Large Indian Embroidered Needlepoint Tapestry Shadowbox Floral Elephant Bird

"Set of six vintage framed Chinese chinoiserie silk embroidered tapestry panels featuring Peacocks / birds amidst the landscapes of gnarled pine tree and flowering branches. # Chinese Pinyin - Translation (Literally) 1. ???? - què wu yíng chun - bird dance welcome spring 2. ???? - què wu song feng - bird dance pine wind 3. ???? - song píng què wu - pine fan bird dance 4. ???? - què píng chun sè - bird fan spring scenery 5. ???? - chun nuan hua kai - spring warm, flower bloom 6. ???? - zhú bào chun méi - bamboo report spring plum Translation (Semantically) (1) birds are dancing and welcoming the return of spring (2) birds are dancing with breeze in the pine forest (3) pine fans like a peacock while birds are dancing (4) bird fans its tail for the beautiful spring (5) in the warm spring...

Antique Joseon Dynasty (possibly Li Dynasty period) needlepoint textile silk showing a blue water vase decorated with a peacock and flowers, with calli...

Large antique framed Chinese black silk folk art textile / tapestry panel or table runner embroidered with brown, gold and blue flowers / leaves. ...

Pair of framed hand embroidered Chinese tapestries on gold silk, showing birds, flowers, nautical boats and pagoda / cottages. Measures: 11.25” x 1” x 18.5” / Sans frame - 9.75” x...

Pair of antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silk textile / tapestry court rank military buzi badges or panels embroidered with a scene Mandarin Ducks and blue fl...

Two vintage Korean textile tapestries. Made of silk featuring metallic gold embroidery with medallions, peacocks and dragons. One purple, one green. Wall hanging. Tablecloth. Di...

Turkestan SUSANI finely embroidered tapestry with warm typical colors: simply wonderful! ..With an interesting price. Every Turkoman girl must ha...

Fabulous large Kakaga Burmese bead embroidered adorned with sequins and beads tapestry wall hanging . This vintage handcrafted needlework wall hanging tapestry shows ten different scenes from the ancient epic Hindu poem, the Ramayana, or from Buddhist mythology. You can imagine how many hours went into producing this piece of work. The figures are sewn using a combination of metallic threads and adorned with sequins, beads and glass stones. Most Kalagas are best hung in a frame but not under glass so that the detail and texture can be fully appreciated. They can also be hung as-is without a frame. Such a large tapestry could take months to complete. Asian figural Kalaga hand embroidered with jeweled tapestry...

Antique embroidered mirrored horse blanket throw used in India for the wedding ceremonies. Large antique embroidered panel with floral patter...

Large framed hand embroidered Mughal silk and metal threaded tapestry textile from North India. Fanciful Asian Folk Art designs in this distinctive quilt ...

An impressive Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1890s Meiji period, presented with brocade border on linen canvas in a Lucite shadow box. The stunning design features three dragons coiling and flying in the clouds. The high relief technique used to render the dragons using mostly the silver threads gives this piece a tremendous sense of motion. The most auspicious mythological creature in Japan and China, dragons were a very popular motif in textile art. In this particular piece, it is the impressive size, the superb craftsmanship, the profuse use of silver threads and near perfect condition that set it apart. Japanese Meiji textiles were widely exhibited in the west during turn of the 20th century at the international exposition. It was used to showcase the Japanese aesthetics with the techniques at their pinnacle. These expositions solidified the country's images overseas and felled the Japanese craze in the west, which turned out to be a long-lasting influence on the western art. Many pieces were purchased and stayed in the west. It is likely this estate piece was from one of the expositions based on its high quality. For two similar dragon tapestries...

A large and finely embroidered Japanese tapestry with brocade border, circa 1900s Meiji period. The tapestry depicts, in a rather realistic style, a forested landscape in autumn flan...