Fabric Asian Art and Furniture

Made in wood, silk, paper, 1921. Six-panel wind wall ( Rokkyoku byobu ) in Nihonga style. Used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses. Signed: "Nanpo sho'...

Rare silk Sivas, circa 1870-80. Silk pile on a cotton foundation featuring a delicate combination of floral and geometric designs with a cream center medallion with a small rosette on a rusty red field set inside a secondary green medallion with blue and yellow corners...

Extraordinary contemporary Japanese traditional extremely detailed handcrafted decorative art form using high quality silk and brocade fabrics, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pi...

Extraordinary hand crafted Japanese contemporary traditional oshie decorative art piece with a stunning three-dimensional effect. This is a traditional Japanese handcrafted wall decorative art form using high quality silk and brocade fabrics, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pictures”) that goes back to the Edo period (1603-1868). It is said this art form was born of the reluctance of ladies of the court to discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi they had donned for a lifetime. The solution was to recycle these opulent fabrics into stunning works of art. Oshie resembles a carefully crafted very intricate jigsaw puzzle comprising numerous intricate pieces of kimono fabric padded with slightly differing thicknesses of cotton and painstakingly glued and ironed individually. All those tiny pieces are then glued one by one on a custom-made board making sure each piece lands on the exact right place making sure that the right pieces overlap the lower pieces to create an undulating three-dimesional picture. Highly detailed oshie pieces contain hundreds of small pieces that are expertly aligned to recreate even the minutest details of the the painting In the final process. Facial features are painted in miniature-like exactitude. The end product is an awe-inspiring piece with a surprising three-dimensional effect. This magnificent piece depicts a fascinating scene of a lady of privilege wearing an exquisitely brocaded headdress and overcoat to protect herself from the cold. Each dainty step she takes exposes the folds of her multi-layered kimono in a scene reminiscent of the ladies of the ancient imperial court of Japan. The creator of this signed piece has prided herself in using exquisite antique and vintage kimono and obi...

Vintage Kalamkari blue with flowers textile from India. Hand blocked vegetable and iron oxide dyes on cotton. The fabric is printed using pattern...

A fine Peking type carpet woven by an honeycomb arrangement of polychrome lozenges with an almost random color distribution. Carpets of this type are representative of an early 20th...

This Persian Heriz Serapi carpet circa 1910 consists of handspun wool and organic vegetable dyes, a cotton warp and thread. It features an Afshan design in vibrant reds, pinks, blues...

An early Tibetan wool square meditation mat featuring a central medallion on a red field. Eight stylized tigers form a lozenge shape around the central medallion. Blue lotuses on a y...