Antique Rugs in Shanghai, China

Ever since our inception in 1965, DLB’s mission is to deliver best quality antique rugs and vintage carpets wherever they are needed. Located in New York City, our gallery is home to some of the most spectacular rugs of every origin imaginable, including Oriental, European and Persian carpet. Seeing our antique carpets in the rooms of awarded designers is an everyday occurrence, as many of our clients are among Architectural Digest’s “Top 100 Designers” . We take a great pride in our craft, always doing our best to set the standards of an outstanding service. In the past decade, Doris Leslie Blau has also established itself as a leading source of fine new and custom rugs based on patterns by many well-known contemporary designers, including Alberto Pinto, Jed Johnson Associates, Mariette Himes Gomez, Amy Lau, Miles Redd, and fashion designers such as Nanette Lepore and Tommy Hilfiger. Ask the world’s top designers or architects to name their preeminent source of luxurious antique and bespoke rugs and they’re likely to point to Doris Leslie Blau!

In order to deliver you best Chinese deco vintage rugs, we offer fast and inexpensive (sometimes even free!) shipping all over the world, straight from our New York City based gallery, permeated with the magic of antique, vintage and modern rugs. As always, we care about your satisfaction the most, so do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about our fabulous rug collection and shipping process. Doris Leslie Blau’s webpage offers you the ultimate shopping experience, allowing to filter through every carpet in our possession using categories such as size, color, origins and age. Moreover, if you desire something original, we also offer a possibility of ordering a custom rug, made just for your liking!

Shanghai was one of the five cities which opened to foreign trade after Great Britain won the First Opium War. This fact further influenced the city and caused its importance to grew considerably in the 19th century, which was also caused by its beneficial location as a port and great economic potential. Shanghai served as a center of commerce between China and other parts of the world and in the 1930’s became the primary financial hub of the Asia. The politics of new communist government in the 1940’s limited trade and caused Shanghai’s position to decline. After the economic reforms of the 1990’s, Shanghai resurfaced and reclaimed its lost power.

Thanks to its rapid development, Shanghai’s skyline is full of newly erected modern buildings and numerous skyscrapers. Historical buildings were not forgotten as city’s God Temple and the Yu Garden are considered to be its biggest tourist attractions. Shanghai boasts a rich collection of buildings in various architectural styles. The Bund, located by the bank of the Huangpu River, contains a wide range of early 20th-century architecture, from neoclassical HSBC Building to the Art Deco Sassoon House. In fact, Shanghai has one of the world’s largest number of Art Deco buildings as a result of the construction boom during the 1920s and 1930s.

Doris Leslie Blau Gallery’s owner, Nader Bolour, is widely known as a talented designer and ingenious businessman. His family established the Bolour&Sons enterprise in the 1920’s in Iran and quickly gained recognition as one of the most distinguished rug dealers worldwide. The Bolours created Y&B Bolour in 1978, after moving their business to London, where Nader Bolour had his first meeting with Doris Leslie Blau, a great connoisseur of antique Oriental rugs. Few years later, when the two of them met again, they formed a partnership. Nader purchased Doris Leslie Blau Gallery in 1997.

Gallery’s great success on the antique and vintage rug market is due to its owner business sense, original thinking and, most importantly, immeasurable experience. With his finger constantly on the pulse of an ever-changing market and an unprecedented eye skilled in finding rare specimens, he instituted a new quality of the carpet dealership.

Apart from being an exquisite dealer of rugs, Nader Bolour is a designer himself, which can be easily seen in gallery’s broad range of custom carpets, made from best materials available for its demanding clientele. His designs are classical, yet contain hints of modernism. They combine the glory of the Orient with the freshness of contemporary influences. Nader Bolour’s love for rugs is reflected in the approach of his employees. Who would better understand the never-fading elegance of antique carpets if not the people who love them so dearly? Whether you seek a rug from Nader or you desire his original design, you can rest assured that he is prepared to deliver a bit of soul to your home.

From custom made carpets, designed just for you, to precious antiques, Doris Leslie Blau always offers you the best masterpieces of weaving art imaginable. Bringing satisfaction to our clients is Doris Leslie Blau’s most important goal and with every purchase we try to outdid ourselves in order to stay at the very top of carpet industry. If you want to indulge in luxurious shopping experience, we would love to invite you to browse our updated webpage, where you can look for best rug using one of the best tools and filters available online. We take a great pride in the diversity of Doris Leslie Blau’s stunning collection. . The tastes of Shanghai’s citizens are diverse and dynamic, making catering for them an enjoyable challenge for Doris Leslie Blau. In order to keep up with changeable trends and fashions, we work closely with local designers and artists, who lend us their expertise.