Vintage 1970s Tiger Portrait, Needlepoint Embroidery in Brass Frame

This striking 1970s hand-embroidered horse portrait has a red and black flame abstract background. The item is offered framed. The wool yarn colors are vivid and bright. The embro...

Charming, kitsch comical post-war porcelain ashtray or catchall, vide-poche. Made in Japan during the late 1940s or early 1950s. The original "Japan" label is affixed to the back. ...

Clear thick unmarked round crystal cut glass ashtray in perfect condition. It has a star/sunburst cut motif in the center with leaf-cut design detail around the edges. It is a pr...

Elegant vintage multicolor Murano style End-of-Day swirl confetti 1970s bulb-shaped art glass vase with cinched neck and ruffle top. A lovely, colorful, modern piece. Excellent v...

Rich emerald green mid-century modern E. O. Brody Co. pressed Glass Candy / Compote Dish with thick Dutch Floral tulip and leaf pattern and ruffle rim. Made in Cleveland, Ohio, Model...

Vintage California Pottery avocado green ceramic egg platter dish with chicken design in the center. Marked "Calif USA S29" on the back. The plate accommodates 15 egg halves. A fun...

Framed wall embroidery features beautiful floral motif on dark khaki fabric with wood frame, circa 1970s. Very good condition.

Black and White Portrait in Needlepoint. Very interesting and dramatic image. Dark hue near mouth is a shadow - see second image. Frame and matting need to be replaced. (Sold with o...

Framed, vibrant and hand-stitched needlepoint featuring the four seasons -- spring, summer, winter and fall -- executed with tapestry wool. The attention to detail is evident with th...

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...

Vintage 1970s Spanish boy pencil drawn portrait framed and signed Interior measurements: 22 x 15 cm.  

Vintage Swedish framed embroidery of a native woman in a tropical environment. A "Bloomsbury" bohemian style embroidery made in the 1940s. A dreamy kind o...