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19th Century Japanese Silk Embroidered Tapestry with Gold Hammered Silk Thread
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
Thank you for taking the time to view this magnificent and extremely rare antique Japanese silk embroidered tapestry.
This stunning wall ha...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Gold, Metallic Thread
John Piper Chiesa Della Salute Venice Screenprint Textile 1959 Sanderson
By John Piper
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
JOHN PIPER CH (BRITISH,1903-1992) :CHIESA DELLA SALUTE, VENICE Screenprinted fabric, printed by Sandersons, 1959
In the late 1950's to the early 60's there was interest in painterly textiles that demonstrated the unique potential of screen printing, with its ability to capture the quality of brush-stroked colour
"The monumental grandeur of many artists' textiles in the early 1960's was necessary if they were to work in the large scale architectural interiors of the era which witnessed a rapid growth in new public buildings, all which required furnishing with suitably prestigious fabrics".
The painterly design is one of five fabrics designed by John Piper (1902-1993) for A Century of Sanderson 1860-1960, Sanderson's prestigious Centenary Collection.
This study of the Chiesa della Salute church in Venice was taken from Piper's 1959 travels when he was commissioned by the Arthur Jeffress Gallery in London. He then regularly made paintings of the city, and drew illustrations for an edition of Adrian Stokes...
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1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Early 19th Appliqué Collage Sir Percival Radcliffe 3rd Baronet of Rudding Park
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A beautiful applique collage of late Georgian silkwork figures and decorative section, no doubt from a larger textile hanging. They have later been to remounted in 19th century into ...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Silk, Pine
Vintage Panoramic Tapestry, French, Needlepoint, Decorative Panel, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage panoramic tapestry. A French, needlepoint decorative panel with mahogany frame, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Cl...
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Mid-20th Century French Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Framed Sampler, English, Cross-Stitch, Apprentice, Victorian, Dated 1896
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique framed sampler. An English, cross-stitch apprentice piece from the late Victorian period, dated to 1896.
Sought after Victorian sampler...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Large Vintage Wall Tapestry, French, Needlepoint, Display Panel, Medieval Taste
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage wall tapestry. A French, quality needlepoint display panel depicting a Medieval tournament scene, dating to the late 20th...
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Late 20th Century French Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Contemporary Textile Wall Art The Lure of Light and Dark by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Femke van Gemert uses discard textile to create her sustainable soft wall art reliefs. This work is made of the clothing leftovers and reveals some detai...
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Brocade Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kesa, known as "Jiasha" in Chinese and "Kasaya" in Sanskrit, is an out layer garment worn by the ordained Buddhist monks. Bearing a basic rectangular form, it developed originally in...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Brocade
Antique Japanese Shirushi-Banten Fireman Jacket Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Shirushi-Banten (Fireman's Coat) circa 19th century of Edo Period. The robe was made from a heavy cotton fiber and decorated with a dramatic dragon in the dark cloud scheme using Tsutsugaki, a free-hand resist dye method. A dragon with claws clenching pearls and red-orange fire motifs was artistically depicted slithering in and out of dark swirling clouds from the front to the back of the robe. The spatial composition was superb as well as the stylized motion. The indigo blue colored neck lapel bears scription indicating the location of where the robe belonged: the Kannon-Ji of Magino District (The Temple of Kannon; In Japan, the goddess of mercy Guanyin was known as Kannon). This temple is located in Higashine City of Yamagata Prefecture in Northern Japan. On the back, there is a large Kanji Character "Space" in the center, matching the first symbol of the location "Magino" in the front. It is likely that instead of a functional fire-fighting gear, the robe was used in festival parade by firemen, perhaps sponsored by the temple for the town event.
When fully extended as shown in photo 1 and 2, it measures 50" W x 37" H.
A beautiful and well-preserved sample of Japanese textile art.
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Abstract Paracas Precolumbian Textile, Peru, 1100-1400 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones pre-Columbian textile fragment with abstract embroidered figures. This piece is framed in a black shadowbox.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
John Piper Stones of Bath Blue Textile Screenprinted Sandersons 1962 Abstract
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
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...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
19th Century Egyptian Textile Fragment
Located in Esbeek, NL
19th century ancient Egyptian cloth fragment.
Category
19th Century Egyptian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Large Vintage Decorative Panel, Continental, Needlepoint Tapestry, circa 1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage decorative panel. A Continental, needlepoint tapestry, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Wonderfully Italianate scene depicting an idyllic European bridge...
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Late 20th Century Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Striped Inca Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, circa 1400-1532 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones adorn this striped pattern pre-Columbian textile.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pair framed Antique Parsley Shaw Fragments
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two fragments of parsley shawl lovely framed in acrylic shadow boxes on linen background and presented as textile wall art. These fragments are likely dated in 19th century from Engl...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Framed Japanese Festival Kimono with Tsutshugaki Dye
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese festival kimono expertly mounted and displayed in a large acrylic shadow box. This impressive ceremonial garment circa late 19th-early 20th century was made from a thick l...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Antique Framed Tapestry, Continental, Needlepoint, Decorative Panel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique framed tapestry. A Continental, needlepoint decorative panel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Charming t...
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Late 19th Century Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Intricate Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Extremely detailed yellow embroidered Pre-Columbian textile fragment with hints of red from the Chancay culture in Peru. This piece is framed in a black shadowbox.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a Pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Taliesin Textile, Tapestry Swatch, Blue, 1955
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Taliesin textile, tapestry swatch, blue, 1955. Design no. 101 for F. Schumacher's Taliesin Line of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Linen
Striped Inca Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, circa 1400-1532 AD, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Earth tones adorn this striped pattern pre-Columbian textile. These piece is mounted on a black shadowbox frame.
It is a wonder to behold antiquities such as a pre-Columbian textiles, an authentic piece of art that has been preserved for centuries and that survives generation after generation. Textiles are infinitely more delicate than wood, metal, or rock artifacts -- so the existence of these pieces after hundreds and thousands of years is exceptional. These textiles maintain their vibrant colors, natural threads, and their unique, historical designs.
Provenance: This textile comes from the collection Ulrich Hoffmann, Stuttgart and former collection of the archaeologist Ferdinand Anton...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Japanese Textile Art Campaign Jacket Jinbaori with Mon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Known as Jinabori during 16th century when warfare was common in feudal Japan, the sleeveless jacket was created to be worn outside of the armor by samurai warriors. In addition to s...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Silk
Ceremonial Cape Textile Art from Hmong Miao People
Located in Atlanta, GA
An oversized and impressive cape worn during ceremonial dancing by Miao people (also known as Hmong in English) from Guizhou Province, China circa 1940s-1950s in a rarely intact and well-preserved condition. Miao people are diverse minority groups living in Southern China as well as Southeast Asia with complex sub-affiliations based on attires, languages, cultural customs and art tradition. They are renowned for their textile and silver craftsmanship as well as singing and dancing traditions. This cape, rather heavy in construction and striking in bold red and black, was made from wool, hemp and cotton. The surface showcases elongated diamond patterns in complementary woven wool and couched plaque on top of the cotton part. The pattern strikes the viewer with a strong sense of dignity and power. The heavy material and pattern are strangely akin to some of the Navajo weaving. The cape is in a form a jacket with long and wide sleeves, and it was meant to be used in ceremonial occasions.
Our research reveals that the piece was from the Northwest Guizhou in an autonomous county called Weining. The area is of subtropical highland and the generally cold weather was reflected in the heavy materials used in this piece, in comparison with other textiles made in the warmer lowland.
There is an older paper label with price tag in Chinese inside the cape. It was purchased in Guizhou decades ago by a US collection in MA. With a span of over 94 inches long, it makes a very impressive textile art piece for wall hanging. Not framed and easily shipping folded up.
For a similar jacket from Weining, see "Miao Textile...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tribal Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Midcentury Design Handmade Tapestry, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Handmade
- Czechoslovakia
- Very good condition
- circa 1960s.
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Handwoven Vintage French Savonnerie Rug or Aubusson Style Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
This colorful handmade rug was woven in Aubusson, France in the early 20th century. The rug depicts a traditional Aubusson style with floral motifs which began and are often seen in ...
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20th Century French Rococo Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Silkwork Embroidery of a Bird in a Tree
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Antique Silkwork embroidery of a bird in a tree. The embroidery is worked in silks on silk ground, in a variety of stitches. Colours black, blue, cop...
Category
1820s English Folk Art Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
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...
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Late 20th Century American Mission Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Egyptian French Textile Tapestry
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique Egyptian design French patchwork textile Tapestry in brown and beige toned fabric depicting Egyptian Figurals in center panels and hieroglyphics flanking each side, some damage and discoloration to areas of piece. Egyptian Themed Wall Hanging, Egyptian Textile...
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19th Century French Egyptian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile, Stepped Zig-Zag Design, Nazca Peru 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Pre-Columbian Nazca textile with stepped zig-zag design in yellow, ochre red, and brown/black shades with yellow fringes.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
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...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Antique Embroidery with Hebrew Inscriptions
Located in London, GB
Antique embroidery with Hebrew inscriptions
Continental, late 19th century
Measures: Height 91cm, width 87cm
The wall hanging is crafted from...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer Textile Panel Curtain, Drape, Tapestry, 1955
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer textile panel, curtain or drapery. Extremely rare panel, large scale.
Dana House fabric panel, #14730 (1955 / 1986)
Measures: 4' 10" W x 7' 11" L.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mission Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Woman Playing the Lute Tapestry in Frame
Located in New York, NY
Vintage (20th Century) tapestry featuring a woman playing a lute, alongside an open book and flowers, set in a wooden, bronze-finished frame carved with acanthus leaf designs.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Large Framed Japanese Embroidery Dragon Tapestry
Located in Atlanta, GA
An impressive Japanese embroidery tapestry circa 1890s Meiji period, presented with brocade border on linen canvas in a Lucite shadow box. The stunning design features three dragons coiling and flying in the clouds. The high relief technique used to render the dragons using mostly the silver threads gives this piece a tremendous sense of motion. The most auspicious mythological creature in Japan and China, dragons were a very popular motif in textile art. In this particular piece, it is the impressive size, the superb craftsmanship, the profuse use of silver threads and near perfect condition that set it apart. Japanese Meiji textiles were widely exhibited in the west during turn of the 20th century at the international exposition. It was used to showcase the Japanese aesthetics with the techniques at their pinnacle. These expositions solidified the country's images overseas and felled the Japanese craze in the west, which turned out to be a long-lasting influence on the western art. Many pieces were purchased and stayed in the west. It is likely this estate piece was from one of the expositions based on its high quality.
For two similar dragon tapestries...
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1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Lucite
Pre-Columbian Inca Mantle with 16 Figures, Peru, 1476-1534 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Mantle with 16 figures in cubist form with multi-color fringes.
This pieces with a Certificat de Bien Culturel from France.
For the Incas finely worked and highly decorativ...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Polychrome Wall Hanging ‘Fragment’ Designed by Anita Ullerstam, Sweden, 1991
Located in Stockholm, SE
Wall hanging ‘Fragment’ designed by Anita Ullerstam,
Sweden, 1991.
Six pieces of fabric sewn together, polychrome printed and embroidered.
Dime...
Category
1990s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Early Georgian Needlework Picture
Located in Greenwich, CT
An George I English needlework picture depicting musicians, maidens, dogs and ducks in the grounds of an estate with detailed renderings of flora an...
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1750s English George II Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
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 ...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Embroidered Cover Bohemian Hand stitched Throw Wall Hanging Belle Époque
Located in Mimizan, FR
Hand embroidered cover or wall hanging French Basque Spanish circa 1900-1910 Belle Époque Art Nouveau
One of a kind
Exceptional and unusual design with central initials
Applique a...
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Early 1900s Spanish Belle Époque Antique Textile Tapestries
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Fabric, Textile
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Chancay Textile, Cubist Animals, Peru 1100-1400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian multi-color Chancay textile with animal figures in cubist form.
The Chancay are known more for their textiles than for their ceramics. Textiles from elite Chancay tombs include elaborate gauzes, embroidery, painted plain weave and tapestry, and three-dimensional fibre...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Pre-Columbian Ica Fringed Textile Panel, Ex Kate Kemper, Peru 800 to 1200 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A semi-ovoid rectangular panel with heavily fringed border having a very tightly woven multi-color geometric pattern consisting of two scroll devices containing multiple stylized zoo...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Tapestry Louis XIV, 17th Century
Located in Brussels, BE
Tapestry Louis XIV, 17th century.
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Mid-17th Century French Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragment from Chancay Culture
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique pre-Columbia textile fragment likely from Peru Chancay culture in Central coast that thrived in the late Intermediate period/ late Horizon, A.D. 1200-1550. Abstract geomet...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Extremely Rare Pre-Columbian Chimu Gauze Poncho Textile, Peru, 1000-1450 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chimu brown gauze shirt with multiple red and white fringe lines forming V designs like the one around the neck, with very rarely seen sleeves and border fringe in the same material.
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Lambayeque Textile Ceremonial Panel
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Impressive pre-columbian Lambayeque textile ceremonial panel. Lambayeque, Peru. Mint condition. Museum piece. Ex. Sotheby’s, New York.
The Lambayeque civilization (aka Sicán) flou...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Nazca Stepped Textile Poncho, Nazca Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Nazca Tunic/Poncho of stepped design and fringe in yellow ocher, burgundy and brown. Perfect condition, museum quality.
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Vibrant Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho, Peru 200-600 AD, Ex Guillot-muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Pre-Columbian Nazca Textile Poncho with a Geometric Step Design in Vibrant Ochre, Red, Green and Brown colors with its Original Fringes. Moun...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Asian Large Vintage Burmese Kalaga Beads Embroidered Tapestry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous large Kakaga Burmese bead embroidered adorned with sequins and beads tapestry wall hanging .
This vintage handcrafted needlework wall hanging tapestry shows ten different scenes from the ancient epic Hindu poem, the Ramayana, or from Buddhist mythology.
You can imagine how many hours went into producing this piece of work.
The figures are sewn using a combination of metallic threads and adorned with sequins, beads and glass stones.
Most Kalagas are best hung in a frame but not under glass so that the detail and texture can be fully appreciated.
They can also be hung as-is without a frame.
Such a large tapestry could take months to complete.
Asian figural Kalaga hand embroidered with jeweled tapestry...
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20th Century South Asian Anglo Raj Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Multi-Color Diamond Shaped Nazca Unku Textile, Peru, 200-400 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very colorful complete Nazca unku in multi-color camelid wool with lozenge diamond and zig-zag design patterns. The beautiful blue and light pink color makes this textile very unique...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Chimu Textile, Meander Design and Fringe, Peru circa 900 to 1300AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A woven textile shirt of rectangular form having small rectangular panels on the front and back, all with fringed borders, and open head slit in center. Decorated with zigzag rows of...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Pre-Columbian Chuquibamba Banner, Peru 1000-1400 AD Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Exceptional Banner of Pageantry with Multicolor Tapisserie Squares with 8 Weave Ornaments in Relief. On the inferior part the ornaments float with the wind. (2 are missing) Very good...
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15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Inca Complete Uncu Textile, Peru 1300-1500 AD, Ex Guillot-Muñoz
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Inca Complete Uncu of beautiful geometric composition with serpent form in red, purple and yellow. This beautiful poncho of a geometric composition has only some worn out sections on...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped Zig-Zag Design, Peru 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Nazca unku with white, red, green, black and yellow step zig-zag design with red bottom with fringe and maroon upper part and beige trim around the arm and neck openings
...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Mantle Kilim Type Tapisserie Multicolor Designs - Nazca 200-600 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful Pre-columbian Mantle with a Central Kilim Type Tapisserie of Multicolor Designs with Priests Upraising their Arms Toward the Skies. It is surrounded by 2 Long Red Plain Cot...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Pre-Columbian Nazca Unku with Stepped “V” Design, Peru, 200-300 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Complete Nazca Unku in vibrant red with blue, green, yellow and white squares forming V design around the brown neck opening. The multicolor squares in stepped design make a diamond ...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
1980s Zapotec Mexican Textile Wall Art Tapestry Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Zapotec Mexican Wall Art Tapestry Mexico
64 x 42
Original vintage condition unrestored
See all images provided.
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
17th Century French Aubusson - The Forging of the Arms of Achilles
Located in Dallas, TX
This tapestry from the mid to late 1600’s depicts the Forging of the Arms of Achilles. The figure on the right, Thetis, mother of Achilles, has commissioned armor for him to use in the Trojan War. Kneeling down with the helmet of Achilles in hand, is Hephasteus, God of fire, metal working, masonry, and blacksmiths. This piece was manufactured by Aubusson around 1670, based on the design by Issac Moillon (Painter of the King). Another tapestry like this can currently be seen in the Hospices of Beaune (Nicole de Reynie`s. Sylvain Laveissie`re. "Isaac Moillon (1614-1673), un peintre du roi a` Aubusson". Somogy, 2005, p. 158 a` 180.) A photo can be seen on the French Ministry of Culture website.
Some fragments have been slipped in which are not perfect to the area’s scene, but, were perhaps part of the rest of this tapestry which was too damaged to use. The tapestry weavers who wove the faces, hands, feet and bodies of the people in tapestries were at the top in terms of skills. This weaver was superb in the depiction of all of the people. Note the delicacy of the hands of Thetis. For those who appreciate the truly old and beautiful without requiring perfect condition will cherish this 345 year old textile...
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17th Century French Antique Textile Tapestries
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Textile
Vintage Textile Wall Tapestries for Sale on 1stDibs
Vintage textile wall tapestries can make a room feel warm and welcoming.
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.
Find a collection of vintage textile wall tapestries for your space today on 1stDibs.
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