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Tapestries For Sale
Antique French Aubusson Panel, circa 1850 2'3 x 11'2
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Aubusson panel, circa 1850, 2'3 x 11'2. This antique Aubusson panel may be used as a runner on the floor or as a wall decoration over a door or between windows or a table runner. The nearly black field displays a very complex pattern of multi colored palmettes flowers and various short vines. An ivory floral border on the left contrasts with the geometric right hand band...
Category
19th Century French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Textile & Needlework Collages of Rose K. Lautman & Miriam Shorr
By Rose K. Lautman & Miriam Shorr
Located in Hanover, MA
Miriam Shorr was a water colorist as well as a talented needlepoint artist. All the work she did was to her own design, as she used the yarn in much the same way she used paint. She also worked in ink on rice paper, including the shore birds and the street scape...
Category
1960s American Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Yarn, Felt, Thread, Ink
Rare Embroidered Ouedzem Tunisian Tissue or Carpet
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare and Vintage embroidered Tunisian Ouedzem carpet or tissue - from private collection -
IDEA: use this item on Your bed or on wall, like a tapestry.
There is a pillow to comple...
Category
1960s Tunisian Tribal Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$2,237 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Verdure Panel, Belgian, Jacquard Woven, Decorative Wall Scene, C.1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a quality vintage verdure panel. A Belgian, jacquard woven decorative wall scene, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Fascinating example of the William Morris tapestry...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Persepolis Motif Antique Persian Tapestry Textile 6'9" x 9'1"
Located in New York, NY
Persepolis Inspired Design Antique Persian Tapestry / Textile #49022, Origin Country: Persia, Woven Around The: 1920’s
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Boxing Carpet, Randolph Turpin, Middleweight Champion of the World, Sugar Ray
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A large vintage Randolph Turpin carpet.
A wonderful impressive carpet made for the British boxer Randolph Turpin (nick named 'The Leamington Licker'). The carpet measuring nearly 3 meters by 4 meters was made by a life long friend, Mr Dennis Quayle, and would make a remarkable wall hanging. Quayle owned a high quality furniture store in Birmingham and supplied amongst other furnishings, high quality handmade carpets. Following Turpin’s triumph over Sugar Ray Robinson to win the world title in 1951, Mr Quayle had the carpet made as a gift for Turpin. Later in Turpin’s life when in trouble, Quayle bought back the carpet in order to help him financially, with the carpet remaining in the Quayle family ever since.
Randolph Turpin is one of Britain’s greatest sportsmen who plied his trade with courage, honor and skill and gave Britain one of its best nights in a boxing ring. As a 33-1 underdog Turpin humbled the greatest fighter the world had seen, Sugar Ray Robinson, at Earls Court in London to become Middleweight Champion of the World. Sugar Ray was at his peak and the fight was the culmination of the flamboyant champion’s famous tour of Europe. Unable to cope with Turpin’s long reach and unusual wide stance the American struggled to land punches and Turpin’s strength inside was too much and he took the win on points after 15 rounds. He would lose the belt in a rematch 64 days later but Turpin’s achievement is a remarkable one which crowns a distinguished boxing career, he was later inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2001.
Randolph Turpin's titles:-
British Middleweight 17th Oct 1950
European Middleweight 27th Feb 1951
World Middleweight 10th July 1951
Commonwealth Middleweight 2nd Oct 1952
Won the British Light...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sporting Art Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$3,266 Sale Price
30% Off
Midcentury Vintage Striped Kilim Beige Brown Bag Rug by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Handwoven in a wool flat-weave originating from Turkey circa 1950-1960, this vintage Kilim rug vintage Kilim rug was originally part of a woven bag-an item both available as a Kilim ...
Category
1950s Turkish Kilim Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Grey Pink Taupe Multi-Level Wool with Silk Round Contemporary Woven Rug
Located in New York, NY
The Odyssey collection a breakthrough, three dimensional and multi textural rug collection, inspired by NASA imagery. Distressed wool and natural silk are hand knotted to create thre...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique English Needlepoint from the Late-18th Century with Beautiful Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Measures: 5'10 x 6'1.
This striking, antique English needlepoint was beautifully crafted during the late 18th century and remains in remarkably good condition. It is composed of nin...
Category
Late 18th Century British Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Early Victorian Framed Needlepoint "Boy With Pet Lamb" Circa 1840
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely subject matter to this authentic early Victorian needlepoint tapestry featuring a young boy with long blond hair wearing traditional early Victorian clothing and seated in a p...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Monumental Mid Century Abstract Modern Color Block Landscape Fiber Art Tapestry
Located in Troy, MI
Expansive handwoven fiber art by Chantal and Olivier De France
"Paysage de la Beuce"
Tapestry in wool
8.5' x 6'
Circa 1968
Room defining tapestry of an abstracted landscape in vibr...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Patrick Kennedy Bahia Tapestry of Bird and Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kennedy Bahia (1929-2005)
Patrick Maderos Kennedy took the professional pseudonym of Kennedy Bahia as his artwork related to the flora and fauna area of the Amazonian jungle of Ba...
Category
1970s Brazilian Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Embroidered Uzbekistan Suzani Tapestry Wall Hanging Brown and Pink XL
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Vintage Embroidered Uzbekistan Suzani Tapestry Wall Hanging Brown and Pink.
Very large vintage Turkish Suzani is heavily hand-embroidery with organic brown, pink and yellow colors silk threading.
Beautiful Uzbek hand stitched designs with silk in traditional patterns beige, browns and pink.
Could be hang on the wall, or used as a bedspread.
Overall good condition for its age. Circa 1040s 1950s.
Dimensions: 83" x 133" .
Vintage embroidered Uzbek Suzani. Beautiful suzani hand-stitched Turkish designs with silk in traditional patterns.
The Suzani features two rows of four medallions flowers within an ornate grid, all sitting on a bed of brown color.
This amazing embroidery piece could be used as a rug...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkmen Islamic Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Rustic Pastoral Tapestry, People in Repose
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson tapestry from the late 19th century, featuring a rustic scene with a young man reposing on a bundle of hay while his damsel and her dog look on. Enclosed with a tro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$10,995 Sale Price
38% Off
1960s Brass Tiled Rooster Wall Art Mixed Media Signed K
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Mid Century Modern Mosaic Art Tiled Brass Rooster Wall Art
Signed K
Evelyn Ackerman style
24 .5 x 27W x 2D
Original Vin...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-18th Century English Petit-Point Fireplace Screen
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-18th Century English Petit-Point Fireplace Screen 2'6" x 2'9".
Category
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Rare Midcentury Wall Tapestry, Ege Rya Style, Denmark, 1970s
By Ege Rya
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare type
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wool
Josy Bora Bora Geometric Abstract Painted Textile
Located in Astoria, NY
Josy (XX), Geometric Abstract Composition from Bora Bora, Painted Textile, signed lower right, unframed. 42" H x 65" W.
Category
20th Century Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Paint
Vintage Japanese Formal Black Silk Kimono with Pheonix Embroidery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Japanese silk Kuro Tomesode Kimono, circa 1950s-1980s. Kuro Tomesode is a dress for married woman for the most formal occasions, equivalent of the evening gowns in the west. It is overall black, decorated only with patterns of bright colors on the bottom. This kimono has three Mon family crests on the front and back shoulder. It is lined with white silk in its interior. On the front, it features exposed white stitches around neck and breast, a very subtle and elegant touch. The bottom part of the kimono is decorated with an embroidery imagery of two phoenix in flight. The lavish use of gold and polychrome threads and meticulous rendition of the birds contrast greatly with the otherwise sober black background. Pheonix is the mythical bird traditionally represents the Queen or Female Supreme in Chinese culture. Known as Hoo-oo in Japanese, Pheonix is a symbol of good fortune, power and divine wisdom and represents the sun goddess Amaterasu, the Queen of Heaven and Creation, who was believed to be the ancestor of the lines of the Japanese imperial family...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Monika Franco - Handmade tapestry with cotton thread. Unique piece. Mexico.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Monika Franco
Handmade tapestry with cotton thread. Unique piece.
Mexico.
W. 107 cm, D. 14 cm, H. 160 cm
Category
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Rya Dania Taepper Abstract Bullseye in Blues Square
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Deep dense 100% wool shag pile square rya rug produced in Denmark circa 1965 by Dania Taepper in an abstract collage of contrasting blues.
Measures: 98" x 98"
This vi...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$2,880 Sale Price
40% Off
16th c Spanish Silk & Linen Embroidered Textile Fragment w/ Figures & Animals
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a 16th century Spanish silk floss textile fragment from the Avila, Spain region, with embroidered angels, grotesques, and mythological animals. This textile is moun...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Vintage Tapestry with Bucolic Scene, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Tapestry with Bucolic Scene is a decorative object realized in the Early 20th Century.
Fabric tapestry finely decorated
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Fine Antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design of the royal court with knights, and very beautiful colors, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and silk, at the famo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Tapestry, with Romantic Tale of Don Quixote
Located in New York, NY
An antique 18th century French Aubusson tapestry, size 8'10" H x 7'9" W. This fine, handwoven tapestry envisions a scene with Don Quixote and his squire, Sancho Panza, as he attends ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
$19,995 Sale Price
33% Off
19th century Aubusson Tapestry Valance - 327x215 - N° 1357
Located in Paris, FR
A deux pas de la Tour Eiffel Nous sommes une entreprise familiale spécialisée dans l'achat, la vente et la location de voitures.
expertise de tapisseries, tapis, kilims et textiles a...
Category
1860s French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
18th Century Italian Mecca Hand-Carved Tassels on an Antique Braid
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian hand-carved mecca tassels strung on an antique braid. The tassels originally came from an Italian church in Tuscany and were used during feast days. The braiding...
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Tapestries
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf
Black Lacquered and Gilt Wood Victorian Foldable Fire Screen, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A black lacquered and gilt wood Victorian foldable fire screen
Composed of four panels, each one with Petit point tapestry upholstery, two of them decorated with stylized horses, th...
Category
1860s British Late Victorian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
$2,272 Sale Price
30% Off
Postmodern Moroccan Berber Pattern Black and Silver Beige Abstract Rug No Fringe
Located in New York, NY
The Rapture Collection is a high-end rug collection that includes 29 rug design options, in 155 design and rug color combinations, totaling 620 various design-color-size combinations...
Category
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Polyester
Framed Large Pre-Columbian Woven Textile Fragment from Chimu Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large fragment of antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chimu or Chancay culture located in Central and Northern Coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Inter...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Linen
Framed Embroidered Tapestry
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance gold framed brown and gold embroidery with a green background having a crown like design with a date of AD MCCLXIX (1769) (S...
Category
20th Century Italian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
Organic Abstract Design Wool Tapestry, 1960s / Germany
Located in Praha, CZ
- Germany, 1960s
- Perfect condition, handmade
- Very interesting piece of wall decoration
- Eulan manufacturer
jr.
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$1,210 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th century French Silk Frames
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful pair of woven silk paintings dating from the end of the 19th century in good condition and well framed representing characters in a bucolic and romantic atmosphere. Gold lacquered frame. Some gaps on the frames but good general condition. Has been made in St etienne...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
$757 / set
Italian Woven Tapestry of Rider
Located in Cypress, CA
Beautiful Italian woven tapestry of captian.
20th century.
This tapestry is a representation of an Italian fresco that is currently in Sienna. The figure on the tapestry is an Italian captain...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer Textile Oversized Sample Reference, 1986
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer textile oversized sample reference, 1955 / 1986. Extremely rare set of large scale sheers (which are miniaturized...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mission Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$1,104 Sale Price / item
60% Off
Pair of French Victorian Red Aubusson Wall Hangings
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of French Victorian vertical red aubusson wall hangings of floral design (priced as pair).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$12,500 / set
Vintage Hand Embroidered Uzbek Silk Suzani in Black, Red, Green, Yellow Wall Art
Located in Barrington, IL
A vibrant and finely hand-stitched vintage Suzani textile from Uzbekistan, Central Asia, featuring the rare and symbolic “Prayer Rug” pattern. This artisan-crafted piece is embroider...
Category
1940s Uzbek Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Abstract Geometric Checkerboard Pre-Columbian Early Nazca Textile - 100-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Bold color and dramatic design make this style a favorite among collectors of modern art. Excellent condition. Several minor holes are effectively backed with a compatible color, and...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique French Verdure Tapestry
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Antique French Verdure Tapestry. Depicts a beautiful European landscape w/ a castle in the background.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tapestries
Materials
Textile
19th Century Flemish Rustic Tapestry, with Villagers Holding a Birdcage
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish rustic tapestry from the 19th century, envisioning a noblewoman seated at center holding a plate of food, with another woman standing to her right with an empty bird cage, ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$9,995 Sale Price
33% Off
Turkish Miniature Silk Hereke Rug Framed and Signed
Located in London, GB
The town of Hereke itself was established 200 years ago by the Sultans as a production centre for the ultimate sensual luxury, the all silk carpet. Hereke is recognized for producing...
Category
20th Century Turkish Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Large Japanese Futon Cover with Resist Yuzen Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large unframed Japanese Futonji textile art circa late 19th century toward the end of the Meiji period. Seamed together from four vertical sections of cotton in deep indigo color, ...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
17th Century Traditional French Aubusson Style Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Handwoven recreation of the Classic French flat-weave Aubusson rugs that have been found in the finest homes and palaces since the late 17th century.
Category
17th Century Chinese Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
French Greenery Tapestry Aubusson manufactury, Circa 1790 L195xh150 - N 1541
Located in Paris, FR
Period: 18th century
Style: GREENWOOD
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Wool and silk
Width: 195 cm
Height: 150 cm
Depth: 0.5 cm
In keeping with tradition, this magnificent tap...
Category
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Jewish Tapestry Depicting Lots Flight From Sodom, Flemish 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Notable 18th century Flemish Tapestry Depicting the Biblical Account (Genesis 19) of Lots Flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with Lot...
Category
18th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Tapestry with a Genre Scene, circa 1940
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this tapestry, circa 1940, in a wooden frame.
The whole is kept in sepia color. The central part depicts a genre scene.
The fabric is in very good condition. Howev...
Category
1940s European Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
$279 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Uzbek Bokhara Suzani Wall-Hanging Tapestry, Mid-19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Uzbek Bokhara Suzani Embroidered Textile Wall-Hanging Tapestry, Mid-19th Century
Three columns of design make up the field of this Suzani embroidery from the Central Asian c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Uzbek Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
993 - Beautiful Vintage French Tapestry Jaquar
Located in Paris, FR
993 - Beautiful French tapestry from the end of the 20th century with a beautiful medieval design and beautiful colors, mechanical Jaquar woven with wool and cotton.
Category
1960s French Aubusson Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Italy 1990 Post-Modern Set Two Black and Brown Upholstered Screens
Located in Brescia, IT
This stunning set of two black and brown screens are totally hand made in Italy, they were made in 1990 in Milano. They are an example of great craftsmans...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
$4,078 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Postmodern Black Purple Turquoise Hand-Knotted Natural Silk Eco-Friendly Rug
Located in New York, NY
The Rumi collection master weavers artfully re-spin and hand-knot the finest remnants of sustainable sari-silk to create the breakthrough Rumi Silk collection. These remarkable patte...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Beautiful antique wool and metal Chinese Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice antique Chinese embroidery with beautiful design with flowers, birds and butterflies, and with nice natural colours with a red background, entirely hand embroidered with silk, w...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tapestries
Materials
Metal
$1,454 Sale Price
20% Off
Pre-Columbian Chancay Painted Textile - Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chancay Painted Textile with Brown Fishes and Dots On Vertical Bands. Even though the piece is incomplete, the powerful design resembles an abstract modern painting by Henry Matisse...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
French Aubusson Tapestry in the Allegorical Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Aubusson tapestry in the allegorical style. Beautiful colors and details figures drapes building botanical and a pagoda, too. 18th Century style. Add some classic French style...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Full Track Tapestry, Hand-Tufted Wool Multicolored Green Graphic Rug
Located in Miami, FL
The full track tapestry rug draws inspiration from the tracks run by athletes in the ancient Olympic Games. Mixed neutrals and geometric patterns make up this tapestry rug with a neo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
$7,155 Sale Price / item
10% Off
Early 20th Century Moroccan / Berber Rug
Located in Brecht, BE
Amazing use of color here, hand woven by a berber lady early 20th century, gives me the feeling of contemporary art... in very good condition, can be used as wall hanging or on the f...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique Flemish Oudenaarde Style Framed Wool Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Flemish Oudenaarde style framed wool tapestry features a beautiful waterside scene with abundant floral and foliate detail. Original floral and foliate border in subdued past...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Belle Époque Tapestries
Materials
Wool
19th Century Pair of Chinese Silk Pictorial Kesi Textile ( 9" x 1' - 23 x 31 )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Pair of Chinese Silk Pictorial Kesi Textile ( 9" x 1' - 23 x 31 )
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Indian Tapestry Gem Stone Rug. 2 ft 6 in x 4 ft
Located in New York, NY
Antique Indian tapestry gem stone rug, country of origin: India, date circa early 20th century. Size: 2 ft 6 in x 4 ft (0.76 m x 1.22 m).
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Tapestries
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Gold Copper Beige Grey Textured Hand-Knotted Abstract Gallery Size Rug in Stock
Located in New York, NY
The Odyssey collection a breakthrough, three dimensional and multi textural rug collection, inspired by NASA imagery. Distressed wool and natural silk are hand-knotted to create thre...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
After Jean-Michel Basquiat. Rug, or tapestry « Notary». Travail contemporain.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rug, or tapestry, after the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat entitled « Notary » and dated 1985. Hand-knotted and in Merino wool. Can be installed on the floor or
displayed on the wall....
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Shop Vintage Tapestries on 1stDibs
Whether you hang them behind your bed as a dazzling alternative to a headboard or over the sofa as a large-scale focal point in the living room, vintage tapestries can introduce an array of textures and colors to any space in your home.
Woven wall hangings haven’t consistently enjoyed the popularity or earned the highbrow status that other types of wall decorations have over the years, at least not since the 1970s, which was somewhat of a heyday for tapestries. Today, however, these tactile works of art are seeing a renaissance, as modern weavers are forging new paths in the medium while the demand for antique and vintage tapestries continues to grow.
“We are drawn to texture in environments, and we see tapestries as a subtle layer of soft ornament,” says Lauren Larson of the New York design duo Material Lust. Indeed, and a lot of opportunity comes along when decorating with this distinctive brand of soft ornament.
Think of wall hangings as paintings created by hand with fabric instead of oil or watercolors. If you’re not simply securing your treasure to a wall with nails, pushpins or Velcro, tapestries can be stretched over a frame, used to create a canopy in a cozy living-room corner, hung from a rod or placed inside a shadowbox. And because this kind of textile art is hundreds of years old, options abound with respect to subjects and designs.
For richly detailed depictions of landscapes and garden scenes, look to antique Chinese tapestries and Japanese tapestries. Aubusson tapestries are ornate wall hangings manufactured in central France that are also characterized by romantic portrayals of nature. For weavers of mid-century modern tapestries, as well as those working in textile arts today, the styles and subject matter are too numerous to mention, with artists exploring experimental shapes, bold colors and provocative abstract designs.
Antique, new and vintage tapestries can make a room feel warm and welcoming — find yours on 1stDibs now.
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