Vintage Chinese Art Deco Carpet
No. 31896
China, Mid-20th Century
8 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 3 in.
(2.65 x 4.31 m)
A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The saturated cranberry field shows two vases with lotus flowers in one corner and a bird on a scholar’s rock opposite, with grasses and colorful paeony sprays at the bottom and along the left side. Deep olive border with rock, branches and flowers in the same detail colors. Thick pile and robust. Made for the American market.
