This highly unusual antique Oriental pile saddlecloth rug from China has floral field and border surmounted by a classic Chinese cloud pattern.

This sumptuous antique Oriental silk textile from China has an exquisitely drawn classical Chinese design of staggered lotus palmettes, vines and cloudbands.

This charming little antique Oriental rug from China has a sinuous tree set against a deep chocolate ground.

This charming little antique Oriental rug from China has a sinuous tree set against a deep chocolate ground.

This incomparable antique Art Deco Chinese rug has a modern geometric design that unfolds with mathematical precision.

On this lovely antique Oriental Peking carpet from China leafy trees emerge from a mountain top at either end of the field with deer standing nearby.

This elegant little antique Oriental Chinese Art Deco rug has two floral sprays placed diagonally across the field.

On this lovely antique Oriental Chinese rug a delicate, lace-like pattern of abstract ivory clouds, dragons, leaves, and flowers unfolds across a warm cinnamon ground.

On this lavish antique Mongolian rug from China a symphony of color unfolds itself like ripples in desert sand.

This stunning antique Oriental Art Deco rug from China features a bold modernist asymmetrical array of diagonals and rectilinear geometric or biomorphic forms across the field.

On this lovely antique Oriental Chinese throne cover, somersaulting dragons sprawl across the soft yellow ground.

Geometric perfection reigns supreme on this exquisite antique Ningshia.

On this charming little antique Oriental Chinese rug a single flowering leafy branch constitutes virtually the entire design.

 A classic Chinese design unfurls with graceful simplicity on this stunning antique Ningshia.

This smart antique Oriental Chinese Art Deco rug boasts a flowering vase and hovering tree branches within a spacious  field.

Peking carpets from the turn of the century often have sparse designs that allow them to compliment a variety of interiors.

This exquisitely subtle and restrained antique Oriental Chinese Art Deco rug is graced by a scalloped border of dark brown enclosing a golden sand field.

This exquisitely subtle and restrained antique Oriental Chinese Art Deco rug is graced by a scalloped border of dark brown enclosing a golden sand field.

These incredible rugs have become known as 'apprentice' rugs.

This stunning antique Oriental Peking carpet from China is both modern and classically elegant in its simplicity.

Antique Chinese Ningsia carpets like this outstanding example are the epitome of understated elegance and aristocratic restraint.

This lovely Chinese carpet has a classic Chinese blue fret-work medallion on a tile inspired rosette field. 

 A rich blue and orange piece, intermingled with the vines and floral designs. Truly elegant, this piece is a step above many of our other rugs of the same design. Masterful in craft, it was hand

 
A lush decorative landscape unfolds with consummate grace across the field of this elegant antique Peking.

Certainly one of the more exquisite antique Peking pieces from China,  this lovely carpet has delicate viney cloudbands arrayed as diagonal strips repeating gracefully across a soft tan field.

Made in an imperial Chinese manufactury, this stunning antique Ningsia is indeed fit for a palace.

 A silky ocean of ultramarine is left unobstructed by a fuchsia pink border.

This antique Oriental Peking carpet  is the at once traditional and yet so modern in its elegant simplicity.

Antique Ningshia, China, circa 1900. The restrained grandeur of classical Chinese rug weaving informs this masterful Ningshia carpet

The silken reflective quality of the wool pile is characteristic of the finest antique Chinese carpets of this kind.

More than three hundred years have not dimmed the brilliant design and classic formal elegance of this spectacular antique Ningsia carpet.

This supremely elegant antique Oriental Peking carpet from China has a field that consists only of a soft sandy maize color.

 This lovely antique Ninghsia epitomizes the consummate elegance and restraint of classic Chinese rug design.

 This magnificent antique Oriental Ningshia Chinese carpet with its thousand and one gifts pattern was undoubtedly produced in an imperial workshop.

Delicate, transparent medallions and cornerpieces float elegantly on the field of this lovely antique Indian carpet made in a classic Chinese style.

This magnificent antique Oriental Chinese carpet, undoubtedly produced in an imperial workshop, displays the famous hundred and one gifts pattern.

A small openwork medallion is complemented by four see-through vinescroll medallions on this suavely elegant antique Peking from China.

This splendid antique Khotan has a classic Yarkand design of flowering pomegranate plants.

This supremely elegant Peking carpet exemplifies the design principle that less can be more.

This lovely carpet has a classic Chinese medallion design elaborated by vinescroll patterns.

Only a spare assortment of tiny floral sprays comprises the field design of this elegantly understated antique Chinese carpet.

This lovely piece embodies all the grace and reserved formality of classical Chinese court carpets.

Certainly one of the more exquisite antique Peking pieces from China, this lovely carpet has delicate viney cloudbands arrayed as diagonal strips repeating gracefully across a soft tan field.

Richly ornamented with curvilinear designs and scrolling vines this stately Chinese Oriental rug adds opulence to any room.

Imperial workshop Chinese rugs of this type are eagerly sought after for the grace and delicacy of their design and the subtle beauty of their coloration.

This lovely Chinese carpet has an openwork vinescroll medallion hovering amidst an open field surrounded by four smaller medallions and cornerpieces.

Sprays of lotus flowers on leafy stems repeat symmetrically across the field of this sumptuous antique Ningshia from imperial China.