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Spetchley park, Bargello, silk, bed curtains adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century • The use of silk, patterning and size suggests that these striking Bargello hangings were almost certainly conceived as bed curtains. In the Green Chamber at Parham House the State Bed is hung with Bargello curtains, pelmets and valences c1620. Like the Parham bed curtains, the Spetchley Park bed curtains have two horizontal pattern repeats in each drop. Needless to say, surviving bed curtains from this period are exceptionally rare as they had value as hangings and for upholstering domestic objects when removed from the bed. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains are really beautiful and luxurious. They were made as elite objects and have not lost their gravitas or their character and charm. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains were adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century. They are versatile and could easily be reinstated as curtains or panels within larger curtains. • Bargello work has a classic timeless quality to it and blends with most decorative schemes whether period or contemporary Each panel is made from two sections of bargello. The step (pattern) comprising two rows of short vertical stitches over two threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down with two rows of long vertical stiches over six threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down. Worked in graduating shades of blue, green, brown, red, tan and ivory silks on a hessian ground. The four edges of each hanging are faced with a 19th century, dusky pink fan...

Exceptionally rare, Italian, 17th century, green and ivory, damask, linen, woven bedcover - Made as a luxury item in the mid-17th century, woven with a damask pattern characteristic...

An exceptional, museum quality, ottoman, baroque, gold velvet bedspread, hanging, bedcover or table cloth embroidered with gold threadwork and embelli...

- Exceptionally rare pair of large, Rococo Chinoiserie blue & white cotton bed curtains. Measures: 4ftwide 7ft9"hig. - Chinoiserie was the height of fashion during the Rococo and these hangings would have been a luxury item, making a exotic statement in the bedroom. They have been used as wall hangings for the last 35 years. - From a private collection, purchased 35 years ago from a set of six removed from a Chateau in France. One was purchased by Nina Campbell...

The pillows or cushions are made from late 19th century crimson velvet. This has been applied with 19th century needlework panels. The needlework has a cream ground embroidered with ...

Rare folk, naive, vernacular tapestry - Mythical quality depicting reminiscent of a garden of paradise with the animals and birds in harmony with each other. - Charming tapestry de...

This is a truly exquisite antique silk velvet wall hanging with hand woven floral peacock design and metal threads as a patchwork. The history of V...

Hand embroidered cover or wall hanging French Basque Spanish circa 1900-1910 Belle Époque Art Nouveau One of a kind Exceptional and unusual design with central initials Applique a...

Antique Suzani textile made of hand embroidery intricate scrolling of eight large flowers motifs on a handwoven cotton background. Professionally cleaned and backed with fine textile...

Moroccan wall hanging, hiti with red and gold moorish arches. Moroccan vintage textile in gold and red, could be used both sides. Great Moorish traditional geometric Fez design with arches. Ideal to frame it or to use it as a wall hanging. Hiti (hiti, hayti, from the Arabic hayt, ‘a wall’) is a form of wall hanging found in Morocco and sometimes in other parts of North Africa. Essentially, which is used to decorate the walls behind the divans that line meeting halls (majlis) on ceremonial occasions, especially weddings. A hiti is normally composed of a series of panels, each with a design in the shape of an arch (qus). Above the arches there is a band with one or two rows of geometric patterns reminiscent of a balustrade. Hence the production of these costly hitis was allegedly supervised by the local guild of leather workers...

Antique Suzani textile made of hand embroidery intricate scrolling of eight large flowers motifs on a handwoven cotton background. Professionally cleaned and backed with fine textile...

Antique Suzani textile made of hand silk embroidery, intricate scrolling vines and flowers motifs on a handwoven cotton background. Professional...