After devastating wars with the Mongols and a time of general unrest, the Manchu Dynasty was born in 1644. During its early years—the last half of the seventeenth century—there was greatly increased trade with the rest of the world.
Chinese weavers became familiar with the rugs of Persia.
The Emperor brought some Persian craftsmen into the country, and floral motifs long used in Persia began to appear in Chinese rugs.
Their texture was still very coarse, with unevenly spun yarn and only thirty or forty knots to the square inch.
