Textiles

Equally elegant and exotic, Miguel Cisterna’s works imbue the classical French tradition of fine embroidery with a modern sensibility. His hand sewn, labor intensive designs layer contrasting materials to create one-of-a-kind haute couture embroidered textiles. Raffia is wrought into shafts of wheat gently bending into the wind, insects crafted from wire and shell hover and crawl, floral designs sparkle with crystal embellishments, and the fragile elegance of humanity is made apparent through anatomical drawings in thread. Born in Chile, Miguel Cisterna now lives and works in Paris. Prior to opening his Parisian atelier, Cisterna was the former Creative Director for Ateliers Brocard, the firm that fabricated Napoleon’s coronation...

Equally elegant and exotic, Miguel Cisterna’s works imbue the classical French tradition of fine embroidery with a modern sensibility. His hand sewn, labor intensive designs layer contrasting materials to create one-of-a-kind haute couture embroidered textiles. Raffia is wrought into shafts of wheat gently bending into the wind, insects crafted from wire and shell hover and crawl, floral designs sparkle with crystal embellishments, and the fragile elegance of humanity is made apparent through anatomical drawings in thread. Born in Chile, Miguel Cisterna now lives and works in Paris. Prior to opening his Parisian atelier, Cisterna was the former Creative Director for Ateliers Brocard, the firm that fabricated Napoleon’s coronation...

French Victorian Aubusson upholstered oval double-sided cushion with 2 figures on each side and olive green border.  

French Victorian Aubusson oval shaped cushion depicting deer drinking water with a floral border.  

French Victorian Aubusson oval shaped cushion depicting a wolf in a landscape with a floral border.  

French Victorian oval shaped Aubusson cushion with green border & beige background with floral design.  

French Victorian Aubusson upholstered double-sided oval cushion with flowers and girls with blue border.  

Set of 4 French Victorian beige square Aubusson pillows with soft brown and rose details of floral garlands and a bull with a faceted center image of a bird with its wings spread. (P...

African Kuba cloth. Collection of Lucille A. Lamkin.

Late 19th century Aubusson rug.

This distinctive Central Asian Suzani balances classicism with a true sense of artistic freedom. The majority of the border is comprised of alternating floral bursts; the first deriv...