Antique Chinese Deco Rug

Antique Chinese Deco Rug

Chinese Art Deco Rugs were produced from the 1910’s to the 1940’s. Prior to the 1920’s, during the experimental stages of production, the design and color remained similar to classical antique carpets fromChina .

8'5 x 11'7


Art Deco , sometimes referred to asDeco , is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just beforeWorld War I .^[1] Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewellery, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.^[2] It took its name, short forArts Décoratifs , from theExposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris in 1925.^[3] It combined modernist styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress. This Antique Chinese Deco Rug is part of this trend.

Art Deco was a pastiche of many different styles, sometimes contradictory, united by a desire to be modern. From its outset, Art Deco was influenced by the bold geometric forms ofCubism ; the bright colors ofFauvism and of theBallets Russes ; the updated craftsmanship of the furniture of the eras ofLouis Philippe andLouis XVI ; and the exotic styles ofChina andJapan ,India ,Persia ,ancient Egypt andMaya art . It featured rare and expensive materials, such as ebony and ivory, and exquisite craftsmanship. TheChrysler Building and other skyscrapers of New York built during the 1920s and 1930s are monuments of the Art Deco style.

In the 1930s, during theGreat Depression , the Art Deco style became more subdued. New materials arrived, includingchrome plating ,stainless steel andplastic . A sleeker form of the style, calledStreamline Moderne , appeared in the 1930s; it featured curving forms and smooth, polished surfaces.^[4] Art Deco is one of the first truly international styles, but its dominance ended with the beginning of World War II and the rise of the strictly functional and unadorned styles ofmodernism and theInternational Style of architecture that followed.