Vintage Chinese Peking Room Size Carpet
No. 30860
China, Mid-20th Century
9 ft. 1 in. x 11 ft. 9 in.
(2.75 x 3.55 m)
A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. Four rounded mountains with frothy sea-wave edges are positioned at the cardinal points on the sides of darkish blue field. At the center is an open floral roundel and variously colored clouds are strewn about. In the corners are doubled, skeletal arabesques. The straw main border displays hexagonal cartouches enclosing precious objects. The corner cartouches are conformably bent to carry the pattern along. Outer ribbon T-fret border. Plain mid-blue outermost frame.
