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    Beautiful 18th Century Antique Chinese Kansu Gallery Size Rug, Country Of Origin: China, Circa Date: 18th Century. Size: 6 ft 7 in x 15 ft 6 in (2.01 m x 4.72 m)
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  • Nazmiyal Antique 17th Century Chinese Fu Dogs Rug. 6 ft 5 in x 10 ft 5 in
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  • Nazmiyal Collection Antique 19th Century Chinese Runner. 5 ft x 14 ft 2 in
    Located in New York, NY
    Beautiful Rare Antique 19th Century Chinese Kansu Hallway Runner Rug, Country of Origin: China, Circa date: Mid 19th Century. Size: 5 ft x 14 ft 2 in (1.52 m x 4.32 m)
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  • Nazmiyal Collection Antique Chinese Peking Rug. 6 ft x 8 ft 2 in
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    Nazmiyal Collection Antique Chinese Peking Cream And Blue Rug, Country of Origin / rug type: China, Circa date: 1900. Size: 6 ft x 8 ft 2 in (1.83 m...
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  • Nazmiyal Collection Antique Blue Chinese Rug. 8 ft 2 in x 9 ft 8 in
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    Beautiful Room Size Antique Blue Chinese Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Chinese Rug, Circa date: 1920. Size: 8 ft 2 in x 9 ft 8 in (2.49 m...
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  • Nazmiyal Collection Antique Chinese Rug. 14 ft x 21 ft 6 in
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    A breathtaking Oversized Green Background Antique Chinese Rug, country of origin / rug type: Chinese rug, Circa date: 1920. Size: 14 ft x 21 ft 6 in (4.27 m x 6.55 m)
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  • Early 20th Century Handmade Chinese Ningxia Square Throw Rug
    Located in New York, NY
    An antique Chinese Ningxia square throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 3" x 2' 4" 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. 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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...
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    An antique Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 0" x 3' 9".
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  • Chinese Rug “Eight Horses 'Bajun tu'” Design, Early 20th Century
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