Chinese Art Deco Rug

A blue bird studies the water. Rocks and willow fronds handle the rest.

This Art Deco rug is wool, from China, early 20th century. Rugs of this kind grew out of the Chinese workshops of the 1920s and 1930s, which blended traditional subjects with a cleaner, more open Western-influenced layout. Across a sandy gold field, a long-necked blue bird stands among ducks, flowering stems and scattered dots. Navy and rust rocks rise on both sides, and willow fronds hang from the top. Twin borders in navy, rust and cream frame the scene. It measures 185 inches on one side and 110 on the other.

A garden you are encouraged to walk on.