Chinese Peking 1025

This vintage Chinese Peking rug from the late 1800s is a rare and refined example of the traditional Chinese weaving aesthetic at its most naturalistic and serene. Featuring a soft pale yellow field of warm, luminous beauty, the rug is elegantly framed by a navy and French blue border of quiet authority. The design unfolds with the unhurried grace of a classical Chinese painting — trees, planters, branches, and birds thoughtfully arranged throughout the field and corners in a composition of perfect balance and natural poetry.

These natural motifs — the prunus tree, the flowering branch, the solitary bird — are among the most beloved images in Chinese art, carrying associations with the changing seasons, the beauty of impermanence, and the harmony of the natural world. Chinese Peking rugs, woven in the workshops of Beijing and the surrounding region from the late 19th century onward, occupy a unique place in the world of antique carpets — distinguished by their open, meditative designs, their luminous palette of soft naturalistic colors, and a design vocabulary drawn from the deep wells of Chinese art, philosophy, and symbolism. Where Persian rugs fill every inch with pattern, the great Peking rugs embrace emptiness as a design element, drawing on the Taoist aesthetic of stillness and the garden traditions of classical Chinese civilization.

Dimensions: 9' 3" x 12' 4"

Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s

Place of Origin: China (Beijing)

Material: Wool pile on a cotton foundation

Condition: Wear consistent with age and use

SKU: 1025