Japanese Boro

Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. This kite entitled "Boro" is patterned with Japanese indigo-dyed fabric scraps, sewn together to form a patchwork of contrasting patterns and shades of blue. The kite's design recreates the traditional practice of Boro stitching...

Wonderful 1820's needlepoint by 12 year-old Ellen Roberts (American, b. 1817 - ?) of New York with flower boarder and quote: Count that day lost whose low descending sun. ...

Cheerful lollipop flowers and stylized leaves give this limited-edition holiday stocking a fresh, contemporary feel. Fashioned out of Schumacher’s Mir...

Exceptional antique Portuguese textile, Genoa velvet and intricate gold embroidery work. Length not including the hem is 102.5".

These items were presented to Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower by Mr. Edwin J. Owen later to be presented to Mary Jane McCaffree, Mrs. Eisenhower's personal White House secretary.

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