Mid-20th Century Chinese and East Asian Rugs

A gorgeous 1940s Chinese Art Deco rug with an open sage green field showcasing an asymmetrical design. The composition features elegant sprays of flowering branches and scattered blo...

A gorgeous 1930s Chinese Art Deco rug with a teal field featuring four asymmetrical sprays. The palette consists of peach, orange, yellow, and tan wool yarns colored with natural dye...

Antique Chinese Peking rug, size: 2' 6'' x 11' 3''. Antique Chinese – Peking Chinese Blue 1935 Rug, Circa Date: 1935. This exceptional piece exemplifies the restrained elegance of e...

An exceptional Chinese Art Deco carpet distinguished by its elegant asymmetrical composition and sophisticated palette of warm camel, raspberry pink, cobalt blue, ivory, and soft sag...

79474 Vintage Chinese Aubusson Rug, 14'06 x 25'11. This exceptional handwoven wool vintage Chinese Aubusson rug unfolds like a ceremonial salon floor from an aristocratic European re...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 8".

Rare oval-shaped Green Chinese Art Deco rug. Measures: 2' x 3'10'' Chinese Art Deco rugs are known for their striking mix of asymmetri...

A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with mint green field with a basket filled with multi-colored peonies in the center.

A simple but chic early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with two large floral clusters in opposite corners, one with chrysanthemums and the other with peonies, and surrounded by a ...

The purple-red field is open at the center and is asymmetrically delimited on the edges by corner squared floral wreath strongly accented with colorful lotus leaves and flowers. Unus...

This an exquisite Rare vintage Hand made Chinese Art Deco Art Nouveau Khotan rug in a rare geometric design, showcasing a refined composition and elegant artistic balance, dating to ...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10'' x 11'10'' x 270 x 360 ) Antique Art Deco Chinese Floral Soft 1930s Rug, Circa Date: 1930s. This exceptional piece exemplifies the transitional...

Nice embroidery panel with dragon design entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk Dragon designs are on relief.

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

Vintage Art Deco Rug Dragon Chinese Wool Carpet Pink Peach "This is a very unique vintage Art Deco dragon rug. It has beautiful rare colorway. Thi...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a solid mauve ground and one large cluster of multi-colored auspicious flowers including peonies, chrysanthemums, and cherry ...

Colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a dragon motif on a bright orange field Measures: 3'4'' x 5'7''.

A Chinese Pictorial Peking Inspired English Axminster Room Size Carpet handmade during the Mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 11" x 11' 9"

A wonderful mid-20th century Chinese runner with a pale fuchsia field with a central swirling dragon medallion flanked by pairs of peony and lotus med...

Very beautiful Manila embroidery with a Chinese style and beautiful floral design, entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk foundation.  

This elegant Art Deco carpet was crafted in Shanghai, a bustling port city at the forefront of taste and culture in early 20th-century China and a hub for East-Meets-West furniture a...

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design in dominant accents in green and pink. Measures: 6' x 8'6''.

This elegant Antique Chinese Art Deco carpet, woven around 1930, beautifully reflects the refined simplicity and artistic sophistication that made Chinese Art Deco carpets among the ...

Handmade antique Chinese Dragon designed textile in silk. This tapestry is from the end of 19th century in original condition, it has some age discolorations. -condition: original...

Chinese Art Deco Botanic Rug Circa: 1940 Size: 7'6" × 10'0" (228 × 304 cm) Age: Vintage Color: Beige, Green, Pink, Purple, Yellow Origin: China This exquisite rug is part of the div...

A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. This mid-20th century East Turkestan Khotan carpet presents a distinctive pictorial composition arranged in a long horizontal ...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 9' 2" x 11' 7".

A vintage Chinese Art Deco room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 10" x 11' 8".

Antique Art Deco Chinese rug, measures 8'6"x 9'0". Antique Art Deco Chinese Allover Navy 1930s Rug, Circa Date: 1930s. This exceptional piece represents the height of Chinese weavin...

Antique Chinese Art Deco rug, size: 9'0" x 11'8". Rectangle 1930s Knotted Antique Chinese Room Size Wool - Art Deco Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 1930s. This exceptiona...

A vintage Chinese Art Deco accent carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 6' 1" x 8' 11"

A vibrant vintage Chinese Art Deco carpet featuring a richly saturated ruby red field framed by an elegant emerald green border adorned with flowering branches, blossoming peonies, b...

1930s Round Chinese Art Deco Carpet 7' R Antique Art Deco Chinese Hand Knotted Pile Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 1930s. This exceptional circular piece captures the mi...

1930s Chiense Animal Pictorial small Rug Details rug no. j3525 size 2' 7" x 4' 11" (79 x 150 cm)

79460 Vintage Tibetan Rug, 01'07 x 03'01. A commanding expression of power and prestige, this rare pair of hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan rugs from the Mid-20th Century captures t...

An incredible early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a fucshia ground overlaid with multi-colored flowers and scrolling vines, all woven in pinks, golds, greens, violets, and i...

Hand-knotted in wool, this antique 5x14 Chinese Ningxia pillar runner from circa 1920–1939 features an elaborate pictorial design with imperial dragons, auspicious symbols, and cerem...

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a central floral medallion with pink and fuchsia peonies, set against an indigo background, and surrounded by a wide border with a rep...

A very cool vintage European Art Nouveau Kilim rug featuring a rare geometric allover pattern and a fantastic neutral colorway. This flat woven piece carries subtle Art Deco influenc...

A lovely vintage Pao-Tao rug, handwoven in China circa 1940. This rug features the traditional design of the deer and the crane on a deep indigo field and key border. Size: 1.32m x ...

THIS RUG IS EXQUISITE!!! It is a rare oversize Antique Chinese Peking Art Deco rug with a beautiful dragon & geometric design, showcasing bold artistry and intricate craftsmanshi...

Nice mid 20th century shawl from Manila, with a floral Chinese design and style, entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk foundation. Some stains to clean ✨✨✨ "Experience the epi...

This mid-20th century Chinese Art Deco rug, measuring 9' 2" x 11' 7", presents a striking composition that seamlessly blends traditional Chinese symbolism with an artistic, modern ae...

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. 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...

Handmade Vintage Art Deco floral Chinese Rug, 2'11" x 4'10", c-1950's, in green color background with floral traditional design on each corner of the rug. The rug is in excellnt cond...

Magnificent silk vintage Chinese Art Deco-magnificent jewel tones paired with an intricate,sophisticated design, showcasing exceptional artistry and refined craftsmanship. This piece...

This charming pair of vintage Chinese silk rugs features an impressive dragon-inspired design framed by intricate scrolling vines and mythical animal motifs. The rich red field contr...

1930s Chinese Art Deco Carpet ( 8'10" x 11'7" - 270 x 353 ) Antique Art Deco Chinese Floral Green 1930s Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: 1930s. This exceptional textile ex...

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

Khotan rugs are hand woven in Sinkiang province in western China, also referred to as East Turkestan. They are often called Samarkand rugs after the central Asian city where they wer...

An exceptional Chinese Art Deco carpet showcasing a refined ivory field centered by a graceful peacock motif, framed within richly saturated sapphire and midnight blue borders adorne...

A colorful one-of-a-kind Tibetan rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with a colorful dragon motif Measures: 3'1'' x 5'1''.

76612 Vintage Nepalese Tibetan Rug, 07'05 x 09'03. The Verdant Sanctuary: A Vintage Tibetan Masterpiece of Botanical Harmony. This hand knotted wool vintage Tibetan rug is a celebrat...

An exceptional vintage Tibetan rug featuring an elegant crane surrounded by stylized floral motifs and scrolling vines, all set against a luminous celadon blue field. Revered through...

Enchanting early 20th century Chinese Art Deco carpet with a spacious floral design on a Magenta Ground. Measures: 8' x 9'10''.

This mid-20th century East Turkestan Khotan pictorial rug presents a charming and narrative-driven composition, unfolding like a decorative frieze across its elongated format. Set ag...

Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12' x 12' - 366 x 366 ) This minimalist early 20th-century antique Chinese rug is a study in monochromatic elegance, stripped of the vibra...

Beautiful antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug with a navy blue field and multi-color accents all-over traditional Chinese dragon design. This rug measures 3' x 8'.

Vintage Chinese Tibetan Tiger Carpet

79148 Vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts Style Square Area Rug, 06'08 x 06'10. This hand-knotted wool vintage Tibetan Arts & Crafts style rug, inspired by the visionary designs of William...