Wallhanging, 2003 Recreating a 1850s Design by Jacques Dulud, Leather Embossed

John Piper (British,1903-1992) : Stones of bath, blue screenprinted fabric, by Sandersons, London, 1962 In the late 1950's to the early 60's there was interest in painterly textiles...

Painted cloths were fashionable wall-hangings in the 17th century as they much cheaper than tapestries and woven textiles. Very few survive from this per...

The embroidered appliques in fine silk and gold and silver threadwork with coloured glass, sequins and mirror simulating jewels in deep relief worked onto the original red velvet tex...

Spetchley park, Bargello, silk, bed curtains adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century • The use of silk, patterning and size suggests that these striking Bargello hangings were almost certainly conceived as bed curtains. In the Green Chamber at Parham House the State Bed is hung with Bargello curtains, pelmets and valences c1620. Like the Parham bed curtains, the Spetchley Park bed curtains have two horizontal pattern repeats in each drop. Needless to say, surviving bed curtains from this period are exceptionally rare as they had value as hangings and for upholstering domestic objects when removed from the bed. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains are really beautiful and luxurious. They were made as elite objects and have not lost their gravitas or their character and charm. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains were adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century. They are versatile and could easily be reinstated as curtains or panels within larger curtains. • Bargello work has a classic timeless quality to it and blends with most decorative schemes whether period or contemporary Each panel is made from two sections of bargello. The step (pattern) comprising two rows of short vertical stitches over two threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down with two rows of long vertical stiches over six threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down. Worked in graduating shades of blue, green, brown, red, tan and ivory silks on a hessian ground. The four edges of each hanging are faced with a 19th century, dusky pink fan...

Vintage Art, possibly circa 1850s. Dimensions. 22 1/2 W ; 1 D ; 22 1/2 H.

Kiki van Eijk develops an iconographic alphabet of wall hangings that bring a contemporary twist to the tradition of wall tapestries. The focus of the piece is designed by cutting a...

Kiki van Eijk develops an iconographic alphabet of wall hangings that bring a contemporary twist to the tradition of wall tapestries. The focus of the piece is designed by cutting a...

Kiki van Eijk develops an iconographic alphabet of wall hangings that bring a contemporary twist to the tradition of wall tapestries. The focus of the piece is designed by cutting a...