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Early 20th Century Embroidery - Flowers and Leaves

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A charming embroidery piece depicting a young lady spinning thread before a riverside farm. The artist has embroidered 'Jenny' to the lower border. Well presented in a gilt frame wit...

Early 19th-century embroidery with watercolor collage details. Unsigned. Presented in a Hogarth-style frame with a damask silk mount. On panel.

A charming Victorian sampler, hand embroidered by Mary Ann Vaughn. Cases of the alphabet, flowers, animals and a verse have been carefully cross-stitched in green and yellow thread. ...

A charming Victorian sampler, hand-embroidered by Kate Rouse in May 1844, aged 8 years. Cases of the alphabet, flowers and a verse have been carefully stitched in green and yellow th...

(After) Andy Warhol Flowers, 1968 Hand Woven Wool Tapestry 183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 in) Edition of 20 With the knotted name ‘ANDY WARHOL’ lower right and the embroidered annotation ‘WARHOL ©’ on the reverse Published by Modern Master Tapestries, NY Throughout art history, the flower and its symbolism have been a subject matter for many renowned artists. Andy Warhol explored the qualities of the flower image through his Pop Art prism in the Flower series of 1964, thus creating cartoon-like symbols that would be instantly recognized. The 1964 Flower series became one of his most iconic and successful works. Based on a discovered photograph of hibiscus blossoms, Warhol drenched the flowers’ floppy shapes with a variation of vibrant colors, transforming them into psychedelic indoor décor. Playing with traditional art historical themes, Andy Warhol gave a particular twist to this historically accepted symbol of life. The electric colors of his flowers, drawn from a darker and rich undergrowth background might be the indicator of an extreme vision of life, a life lived on the edge. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American artist, a leading figure of the Pop Art movement. ​Using a variety of media materials from photographs up to computer-generated art, Warhol's works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity, culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. Emerging from the poverty and obscurity of an Eastern European immigrant family in Pittsburgh, Warhol became a charismatic magnet for bohemian New York. In 1960, he began to produce his first canvases depicting Popeye and Dick Tracy. After Marilyn Monroe’s death in August 1962, he started working from snapshots of the star’s already legendary face, which had been widely distributed by the world’s press. His choice of subjects clearly relates to an obsession with demise – his Marilyns, his Ten Lizies (created when the actress Elizabeth Taylor was seriously ill), and also his Elvis. Part of the “Death and Disaster” series, Andy Warhol´s...

DIEGO GIACOMETTI La Promenade des Amis, 1984 Ed. EA XXV Woven on loom, point and needle, by hand, all wool, cotton weft, for wall and floor use 235 x 175 x 3 cm I 92 1/2 x 68 7/8 x ...

Young artist’s innovative textile practice reimagines traditional weaving and embroidery techniques, using colorful threads instead of paint and a tufting gun as her brush. Her large...

We received 5 tapestries from a dealers collection who retired from business and been stored properly, currently 4. There in no fading or damage to each and ready to hang condition....