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Tapestries For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
1970s, Tapestry Art Protis, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition.
- Labeled in back side.
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
20th Century Gaetano Pesce for Expansion Decorative Panel Mod. Arcadia, 1970s
By Expansion, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Turin, Turin
Gaetano Pesce's works are generally eccentric, modern and carry a concept of "happening", which is the transformation of the object.
Experimenter of different forms and materials, h...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Large and Rare Louis XV Period Frame Beauvais Tapestry Panel, French, circa 1760
Located in London, GB
A large and rare Louis XV period frame Beauvais tapestry panel
French, circa 1760
Frame: Height 107cm, width 92cm, depth 8cm
Panel: Height 82cm, width 67cm
This superb piece is...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Giltwood
Mid-18th Century, Coat of Arms Embroidered on Velvet
Located in Firenze, FI
Silk thread embroidery on velvet applied on a fir tablet depicting the coat of arms of the Sebregondi family, a noble Florentine lineage.
Dating back to the period between 1745 an...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Tapestry of Flanders 17th Century 'Offer to the King' -N° 1232
Located in Paris, FR
Tapestry of Flanders 17th century (offer to the king) with very pretty colors
Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how,
we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric such as Tapestry,
Carpets and Textiles...
Category
1680s French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Tapestry by Michel Degand for Atelier Pinton
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
One of a kind Aubusson Tapestry by Michel Degand for Atelier Pinton.
Edition 1/1.
Signed in the front with Michel Degand signature and Atelier Pinton m...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Framed Pre-Columbian Woven Textile from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique pre-Columbia textile panel from Chancay culture in Central coast of nowadays Peru. Chancay culture thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon circa AD. 1000-1470. The panel appears to be an intact shawl or head scarf, indicated by the overall integrity with the finished edges. It is a gauze-like linen/cotton open-square woven panel with supplemental embroidered horizontal bands that alternate between hooked diamond motifs and silhouettes of perched seabirds, one of the most favored animal forms in Chancay art. The color is quite vibrant with red contrasted by two shades of yellow on a darker brown background. The scarf such as this is thought to be associated with ceremonies and magic realm of death and burial practice. The textile is displayed on a dark line background under a newly made acrylic shadow box.
Reference: For reading on the bird motifs in Chancay textile art, see page 141-183 of the book "Ancient...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Linen
Pre-Columbian Chancay Coca Leaf Bag with Shamans and Zoomorphic Figures, Peru
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Brown Chancay coca bag with shamans and zoomorphic figures depicted in the centre on a in various colors on a red background.
This piece is accompanied by ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Vintage Tapestry with Floral Design
Located in Laguna Hills, CA
Hand knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation.
circa 1970
Dimensions: 5' x 5'8"
Origin: Belgium
Condition: Excellent.
Category
1970s Belgian Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 18th Century European Original Wall Tapestry
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 18th century European original wall tapestry.
Category
18th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Flemish Hand-Woven "Feuilles de Choux" Tapestry, Silk and Wool
Located in Firenze, FI
Provenance: Oudenaarde manufacture, Flanders, Mid-16th Century
Tapestry wool and silk texture
Dimensions 340/330 x 340/338cm
Extremely rare piece
In good condition
Washed and lined
It is a typical Flemish tapestry "with large leaves", well preserved, woven with green, yellow and brown yarns whose colors have remained fresh and intense. The market and collectors in recent decades have greatly re-evaluated tapestries with "large leaves", appreciating their high decorative value and ability to blend in with modern furnishings.
Our tapestry belongs to a very particular subcategory of the "feuille de...
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Palatial 18th Century Neoclassical Aubusson Rug with Medallion
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sublime period flat-weave square 18th century French carpet. A central medallion of double concentric paterae in gradient blue and olive ...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 2 in x10 ft 9in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 2 in x 10 ft 9 in (3.1 m x 3.28 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
17th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry Depicting Zeus and Hera
Located in New York, US
Our extraordinary 17th century tapestry from Brussels, in the manner of Jacques II Geubels (-1633), depicts Zeus and Hera being handed the world. 10 feet 8 inches by 13 feet 3 inches...
Category
17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Pair of Late 16th Century Brussels Tapestry Panels, Vertical, w/ Women & Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late 16th century Flemish historical tapestry panels. These vertically oriented decorative tapestry panels depict female figures at bottom, sitting within an elaborate flor...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Pair of Late 16th Century Brussels Tapestry Panels, w/ Female Figures & Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A pair of late 16th century flemish mythological tapestry panels. These vertically oriented decorative tapestry panels depict mythological female figures at top, standing within elab...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 11 ft 4 inx12 ft 10in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish King Solomon Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 11 ft 4 in x 12 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 3.91 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Flemish Hand-Woven "Feuilles De Choux" Tapestry, Silk and Wool
Located in Firenze, FI
Provenance: Bruges or Enghien, Mid-16th Century.
Tapestry wool and silk texture
Dimensions 225 x 190cm
Extremely rare piece
In excellent condition
Washed and lined.
This Flemish tapestry "with large cabbage leaves" was woven with mainly green , but also red and pink yarns. It is very rare both for its small size, it is in fact complete with its borders, and for the atypical decorative system compared to the Flemish "Feuilles De Choux...
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique 18th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry, with the Greek Deity Apollo
Located in New York, NY
An antique 18th century Flemish mythological tapestry, size 11'0 H x 12'6 W. This period European tapestry depicts the Greek God Apollo, who is the deity of the arts, poetry, crops, ...
Category
18th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Ottavio Missoni Patchwork in Wool Series Arras, Design in Years ’70 for Saporit
Located in Biella, IT
Saporiti Italy production and design Ottavio years '70 first series arras patchwork in wool.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wool
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 8 inx 11 ft 3in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Biblical Scene Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 11 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 3.43 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Map Silk Embroidered Western Eastern Hemisphere New Old World Asia America Afri
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare, late-18th century, silk, embroidered, double hemisphere, world map, blackwork, sampler, showing the tracks of captain cook’s three voyages
- Illustrating public understanding of the world in the late-18th century and the recent discoveries of the time delineating the tracks of Captain Cook’s three voyages.
- Shows the incentive for further exploration during the 19th century as no mass is indicated within the southern polar region, the interior portions of western North America, Africa, and Australia are still relatively void of detail even though California is no longer shown as an island.
- Includes beautifully worked allegories of the four continents Asia, the Americas, Africa & Europe, a cartouche being supported by two angels and a compass
- The cream, silk ground is finely embroidered with a variety of stiches in black, silk threads emulating the black ink on maps.
-“Recent international conflicts and voyages by Captain Cook and others made the study of geography exciting at the time this map was made. Elaborate embroidered maps...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
17th Century Flemish Historical Tapestry with the Roman General Coriolanus
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish historical tapestry panel from the 17th century, featuring the famed Roman general, Gaeus Marcius, now called Coriolanus, returning triumphantly from the battle in which he captured the Volscian town of Corioli, arriving on horseback with his Volscian prisoners in tow, and greeted by his domineering mother, Volumnia, as well as the cheering Roman townspeople. Enclosed within a narrow monochrome border. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 8’6” H x 7’10” W.
Hanging: The tapestry comes ready for hanging, with linen backing and a strip of hook and loop tape at the top end, which can be connected to the opposite side of the supplied hook and loop tape, which could be tacked to your wall. For those who prefer the use of a tapestry rod...
Category
Early 17th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
P. De Berroeta Eclypse, 1975 Tapestry Signed Lower Left
Located in Mouscron, WHT
P. De Berroeta Eclypse, 1975 tapestry signed lower left.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Late 16th Century Brussels Historical Tapestry, w/ Warriors Gathered in a Forest
Located in New York, NY
A Brussels historical tapestry from the late 16th century, featuring several armed figures in the foreground about to engage in battle, as other figures on horseback draw closer from the distance; within a wooded forest setting. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 8’0” H x 5’7” W.
Hanging: The tapestry comes ready for hanging, with linen backing and a strip of hook and loop tape at the top end, which can be connected to the opposite side of the supplied hook and loop tape, which could be tacked to your wall. For those who prefer the use of a tapestry rod...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Late 16th Century Brussels Historical Tapestry Panel, Vertical, Woman & Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A late 16th century Flemish Historical Tapestry panel. This vertically oriented decorative tapestry panel depicts a female figure at bottom, sitting within an elaborate floral reserv...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool
17th Century Antique German Tapestry. 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Small 17th Century Antique German Biblical Tapestry Depicting David And Abigail, Country Of Origin: Germany, Circa Date: 17th Century. Size: 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m x 0.51 m)
Category
17th Century German Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Pair of 17th Century Flemish Historical Tapestry Panel, Vertical, Female Figures
Located in New York, NY
A pair of two 17th century Flemish Historical Tapestry Panels. These vertically oriented decorative tapestry panels depict female figures at bottom, with floral reserve above them, and with other female figures in pendant cartouches at top. The central areas are enclosed within narrow monochrome borders. Wool with silk inlay. In very good condition for their age and weaving style, with minor wear, fading and losses, all typical for items of this age, composition, and weaving style.
Hanging: The tapestry comes ready for hanging, with linen backing and a strip of hook and loop tape at the top end, which can be connected to the opposite side of the supplied hook and loop tape, which could be tacked to your wall. For those who prefer the use of a tapestry rod...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool
18th Century, Aubusson Tapestry, N° 1195
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century Aubusson tapestry - N° 1195 .
Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how,
we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric such as...
Category
1750s French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Late 16th Century Brussels Mythological Tapestry Panel, Women & Flower, Vertical
Located in New York, NY
A Late 16th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry Panel. This vertically oriented decorative tapestry panel depicts a mythological female figure at top, standing within an elaborate ...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Italian Textile, 18th Century
Located in Ferrara, IT
In the centre, with a kabbalistic/gematric representation, the biblical tetragrammaton (yhwh) yahweh, which is the sequence of the four Hebrew letters (Greek, tetragràmmaton; t?t?a, ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
18th Century Tapestry Fragment
Located in New York, NY
Mid 18th century european Tapestry Fragment.
Measures: 1'9'' wide x 2'10'' long.
Tapestries make integral part of the Flemish cultural heritage. Most of the tapestries have religious, mythological and historical subjects as well as hunting and harvest scenes. They are known for their high quality and extended use of colors. The oldest ones were made in the 13th century. The most important production centers were Doornik and Arras. These two centers got a lot of assignments of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the 14th century tapestries...
Category
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
French 18th Century Tapestry Fragment
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This vibrant tapestry fragment hails from 18th century France. Two panels have been recently attached with brilliant blue trimming. The fabric is worn but retains its vibrant floral ...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry
Aubusson Tapestry Bakery Scene - 18th Century - n° 1153
Located in Paris, FR
Aubusson Tapestry Bakery Scene - 18th Century
Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how,
we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric such as ...
Category
1750s French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Embroidered Textile Chasuble Religious Vestment
Located in New York, NY
Antique embroidered textile chasuble with floral decorative patterns in blue, yellow and pink, likely made in the 17th-18th century in Europe. The piece is framed and has marking on the back paper indicating it to be a gift from William Randolph Hearst...
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile
English Charles II Silk Needlework with Figures and Animals
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English Charles II silk needlework picture framed under glass with figures and animals in its border, and foliate decoration throu...
Category
1660s English Charles II Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 17th century, with the turbulent sea at center, and other ships docked by the riverside cityscape in the left distance. Enclosed by a narrow monochromatic border. Wool with silk inlay. Measures: 10’1” H x 7’2” W
This tapestry was probably woven after a design by the French painter Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), renowned for his Marines, or maybe by his student Charles Grenier de Lacroix also known as Lacroix de Marseille...
Category
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Woven Silk
Located in London, GB
A very rare fragment of woven silk and wool, a pattern of trees on a geometric background. Originally produced as a cheaper alternative to cut velvet for ga...
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Very Pretty Tapestry of 18th Century Aubusson, N° 1189
Located in Paris, FR
Very pretty tapestry of 18th century royal manufacture of Aubusson.
Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also our know-how,
we are pl...
Category
1750s French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson rustic tapestry from the late 17th century, depicting several villagers on either side of a large tree in the right foreground, watching the cargo being unloaded from a large vessel docked by the verdant river bank at left. Enclosed by a narrow monochromatic border. Wool with silk inlay.
Measures: 10’1” H x 7’0” W
This tapestry was probably woven after a design by the French painter Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714-1789), renowned for his Marines, or maybe by his student Charles Grenier de Lacroix also known as Lacroix de Marseille...
Category
Late 17th Century French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 17th Century Square Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique square 17th Century flemish Verdure landscape tapestry with two slight figures in a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and ve...
Category
17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Vintage European Kilim Flatwoven Rug Kelim Rug Handmade Tapestry Art Nouveau Rug
Located in New York, NY
Vintage European Kilim Flatwoven Rug Art Nouveau Signed Tapestry
5'2" x 7'3" 158cm x 221cm
"This is a beautiful Vintage European Rug tapestry. Thi...
Category
1970s European Art Nouveau Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Two Frame Pre-Columbian Woven Textile Fragments Inca Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of four pre-Columbian textile fragments presented in groupings in two wood frames. The style of these textile indicate that they are from Inca period in nowadays Peru, circa 15-16th century. The larger single panel shows stepped check pattern, prominent in Inca textile...
Category
16th Century Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Louis XVI Aubusson Wool & Silk Tapestry, 18th Century : Games in the Park
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Charming wool and silk tapestry - 18th century production (Louis XVI period circa 1780) attributed to Aubusson Manufacture.
It pictures two young boys playing in the gardens : one is doing archery and the other one is playing skipping rope...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Modern Abstract Ege Rya Rug / Wall Hanging Signed & Dated 1977
By Marian Roth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern Abstract Ege Rya rug / wall hanging signed Marian Dully Rapp dated 1977, Stunning abstract design, Classic 70s palette, browns, orange's greys, tan...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
1970s Large Textile Wall Art
Located in Miami, FL
Large vintage Textile wall Art. Circa 1970s
Features a stretched canvas with a forest inspired design printed in vibrant earth tone colors.
...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Hot Hand Game, Late 18th Century French Arras
Located in Firenze, FI
Arras in wool and silk from a model by Jean-Baptiste Oudry depicting six noble figures intent on practicing the 'Game of the Hot Hand', a very well known social entertainment at the ...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment Chancay Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two framed pre-Columbian textile fragments from Chancay culture (1000AD-1470AD) in nowadays Peru. Both panels are of a similar red background and possibly wove...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Antique French Tapestry Area Rug
Located in New York, NY
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton, 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
Early 18th Century Brabant Brussels Tapestry Fragment with Swag and Rams Heads
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-woven by a workshop in the early 1700’s, this tapestry fragment features a lush fruit and floral display with swag and rams’ heads. The rams’ heads are located in the upper corn...
Category
Early 18th Century Belgian Louis XIV Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wool, Silk
17th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
Located in Port Washington, NY
Large Flemish verdure tapestry from the 17th century, featuring a tranquil scene in a woodland setting, with stately trees at right and left in the foreground, with an exotic bird resting in the grass beneath their shadow, and further trees in some grassy knolls in the middle distance and background. Enclosed within a scrolling foliate border. Wool with silk inlay. Complete with backing.
Tapestries make integral part of the Flemish cultural heritage. Most of the tapestries have religious, mythological and historical subjects as well as hunting and harvest scenes. They are known for their high quality and extended use of colors. The oldest ones were made in the 13th century. The most important production centers were Doornik and Arras. These two centers got a lot of assignments of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the 14th century tapestries...
Category
17th Century French Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 17th Century Baroque Italian Silk, Metallic Thread Embroidery Panel
Located in New York, NY
Fine 17th century Baroque period silk and metallic thread embroidery panel.
Excellent vibrant colors of bold burgundy, pale cream and beautiful, elegant teal with a border of textur...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tapestries
Materials
Metallic Thread
Ancient 17th-18th Century Silk Hand Woven Tapestry, 300-400 Years Old Must See
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original 17th - 18th century silk embroidered and stitched tapestry
A very good looking and decorative piece, I'm sure there is s...
Category
17th Century Danish Dutch Colonial Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
16th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent Biblical tapestry in wool and silk likely made in the Flemish weaving center of Oudenaarde. With a history of tapestry production dating to 1368, the city created some of the finest tapestries of late Medieval and Renaissance Europe that were widely sought after across the continent. The 16th century...
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Silk Kashgar Throne Cover Rug Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
This very rare fragment belongs to a specific group of twelve silk Kashgar throne covers, all with a similar design and palette and distinguished by an ex...
Category
Early 18th Century East Turkestani Khotan Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Grau Garriga Limited Edition Tapestry, 1975
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Limited edition tapestry by the Spanish textile artist Grau Garriga, circa 1975.
Artwork number 290/500.
In original condition with minor wear cons...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
1106, 18th Century Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Paris, FR
1106 - a very beautiful 18th century Aubusson tapestry with very pretty color.
Category
1790s French Aubusson Antique 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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