Silk Furniture

Three leaf screen cut from large pieces of well figured Oregon pine each panel filled with the original purple silk moire’. In superb condition. Italy. Early 1970s Measures:...

We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite hand made Chinese Regency circa 1810-1820 bamboo work sewing table with period silk lining. A very good looking and well made pie...

Four 19th century Chinese hand-painted panels on silk in a hand-carved footed teak wood frame featuring a carved lotus at the top. Strong vivid colors with much detail. The back is c...

Very nice 20th century French Louis XV style walnut and Damas pink silk armchair from the 1950s. The silk cushion is removable. Good condition and quality.

Beautiful and original 20th century French walnut Art Deco disks storage cabinet from the 1925. Two glass doors and multiple shelves to tidy up disks. Musical instruments brass orna...

James Mont style Chinese Asian black green stool midcentury. Black lacquer Chinese inspired design with green silk cushions with tassels. Dated 1960 ...

Very nice 20th century French Louis XVI style golden wood and green silk Salon from the 1920s. A sofa, two armchairs and two chairs. Good main condition but some flaws: - Missing ...

Hereke carpets used to be only produced in Hereke, a coastal town in Turkey, 60 km from Istanbul. The materials used are silk, a combination of wool and cotton and sometimes gold or ...

Surmounted with finials above the rectangular back and seat with a loose cushion. The scroll arms are supported by an ‘X’ frame with stretchers.  Back height including finials 123 cm., 48 ½ in., seat height 55 cm., 21 ½ in., Width 66 cm., 26 in, depth 64 cm, 25 in. This was the first model of upholstered chair first recorded in 1466, and enormous expense was lavished on the silk or velvet upholstery. It was a chair of state and confined to Royal Palaces and a few Great Houses where it would have been in a room of state. This chair is upholstered in a lavish, green silk damask brocaded with gold threat and traditionally embellished with bullion fringe. The ‘X’ chair evolved in the late 15th-early 16th century. In the Ewelme Inventory of 1466 the Dukes of Suffolk travelled to Oxfordshire with ‘a chaire of tymbre of astate covered w blue cloth of gold and panells of copper..a case of lether thereto’ in which the chair would have been packed. The woodwok on ‘X’ was completely covered with silk or velvet, the seat consisting of loose cushions resting on webbing and were confined to Royal Palaces and a few Great Houses. The more important of Henry VIII’s embroidered chairs were of this type and they are represented in portraits of the age. Cardinal Wolsey’s standard of luxury exceeded that of other courtiers and in his inventory a large number of these upholstered chairs are noted. Early into Elizabeth’s reign the Royal coffer-maker William Green supplied the Crown with the frames for a number of ‘X’ chairs and provided the coverings of gold, velvet and other rich fabrics trimmed with fringes and secured with copper nails on which enormous sums were expended. Towards the end of the Elizabethan period richly upholstered ‘X’ chairs were supplied by coffer makers and became fashionable in great establishments rivaling continental standards of luxury in furnishings. When an inventory was taken in 1583 at Kenilworth castle a number of chairs of this type were among the furniture in the possession of the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley. Although their position was not recorded, it can be assumed that they were in a room of state : ‘ A chaire of crimson velvet, the seate and back partlie embrothered with R.L in clothe of gold and the beare and ragged staffe in clothe of silver garnished wtihe lace and studded with gilt nailes...

Extremely fine & rare antique Persian Heriz silk on silk hand knotted, circa 1880 "Heriz" redirects here. For places in Iran of that name, see Heriz (disambiguation). Heriz rugs are Persian rugs from the area of Heris, East Azerbaijan in northwest Iran, northeast of Tabriz. Such rugs are produced in the village of the same name in the slopes of Mount Sabalan. Heriz carpets are durable and hard-wearing and they can last for generations. 19th century examples of such carpets are often found on sale by major auction houses in United States and Europe. Part of the reason for the toughness of Heriz carpets is that Mount Sabalan sits on a major deposit of copper. Traces of copper in the drinking water of sheep produces high quality wool that is far more resilient than wool from other areas. Heriz rug weavers often make them in geometric, bold patterns with a large medallion dominating the field. Such designs are traditional and often woven from memory. Similar rugs from the neighbouring towns and villages of the Heriz region are Afshar, Mehraban, Sarab, Bakhshaish, and Gorevan. The grades of these rugs are primarily based on village name. Serapis, for example, have been considered the finest grade of Heriz since the beginning of the 20th century. Heriz rugs are of coarse construction. The rugs range from 30 kpsi on the low end to 100–110 kpsi on the high end. It is rare to see a rug over 100 kpsi...

Fine Persian Qum rug silk on silk hand knotted Qom rugs (or Qum, Ghom, Ghum) are made in the Qom Province of Iran, around 100 km south of Tehran. Altho...

Extremely fine Persian Qum rug silk on silk hand knotted Size: 3'6" x 5'5".