Peruvian Decorative Art

Frame Ulysse Morphos glass box wall decoration with real Ulysse butterflies from bredding farms in Peru. Under box frame in clear glass. Exceptional and unique piece made in Fr...

17th century Spanish Colonial Peruvian painting. Cusco school, oil on wooden panel depicting “Saint George and the Dragon” with intricate 19th Century car...

Two framed pre-Columbian textile fragments from Chancay culture (1000AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru. Both panels are of a similar red background and possibly wove...

An antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chancay culture in Central coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon circa AD. 1000-1470. The panel appears to be an intact shawl or head scarf, indicated by the overall integrity with the finished edges. It is a gauze-like linen/cotton open-square woven panel with supplemental embroidered horizontal bands that alternate between hooked diamond motifs and silhouettes of perched seabirds, one of the most favored animal forms in Chancay art. The color is quite vibrant with red contrasted by two shades of yellow on a darker brown background. The scarf such as this is thought to be associated with ceremonies and magic realm of death and burial practice. The textile is displayed on a dark line background under a newly made acrylic shadow box. Reference: For reading on the bird motifs in Chancay textile art, see page 141-183 of the book "Ancient...

Two pre-Columbian textile fragments presented in wood frames. Handwoven in colored yarn, possibly camelid fibers, these pieces were from Inca period circa 15-16th century. One panel is a classic Inca weave that was likely part of a mantle or cape. It has a multi-panel design with eight-point stars alternating with stylized animal and homomorphic figures, steps-design and abstract scrolling patterns. The second one features a multiple stripe design also with eight-point star and a mysterious figure sandwiched between stripes of geometrical patterns and plain borders. Presenting in a thin gilt wood and a carved dark wood frame...

5 Vegetable dyes from Lambayeque by Estudio Rafael Freyre. Unique piece. Dimensions: W 280 D 180 x H 250 cm. Materials: tapestry. Five vegetable dyes is a piece that decomposes...

A lovely collection of three framed pre-Columbian textile fragment form Chimu culture (900AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru circa 13-15th century. The three panels appear to be woven from ...

A lovely antique oil on linen painting from Spanish Colonial period late 18th-early 19th century. In the style of Classic Cuzco School, the painting depic...

A fragment of antique Peruvian textile from Pre-Columbia era, nicely displayed in a matted metal frame. Likely from Chancay culture in Centra...

A nicely framed fragment of antique Pre-Columbian textile that depicts a stylized figure in a geometrical background. Linen backing. The original is l...

An intact shirt with motif of rows of feathers in several shades of mustard yellow on a red ground, depicted as they would have been attached in rows in an actual feather textile.

A wood framed collection of one hundred and eighty six butterflies, presented through clear glass on both sides.