Ningxia (Ning Xia) Rug



215 x 125 cm (7' 1" x 4' 1")

China, ca. 1930

Condition: good, good pile, one professional repair in the border bottom right.

Warp: cotton, weft: cotton, pile: wool

 

Ningxia carpet. Ningxia wool is of good quality and very soft and shiny. Thick and warmly woven, dyeing is done with natural dyes such as indigo. Most of these rugs feature a simple blue and white color scheme as this rug but also with wonderful peach colour flower highlights.