Antique Chinese Peking Rug caucasian weave The pile has a natural

The pile has a natural silkiness and sheen that catches light at every angle

this rug sits in a different category to the Princess Bokharas being produced today

Stock Number: BR08

Size: 196 x 121 cm

intensely bright quality that no other rug tradition produces

Antique Chinese Peking Rug caucasian weave The pile has a naturalThis rug comes from Beijing, historically known as Peking, where rug weaving developed in the imperial workshops of the Qing Dynasty and produced a style that became one of the most recognisable in the world. Peking rugs were made for the court and, later, for export to the West, and their design reflects both of those purposes: ordered, refined and quietly authoritative. The defining quality of a Peking rug is restraint. The palette is intentionally