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Period: Early 20th Century
Antique Japanese Taisho Period Hinamatsuri Doll
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique traditional Japanese Hinamatsuri Ningyo doll for traditional Girls Day celebration, most likely from the Taisho period, 1912 to 1926. The doll depicts a Japanese emperor w...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Textile, Wood
Antique Japanese Silk Kimono
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful antique silk Japanese Kimono.
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Silk Kimono
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Beautiful antique Japanese silk Kimono.
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Taisho Period Hinamatsuri Doll
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique traditional Japanese Hinamatsuri Ningyo doll for traditional Girls Day celebration, most likely from the Taisho period, 1912 to 1926. The doll depicts a Japanese empress w...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Textile, Wood
Antique Ikat Dyed Uzbek Silk Robe
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful bright and colorful Antique Ikat silk Dyed Uzbek Robe. Has minor wear and tear shown in photos. Colors: Fuchsia, light pink, purple, yellow and bl...
Category
Uzbek Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk, Cotton
$450 Sale Price
35% Off
Japanese Woven Asa Double Ikat Summer Usumono Kimono Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A “Natsu No Kimono” (summer kimono) also called “Usumono" (thin clothes) dated from early 20th century Taisho Period. This well-preserved garment was tailored from a woven indigo blu...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Linen
Japanese Antique Blue Doorway Curtain Noren for Happiness And Longevity
Located in South Burlington, VT
Symbolizing Happiness And Longevity
Japan, a rare antique hemp noren (doorway curtain) with auspicious congratulatory crane and turtle figures symbolic for happiness and longevity....
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Textile, Hemp
Japanese Indigo Dyed Old Embroidery Cloth / Japanese Toy Pattern / 1912-1960
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a Japanese indigo dyed antique cloth.
It calls its name "fu-ro-shi-ki".
Originally used in the dressing room of the public bath "furo" during the...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Indonesian Blue & White Megamendung or Clouds Pattern Batik Panel, circa 1930
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine and large semi-antique circa 1930 Indonesian batik finely-woven cotton panel from Cirebon, West Java having blue and white "Mega Mendung" or "Chinese Cloud" wax resist dyed pa...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Fabric Divider, Cotton Noren with Kakumoji Character, Japan, Early 20th Century
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
This is a traditional Japanese noren (fabric shop curtain) dating to the Taisho period (1912–1926), crafted from cotton dyed with persimmon tannin (kakishibu). Over time, the dye has...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Silk Brocade Japanese Kimono Ceremonial Gown
Located in Vienna, AT
Japanese kimono, richly decorated with polychrome embroideries with silk and metallic threading, featuring a motif of flowering prunus to a cream-white ground. Lined with bright red ...
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Framed Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Embroidery 24LP114
Located in Pomona, CA
Originally purchased from Hong Kong, this Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality. This textile was a roundel design likely from the center front of a noble woman's...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
2 Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Silk Court Rank Military Duck Buzi Badges
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silk textile / tapestry court rank military buzi badges or panels embroidered with a scene Mandarin Ducks and blue fl...
Category
Qing Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk, Faux Bamboo
$1,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Batik Tulis Temben Cloth Tiga Negri Indonesia Asian Textiles Home Decor
Located in London, GB
Antique Batik Tulis Kemben Cloth – Tiga Negri Style – Hand-Drawn Wax Resist Textile, Indonesia (1930s)
An exceptional example of traditional Indonesian textile artistry, this antiq...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Antique Japanese Meiji era Framed Embroidery Wall Hanging
Located in Pomona, CA
Hand embroidered in Japan, this large framed silk embroidered wall art was made in Meiji era, approximated 1900s. Very detailed hand embroidere...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Vintage Japanese Ceremonial Wedding Kimono with Embroidery Designs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese Wedding Kimono with bold embroidery designs. The auspicious attire was known as Uchikake and was worn by the bride during the wedding ceremony made from silk and hea...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Framed Japanese Festival Kimono with Tsutshugaki Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese festival kimono expertly mounted and displayed in a large acrylic shadow box. This impressive ceremonial garment circa late 19th-early 20th century was made from a thick l...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Antique Large Moorish Silk Textile Granada Spain Islamic Art
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Large Moorish Silk Textile Granada, Islamic Spain.
Spanish Moorish Woven Tapestry Granada Spain Islamic Art.
From Granada, Islamic Spain, fabulou...
Category
Spanish Moorish Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Framed Japanese Embroidery Textile Panel Pagoda Scenery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk embroidery landscape scenery panel depicting a Buddhist pagoda and a temple compound set in a forest with towering pines and...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Metal
Vintage Japanese Silk Brocade Embroidery Ceremonial Kimono in Green, Red, Blue
Located in Barrington, IL
An exceptional and visually arresting vintage Uchikake wedding kimono from the late Meiji to early Taisho period (circa 1910s–1930s), originally designed for ceremonial bridal wear. ...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk
20th century Chinese Carpet with Sculpted Border
Located in Savannah, GA
This 20th century Chinese carpet is unusual because it is an nearly square and it is monochromatic. The subtle sculpted border features a fretwork and bat pattern...
Category
Chinese Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton, Wool
$4,792 Sale Price
20% Off
Persian Kalamkar Hand-Blocked Tapestry Textile Isfahan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
An absolutely gorgeous example of the traditional Antique Persian hand-blocked tapestry textile.
Persian Kalamkar (Qalamkar or Ghalamkar) woodblock print textile is from the great ci...
Category
Asian Islamic Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Linen
Antique Silk Lawon Ceremonial Shawl, Palembang, Sumatra
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Silk Lawon Ceremonial Shawl, Palembang, Sumatra.
A narrow rectangular silk textile dyed in 2 colors by the tritik (stitched and gathered resist) process having a crisp delineation of a magenta diamond...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Japanese Art Deco Ikat Silk Meisen Kimono
Located in Atlanta, GA
A well preserved Japanese Meisen kimono hand-sewn from woven Ikat Silk circa 1920-30s (Taisho to early Showa period). The kosode style kimono (small slee...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Vintage Hand Embroidered Chinese Silk Tapestry100 Children At Play
Located in Pomona, CA
This silk embroidery is a stunning example of the detail and artistry of oriental textile art over 100 years ago. Famously titled, "100 Children Play," the amazing skill and craftsma...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Tibetan Thangka Depicting the Bhavacakra, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Tibetan Thangka Depicting
The Bhavacakra
Early 20th century,
Color on cloth.
A thangka showing the bhavacakra
with the ancient five cyclic realms of samsara in Buddhi...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Linen
Vintage Ikat Cloth Timor Indonesia Asian Textiles Home Decor
Located in London, GB
A Antique woven Ikat cloth on the island of Timor in Indonesia made using hand spun natural dyed cotton yarn.
Comprising of 2 panels sewn together to form a larger cloth a techniqu...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing.
Colorful Pichhavai hand painted on cotton cloth, circa 1940, depicting a scene from the life of Krishna, in a garden setting.
One of a kind Pichhavai painting of Krishna with female Gopis dancing, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest and the colors of the dresses play off against the vegetative forms, adding a lively pattern to the whole composition green and black border with stylized floral motifs on a blue ground, border composed of meandering leafy vines and multicolored flowers.
A Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna, represented in multiple places with female Gopis dancing and offering, great colors, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest and the colors of the dresses in yellow and oranges play off against the vegetative forms, adding a lively pattern to the whole floral composition, with a colorful Gopis and worshipers. A beautiful antique early 20th century Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna represented in multiple places with Gopi dancing. This piece is all hand painted in pastel colors. It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha enchants even him. Therefore, she is the supreme goddess of all and together they are called as Radha-Krishna.
Gouache on cloth. Rajasthan Jaipur, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Decorative Art.
One of a kind hand-painted.
Some damages on the corners.
Not framed will be shipped rolled.
Dimensions height: 47.25 in. width: 36.5 in.
A Picchawai is a large-scale temple hanging made for temporary use in a Pushti Marg shrine. The Pushti Marg (Path of Grace) is a Hindu sect that focuses on the worship of Krishna. One of a kind large size painting on cloth depicting the story of Krishna from a young age. Hand Made painting on cloth.This is an exceptional example including quality of line and design. Not framed, will be shipped rolled. Hand painted in India Lord Krishna Beautiful Hand Painted Indian Traditional Religious pichwai with gopis .... "Maharaas" Maharas is one of the wonderful pastimes of Shri Krishna. It was conceived by the Gopis in Vrindavan in the month of Margashirsha. The gopis worshiped Goddess Katyayani continuously for one month on the sands of Yamuna in Vrindavan and chanted daily. Lord Krishna had to come because of his love and penance. Krishna created Maharas by holding different forms with each gopi there The
A picchawai is a large-scale temple hanging made for temporary use in a Pushti Marg shrine. The Pushti Marg (Path of Grace) is a Hindu sect that focuses on the worship of Krishna. Pichhwai paintings...
Category
Indian Folk Art Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Antique Tatibin Ceremonial Cloth Lampung Sumatra Indonesia Vintage Textiles
Located in London, GB
A Tatibin Ceremonial cloth from Lampung Sumatra Indonesia, woven
cotton with natural dyes with stylized ship and mythical motifs,
Good condition with expected wear, late 19th / earl...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Antique Japanese Meiji era Framed Embroidery Wall Hanging
Located in Pomona, CA
Hand embroidered in Japan, this large framed silk embroidered wall art was made in Meiji era, approximated 1900s. Very detailed hand embroidere...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Rare Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array of distinct tribal patterns and motifs. Chickens are a common motif found amid sumba textiles...
Category
Indonesian Other Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Yarn
Antique Chinese Chinoiserie Silk Embroidered Floral Panel Table Runner
Located in Dayton, OH
Large antique framed Chinese black silk folk art textile / tapestry panel or table runner embroidered with brown, gold and blue flowers / leaves.
...
Category
Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Suzani Bukhara Uzbekistan Antique Embroidered Islamic Art Textile Susani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous antique 19th C. Suzani from Bukhara Uzbekistan embroidered with swaying floral branches and flowers.
Museum quality collectible antique hand embroidered Islamic Art textile called Susani or Suzani.
Very fine art work embroidered with silk thread in many shades of green were used (sacred color in Islam it is the color of Paradise), and shades of pink from light pink to red to fuchsia. The yarns are organic vegetable dyed.
The piece was made in different pieces that were put together.
This antique Islamic folk art piece was embroidered in the city of Bokhara, on the Silk Road.
The uses are limitless however, they are often used as wall hangings, table covers, sofa cover throw, bed spreads and upholstery fabric.
A similar Susani is on display at the Museum of Islamic Art in Shangri LA Doris Duke Home is Hawai.
Suzani (embroidery) from the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, late 19th century, cotton with silk threads, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
Condition: There were some repair on the piece. the piece is not lined, shows some wear.
Please check pictures and video for more condition.
Dimensions: 69 in. x 50 in.
The Silk Road Bukhara: Like scattered pearls along the vast expanse of the Great Silk Road, the cities of Uzbekistan glisten radiantly under the unforgiving sun. This nation, nestled in a picturesque oasis, holds a treasure trove of historical artifacts, owing to its advantageous position at the heart of the ancient Silk Road network. In the year 138 BC, a transformative era commenced as China graciously opened its borders to trade, giving rise to caravans that embarked upon this illustrious route. These trading pathways served as conduits not only for the exchange of goods and craftsmanship but also for the intermingling of cultures, beliefs, and wisdom. Even today, within the ancient walls of cities like Samarkand, one can still discern the echoes of bustling voices, the melodious jingle of camel harnesses...
Category
Uzbek Islamic Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Linen
Early 20th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 16'6" x 22' - 503 x 670 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery ( 16'6" x 22' - 503 x 670 )
Category
Chinese Antique Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Open Field Ivory Art Deco Chinese Rug, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
From the large output of Chinese carpets from Tianjin during the 1930s, only a very few are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these extremely ra...
Category
Chinese Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Japanese Linen Go-Board Pattern Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Japanese linen go-board pattern futon cover
A unique example of a game-themed textile, this 3-panel futon cover is woven of very fine...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Hemp
19th Century Indonesian Nias Ancestor Figure (Adu Zatua) – Tribal Art
Located in London, GB
19th Century Indonesian Nias Ancestor Figure (Adu Zatua) – Tribal Art from the Nias Islands
A captivating Adu Zatua ancestor figure from the Nias Islands, Indonesia. Expertly hand-...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Massive Japanese Embroidery Tapestry Display Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive Japanese embordered tapestry professionally displayed in a custom acrylic shadow box. The fine work of textile art is dated to 1890-1920s, late Meiji (1868-1912) or possibl...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Acrylic
Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A large Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna, represented in multiple places with female Gopis dancing and offering, great colors, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest ...
Category
Indian Agra Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Chinese Rattan Opium Pillow from Qing Dynasty, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Chinese rattan opium pillow dating to the Qing Dynasty.
Dimensions: Height 11cm x Width 42cm x Depth 13.5cm.
Category
Chinese Other Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Rattan
Japanese Embroidery Silk Bamboo Fukusa Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk embroidery Fukusa panel circa 1890-1910s toward the end of Meiji Period. On the deep blue satin background, the artist showcases a clump of bamboos in a realistic sty...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Farmer's Pants, Indigo, Cotton, Meiji
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese farmer’s indigo cotton pants. Woven and dyed cotton, worn by farmers working in the field. Narrow legs and ties around the waist. As shown, the pants have been well used ...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Antique Chinese Embroidered Textile Custom Pillow
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Chinese embroidered textile made into a custom lumbar pillow. Antique blue woven silk textile featuring center dragon motif.
Pillow is made of Scalamandre iridescent celadon green silk with brushed fringe and gimp trim...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Japanese Art Deco Ikat Silk Meisen Kimono
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking and well preserved Japanese Meisen kimono hand-sewn from woven Ikat Silk circa 1920-40s (Taisho to Showa period). The kosode style kimono (sma...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Bali Hindu Textile 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An early 20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology.
Dimensions: Height 84c...
Category
Balinese Other Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Antique Large Indian Kalamkari Temple Painting Hindu Story Textile Wall Art (2)
Located in King's Lynn, GB
A Kalamkari Temple Painting from South India depicting a Hindu story, circa 1900-1920. This hand-drawn, all-natural hand-dyed textile was a traditional artwork of the temple town of ...
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Textile, Wood
Framed Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Embroidery 24LP126
Located in Pomona, CA
Originally purchased from Hong Kong, this Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality. This textile was a roundel design likely from the center front of a noble woman's...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
1930s Chinese Silk Pictorial Embroidery ( 2' x 3' - 61 x 91 cm )
Located in New York, NY
1930s Chinese Silk Pictorial Embroidery ( 2' x 3' - 61 x 91 cm )
Category
Chinese Antique Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Old Japanese Kimono / 1912-1945 / Wall Hanging Decoration / Tapestry
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I think this is a kimono woven from the Taisho era to the early Showa era (1912-1945) in Japan.
It is a modern design.
In the Taisho era, various things were made with reference to...
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Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
Antique Javanese Silk Batik Slendang
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Javanese Silk Batik Slendang (Selendang). A shoulder cloth length of compact hand spun silk imported from China. The diagonal patterned stripe...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Embroidered Miao Baby Carrier Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
The connection between love and embroidery is nowhere stronger than among the minority peoples of China. Hand-stitched by a mother herself or gifted by the women in her family, the t...
Category
Chinese Folk Art Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk, Cotton
Japanese Antique Fukusa Textile Art Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
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 front cover likely depicts a scene from the Tale of Genji, showing a nobleman and his servant pays a visit to a lady in a fenced thatch-roof house under a high peak. The details of blossom trees and pines, as well as the characters, and scenery with a gradual color are astounding. It is telling that the Yuzen dying was used such an mastery.
The piece has a red silk backing and still retains two red tassels on the lower corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. There is a patched design on the back likely a Mon symbol (family crest).
Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk
Japanese Woven Asa Double Ikat Summer Usumono Kimono Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A “Natsu No Kimono” (summer kimono) also called “Usumono" (thin clothes) dated from early 20th century Taisho Period. This well-preserved garment was tailored from a woven indigo blu...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Hemp
1920's Indian Gujarati Rabari Kutch Silk Embroidered Ethnic Textile with Mirror
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 1920's Indian Gujarati handmade ethnic textile wall hanging Banjara tapestry with mirrors, embroidered with silk thread work.
Embroidered ethnic Rabari Kutch textile, India c...
Category
Indian Sultanabad Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Silk
Eight Chinese Hand Embroidered Silk Blue Ground and Metallic Thread Mats
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Eight Chinese hand embroidered silk blue ground
and metallic thread mats
First half of 20th century.
Five circular mats depicting a bird ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Silk, Thread
Vintage Japanese Silk Brocade Embroidery Ceremonial Kimono in Ivory, Red, Gold
Located in Barrington, IL
An exquisite and visually commanding vintage Uchikake wedding kimono from Japan, dating from the late Meiji to early Taisho period (circa 1910s–1930s). Traditionally worn by brides ...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Gold
Moorish Paisley Woodblock Printed Textile Wall Hanging
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moorish Paisley Kalamkari textile from India.
Hand blocked vegetable and iron oxide dyes on cotton.
The cotton fabric is hand printed using patterned wooden stamps...
Category
Indian Moorish Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Gujarat Saurashta Ethnic Beaded Textile India Framed
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand made Gujarat Saurashta Ethnic beadead textile India.
Hand Beaded Guarat Indian panel textile framed in a lucite box.
Amazing work of hand beading by Chakla Indian, Gujarat state, Saurashtra or Kutch region.
Such a nice piece of visual interest, and a beautiful acquisition for any textile lover.
Vintage Chakla hand-embroidered wall hanging, Rabari of Gujarat Beadwork, Patchwork.
The method of work is a tri-bead system (tran moti-no thansiya), worked row-by-row, three beads being taken up at each stitch; on the return row, the stitching of the beads moves forward one position, so that as the work progresses row-by-row a close rhomboid network is formed.The beadwork is set into a frame of applique silk material
Manufacturing Process: Handmade
Materials: Cotton, silk.
Period: Late 19th/ early 20th century.
Most native beadwork...
Category
Indian Folk Art Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Fabric
Japanese Antique Fusuka Textile Art Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Early 20th Century Bhutanese Wrapping Cloth / Bhundi
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Bhutanese wrapping cloth / bhundi
A beautifully preserved example of a rare Bhutanese wrapping cloth (bhundi), which would have be...
Category
Bhutanese Tribal Early 20th Century Textiles
Materials
Cotton
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