 4'11'' x 7'9''.

A 6x9 ode to Ersari rug inspirations in red and green, from Rug Kilim’s Modern Classics Collection. This hand-knotted wool rug is a new piece from designer Teddy Sumner, exempl...

This 8x10 Art Deco rug is a bold new addition to the titular collection by Rug Kilim. Further on the Design: This particular rug is hand-knotted in wool and all-natural sil...

Handwoven in wool, this 3x3 square Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to ...

Large Gallery Size Khotan rug from the middle of the century with a geometric design in deep blue, burnt orange, and apricot accents Measures: 7'2'' x 14'

Handwoven in wool, a 10x14 Kilim design from an inventive new contemporary flat weave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: Fondly dubbed, “Rez Kilims”, this modern take on cl...

Handwoven in wool, this 3x4 Kilim is from an exciting new custom-capable flatweave collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: “Rez Kilim” represents a contemporary homage to Turkish...

An early 20th century Chinese run in the palest of blues Measures: 6'1'' x 9'.

A fun 20th-century feminine one-of-a-kind vintage Turkish Anatolian rug in pastel tones. Love the aqua, pink and turquoise tones in here 5'1'' x 8'5''

An early 20th-century Chinese run in the palest blue color Measures: 2'11'' x 5'.

Unusual vintage Turkish rug with a colorful vertical striped motif on a blue field. Measures: 3'9'' x 6'10''.

Hand-knotted in a luxurious blend of wool and silk, this 9x12 contemporary rug is the latest addition to the Modern Collection by Rug & Kilim. On the Design: This rug features an...

Highly decorative scatter size 1st quarter of the 20th century kurd pictorial rug. Rug no. r5828 Size 2'6" x 3' 7".

An accent size early 20th century Persian Malayer rug in green, khaki, and soft brown Measures: 3'9" x 6'3".

This 15×19 rug is a grand new entry to Rug & Kilim’s Texture of Color Collection—hand-knotted in luxurious, all-natural silk. On the Design: The collection enjoys an inventive take...

This contemporary custom rug is a bold new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Tigers Collection. Our collection spans several cultures and recaptures iconic pictorial styles in folk art and h...

mid 20th Century East Turkestan Asian Samarkand Rug rug no. j2469 size 4' 10" x 9' 7" (147 x 292 cm) Samarkand rugs from east turkestan are typically found in a long and relativel...

A fine-quality antique Tibetan throw-size pictorial rug. Would make for a great wall hanging too Measures: 2'5" x 5'

A highly decorative afghan Ersari large-size rug with a tribal all-over design from the 1st quarter of the 20th Century Measures: 7'7'' x 14'4''.

A large accent size early 20th century Persian Malayer rug. Measures: 4'3" x 5'11".

Pillow made from a 19th century afghan Turkeman rug. Measures: 16'' x 16''.

1920s Indonesian brown pictorial square rug depicting numerous faces of people and animals. A conversation piece. Measures: 5'' x 6'2''.

One-of-a-kind early 20th century Khotan rug with a soft pink field consisting of a yin yang pattern and a camel border. Measures: 5'4'' x 8'3''.

This square 8x8 Art Deco rug is a bold new addition to the titular collection by Rug Kilim. Further on the Design: This particular rug is hand-knotted in all-natural silk, ...

early 20th century blue chinese peking rug with a deer and flying bird rug no. j3395 size 4' 10" x 6' 2" (147 x 188 cm)