Lovely Framed Vintage Japanese Silk Embroidery

Striking print of botanical daffodils and other spring flowers in black, grey and white, fabulously framed with black matt and mirrored molding.

Lovely figural antique Japanese gouache on paper having kimono clad geishas in a garden setting with butterflies and foliage. Beautifully framed with ...

Depicting mythological figures and Victorian portrait busts set against black velvet matin a giltwood cove moulded hexagonal frame. Medallions are unsigned. Measure: 5" diameter.

Beautiful rectangular etched mirror having substantial double mirrored frame and pretty leafy decoration around the periphery.

An impressive and charming antique natural pine king size bed having carved wood head and foot boards with folk art style flowers and matching side rails. Originally the bed was two ...

A striking French tapestry having black background and gorgeous rich floral in gold, blue, pink and green. There's a rod opening at the top for easy hanging.

Artistically framed for display in a slight shadow frame with non-reflective pixie glass, these pair of embroidery art panels from Japan are dated circa 1910-1930s, end of Meiji to early Taisho period. This period was the peak of the Japanese oversea expositions, when all things Japonisme took Europe and America by storm and left long-lasting impact on western art and design. The influence, however, was clearly not one-directional; As when Japanese artists, artisans and dealers experienced western art, it in turn inspired and impacted on the aesthetics of the Japanese art made for the western tastes. An interesting crop of art forms quickly emerged with a particular outlook that bridged the east and west, with the fundamental techniques still rooted in Japanese traditions. These rare hyper-realistic embroidered portraits were such an example. They took the essential format of the western portrait that permeated the Victoria and Edwardian Society, but substituted with exotic Japanese subjects and executed in traditional embroidery techniques which had been perfected for centuries by the natives. The two portraits on offer, one an elder man with long white beards and a pair of round spectacles lighting a pipe, and the other a grinning man with a peasant attire, were both set in black background, stimulating an appearance of Classic western oil painting or perhaps even the photograph. The fine stiches were maneuvered into an impressively hyper-realistic imagery that was far removed from the traditional Japanese embroidery...

This is an antique decorative panel. A Japanese, framed silk cotton embroidery, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Appealing silk work, framed...

A Japanese silk dragon embroidery in high relief, late 19th century. 23 ½ by 20 inches

A vintage Mid-Century ivory color silk brocade collectable Japanese ceremonial kimono. One of a kind. Fabulous museum quality ceremonial kimono in pure silk with intricate detailed h...

Late 19th century Chinese silk embroidery rank badge textile, with a finely detailed dragon along with other various symbols embro...

Framed 19th Century Silk Embroidery of Horse