Vintage Framed Bird Scene, Japanese, Silk Cotton Embroidery, Art Deco, C.1940

This is a vintage embroidered panel. A Korean, silk cotton embroidery of colourful birds, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Striking colour to this delightful Art Deco pie...

This is a vintage embroidered bird panel. A Korean, silk cotton embroidery of a colourful pheasant, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Delightful ...

This is a vintage peacock display panel. A Korean, framed silk cotton embroidery scene, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Colourful decorative scene with peacock interest ...

This is a tall vintage wall panel. A Chinese, silk cotton embroidery display, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Charming Oriental taste w...

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...

Framed fine Chinese embroidery on silk, depicting birds on a branch and peony flowers with character signs at the top left, second half of the 20th century. This embroidery is frame...

Japanese contemporary framed three-dimensional wall decorative art piece in silk in vivid red, white and gray, depicting kimonos in breathtaking colors and patterns hanging on kimono racks...

Add a touch of classic elegance to your space with this vintage framed needlepoint tapestry inspired by The Gleaners, a famous 19th-century painting by Jean-François Millet. This han...