Tarquin Bilgen Antiques Decorative Art

It has been hand backed on linen and stretched over a stretcher , and finished with the wooden frame. Ready to go on any Wall.

An antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chancay culture in Central coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon circa AD. 1000-1470. The panel appears to be an intact shawl or head scarf, indicated by the overall integrity with the finished edges. It is a gauze-like linen/cotton open-square woven panel with supplemental embroidered horizontal bands that alternate between hooked diamond motifs and silhouettes of perched seabirds, one of the most favored animal forms in Chancay art. The color is quite vibrant with red contrasted by two shades of yellow on a darker brown background. The scarf such as this is thought to be associated with ceremonies and magic realm of death and burial practice. The textile is displayed on a dark line background under a newly made acrylic shadow box. Reference: For reading on the bird motifs in Chancay textile art, see page 141-183 of the book "Ancient...

French embossed Leather Panel "Allegory of Music and Theater" 19th century.  

A vintage wall relief or fragment in French Plaster features two greek warriors most likely of Cretan origin are engaged in a dance, in good condition. They are depicted naked which ...

A Tibetan, traditional hand-woven textile in silks. Framed behind glass, against a raw linen background.

A very lovely pair of late 19th century painted decorative wall panels, Italian circa 1900. Charming romantic scenes painted on dense paper. These panels will be a delightful ornam...

A set of three large Northern Thailand (Lanna) traditional hand-woven textiles in vibrant colours. Framed behind glass, against a raw linen backgroun...

An early 19th century English carved limewood neoclassical frieze panel, circa 1800. This decorative wooden panel is over a metre long and features five putti or cherubs carved in th...

Lovely textile sample Fabulous colours Great piece of folk art. Likely to be of East European origin. Possibly Balkan. In new white painted box fra...

Wonderful pair of prints of 19th Century Japanese silk panels Amazing illuminated gold lustre Lithographs Published by A.Morel, Paris, Fra...

First the fragment has been hand backed on a linen fabric, then stretched over a wooden stretcher and finished with a wooden frame. Early 20th C. India Ready to go on a wall. Framed...

An antique 19th century Regency hand crafted crest on a wooden wall panel. The crest depicts a handsome pair of mirroring dragons with elaborate tails and wings with a plain shield ...