Spanish Textiles

China has a long tradition of carpets and the original ones, probably used as merchandise, are dated at over 2000 years ago. The art of knotting carpets was however, introduced somewhere around the 15th century in China. The patterns on some of the older Chinese carpets...

A Japanese Fukusa Panel with tassels displayed in a gilt frame circa Meiji Period. Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile art used as a...

This is a small antique silk Chinese textile woven during the beginning of the 20th century circa 1900 and measures 50 x 47CM in size. Its design is centered around a man that is hol...

A finely mounted antique Chinese embroidered silk panel, composed of robe fragments carefully stitched and presented as a vertically oriented decorative textile. The central field d...

African Mali indigo textile circa 1950. Handwoven, vegetable dyed cotton. We only select the best. This soft textile was sourced in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy th...

An early 20th-Century Persian Bakhtiari room size garden design rug Details rug no. j4631 size 8'10" x 11'

African Mali indigo textile circa 1950. Handwoven, vegetable dyed cotton. We only select the best. This soft textile was sourced in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy th...

This exquisite pair of framed antique Chinese textiles represents a classic example of sleeve bands (shouxiu) from the late Qing Dynasty (19th to early 20th century). Originally, the...

Antique Textile with Symbolic Motifs This striking antique textile showcases a highly symbolic design, woven with remarkable precision and rich in cultural meaning. The composition u...

This is an extremely unique and beautiful antique Chinese silk and metal threaded embroidery woven during the end of the 19th century and measures 320 x 188 CM in size. This piece’s design has been woven onto a deep red silk background which was probably used for the imperial family and depicts a dragon check with a signature enclosed in a box centrally located at the top. The innermost border of this piece depicts the eight immortals which are extremely important and influential parts of Chinese mythology. Three “fu dogs” are located at the bottom of this piece and are known as protectors and were placed within buildings temples and tombs to ward off negative energy. Overall, this is an extremely unique and important piece of Chinese textile...

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested by an artist monk Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The auspicious composition features a group of red-crown cranes, the symbol of longevity. Three of them perch on the rock by the ocean (East Sea) an two of them are in flight. Additionally, two egrets frolic in the wave. Yuzen dying was used extensively to showcase the amazing details such as the waves and the gradual coloring effect. Embroidery was used sparsely to highlight areas such as the legs of the crane to render it more dimensional details. The piece has a red silk backing and still retains four blue tassels on corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...

This is an antique Egyptian textile woven during the first quarter of the 20th century circa 1920s and measures 184 x 90cm in size. this textile depicts ...