Antique Japanese Cream Silk Brocade Uchikake Gold Embroidered Kimono, Framed

Stunning diorama by American artist Lloyd Brown. “View of Area Above San Rafael Reef, Utah” 1999. Signed and dated with gallery tags. I Lloyd Brown has been fascinated with the viewer’s experience of panorama, particularly as it seems to negate the role of the artist, throughout his career. Tradition has it that the artist, whether painter or photographer etc is singularly responsible for framing a scene. Mr. Brown takes this task off the plate of the artist and thusly provides the viewer with not only more visual information but also the agency to see and understand what they might see and understand within the composition with their own eyes. For example, Imagine if this composition did not include the information to your far right. The work would have been framed as a vista, a landscape painting, a scene of the horizon, the great American West. But by expanding (or in essence, breaking open) the frame, the viewer also sees the world of the artist, or the visual context as part of the vision. He or she stands on the same stained concrete as the artist , is able to see though their eyes but at the same time retain their autonomy by looking away from the vista. He or she does not have to see through the artists eyes and therefore understands the moment, experiences the moment, unencumbered by the task of looking. Viewer and artist are equal. So one might ask, Is the scene about the grand vista? Is it a scene of the great American West as we expect it to be? Or is it a scene that although grand serves to accentuate the viewer’s sense of alienation or even isolation and smallness in the moment, during the experience of the painting and ultimately throughout life’s path? The coupling of the mountains, garbage bins...

Alexander McQueen Military Brocade Palatial Rug, Gold, Ivory, Silk, Wool, 2012. Extremely rare 18’7” x 12’ size. Limited edition gold on ivo...

Midcentury embroidered silk fabric, white floral champagne taupe, rare vintage. Gorgeous midcentury textile. Marked 100 percent silk. Approxima...

Royal silk velvet, golden tan, cream beige, made in Italy. This listing is for 6-3/8 yards by 54 inches wide of this exceptional quality velvet. Decadent 100. Percent silk velvet in ...

Glorious gold silk Charmeuse grand diamond quilted throw blanket. Approx. 96” x 50”.

Missoni home cushion sham cover, drop-needle stitch, embroidered, 100% Cotton, “Iris” design, measures: 16” x 16” (40 x 40 cm), accepts 18” x 18” ...

Beautiful rare vintage hand sewn one of a kind Japanese ceremonial child's kimono in a gold bamboo framed shadowbox. Kimono for children are shaped and styled much like those for adults, but are almost always in bright patterns and prints. This is a great example of a child's kimono used...

Framed in a Lucite box, pair of Asian Chinese leather and silk shoes embroidered and adorned with gold thread. Exquisite pair of collectible antique shoes mounted and presented on a...

This excuisite set of four black lacquered framed vintage Hermes silk scarves feature equestrian neoclassical motifs. Each scarf is hand sewn onto the ma...

Gorgeous Japanese vintage fan . It features hand-painted Cherry Blossom details and inlaid mother of pearl elements. The fan is displayed within a shadow box frame, which seems to be...

A small piece of antique coptic textile woven as a horizontal band with two linear Greek key borders flanking the central designs clustered in smaller a...

A Japanese 4 panel screen with a gilt background and a painted bonsai tree. The screen is framed in a Lucite "box" style frame as an artwork.