Fabric Primitives

Charming vintage set of six hand-embroidered cotton kitchen towels, dated 1940–1950. Each towel is decorated with colorful embroidered chickens and roosters, presented in cheerful and expressive scenes described as having a distinctive “vacation essence.” The embroidery is carefully executed, with lively details and a playful folk-art character that gives each piece its own personality. These towels reflect the mid-century tradition of transforming practical household textiles into decorative objects. During this period, kitchen linens were often embellished with hand embroidery, bright colors, and familiar domestic motifs. Chickens and roosters were especially appealing subjects because they evoked the rural landscape, the household garden, the farmyard, and the warmth of everyday country life. Each towel is further personalized with a short embroidered word—“GRIP,” “PIP,” “FLIP,” “CLAP,” “TRIP,” or “CHIP”—adding a playful graphic element to the set. Rather than being anonymous utility pieces, these towels were created to bring beauty, color, and personality into the kitchen. They represent the idea that even ordinary domestic tasks could be surrounded by creativity and charm. The hand embroidery and animal imagery place this group within the tradition of folk art and handmade domestic textiles. Their decorative quality makes them particularly suitable for display: they can be layered over one another, hung individually, arranged on an open shelf, or incorporated into a curated kitchen textile grouping. They would also make a wonderful addition to a collection of vintage embroidered linens...

Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko. Title: Untitled This work has the feelings of contemporary tribal art, contemporary craft art, created with the respect f...

Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko. Title: untitled This work has the feelings of contemporary tribal art, contemporary Craft art, created with the resp...

These fine 19th century horse blanket pillows are in fine condition and all have tobacco colored cotton linen backings. There are a total of five pillows in this collection. Fantasti...

Primitive river landscape with figures on the shore and a canoe in the water with sun coming thru a green mountain side. American school, circa 1885 Measures: 34” x 54” x 1 ¾”.  

This fine school girl sampler was found in a collection in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is dated 1804 at the very bottom of the sampler. It was made by Beriey Ann Dorter ??? Hard to read.This was done on a handmade or woven homespun linen. It appears to be the original tiger eye maple...

A pair of custom pillows made from early 20th century hand-woven Thai Hill Tribe woven linen with stripes of varying widths, filled with down.

Hand-sewed rice straw art by Arko. This work has the feelings of contemporary Primitive art, tribal art, contemporary Craft art, created with the respect fo...

Antique framed Folk Art needlepoint sampler with Americana patriotic theme including shield of American Flag, black Americans, animals and birds, a...

This amazing pillow was made from 18th century flame stitched fabric with a tan cotton linen backing. The insert is down and feather fill.

Early American Hooked Rug of Four Ducks in a Row on Painted Black Wooden Board.

Early & very unusual handmade whisk broom most likely made for the large early walk in fireplace.Large hand held brooms like these are found in the New Eng...