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Material: Textile
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Earthly I by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$2,909 Sale Price
20% Off
Sanchez MOLINA Wall Tapestry
By L. A. Molina
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Rare macramé tapestry by the artist Sanchez Molina.
Unique piece, signed
Spain, ca.1960
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Framed Large Nazca Textile Panel with Geometrical Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large woven textile panel from Nazca culture on the south coast of nowadays Peru circa 600 to 800AD. The panel with short fringes on the end used to be half of a sleeveless tunic (similar to poncho) in which two similar pieces were joined together. Professionally mounted and conversed on a linen-backed wood frame and presented in an acrylic shadow box. The textile was finely woven from a camelid fiber dyed with natural pigments. The work strikes the viewer immediately with its unexpected modernity. The tri-colored geometrical blocks created a zigzagged step design that is visually minimal but bold at the same time. Its repetition evokes a lyrical visual rhythm that is unparallel in the ancient textile art and could easily mistake it as an abstract art from the 20th century. The zigzag step design was one of the unusual abstract motifs used by the pre-Columbian weavers from Nazca, who created some of the most mysterious and soul-stirring work with a minimalism aesthetic that was rarely seen in the ancient world. Considering that the artists were completely isolated without the influences of other cultures, their intrinsic creativity and artistic vision are even more impressive.
Reference: James W. Reid, The Lee M...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Rare Mezzaro with Giraffe and Turtles , c. 1815, Genoa
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Rare and fantastical Italian Mezzaro, c. 1815, Genoa. This is a particularly rare design “mezzaro with ship” , the flower-filled tree of life having a variety of creatures including...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian 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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian 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...
Category
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.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
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 Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wool
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
$11,922 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique Italian Silk Velvet Wall Hanging
Located in Doha, QA
This is a truly exquisite antique silk velvet wall hanging with hand woven floral peacock design and metal threads as a patchwork. The history of V...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Metallic Thread
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
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Object Mutant 3 by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Object Mutant 2 by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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...
Category
1950s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Inhale - by Studio Bovti
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Our ‘Inhale’ wall hanging with its abstract depiction of the variety of colours and shapes of nature is a reminder to take a deep breath and to return to the present moment in our of...
Category
2010s German Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Textile
$17,705
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Under the Blue Sky by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
When witnessing the tremendous amount of waste generated by fast fashion – an industry she worked within for many years – Femke van Gemert realised it was time for her to follow her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Leather, Textile, Silk, Yarn
$6,199 Sale Price
20% Off
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Earthly II by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$2,432 Sale Price
20% Off
Embroidery Silk Azarbaijan
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is an antique silk Azerbaijan embroidery woven during the 18th century and measures 76 x 74CM in size. It has an all-over highly geometric floral design with muted pastel colors...
Category
18th Century Azerbaijani Other Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Silk
Dutch Contemporary Textile Art Object Mutant 1 by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Dutch Contemporary Textile Abstract Art Anthroposcenic by Femke van Gemert
Located in Amsterdam, NL
When witnessing the tremendous amount of waste generated by fast fashion – an industry she worked within for many years – Femke van Gemert realised it was time for her to follow her ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Textile Tapestries
Materials
Leather, Textile, Silk, Yarn
$6,199 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Abstract Hand Loomed Tapestry by Sonja Flavin
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An artist-signed hand loomed tapestry with an abstracted geometric pattern complimenting Alvar Aalto's "Scroll" Chair. A small tag is hand-stitched to the ...
Category
1980s American Vintage 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...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Tapestry Louis XIV, 17th Century
Located in Brussels, BE
Tapestry Louis XIV, 17th century.
Category
Mid-17th Century French Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Vivid Huari Pre-Columbian Textile, Peru, Ex Ferdinand Anton
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Pre-Columbian textile fragment with wave like patterns woven in bright colors. Framed in a black shadow box.
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
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
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Tapestry 'Forest Fragments' by Elsa Agélii, Silk and Mixed Media, 1988, Sweden
By Elsa Agélii
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tapestry “Forest Fragments” by Elsa Agélii,
Sweden, 1988.
Silk and mixed media.
Dimensions:
H: 155 cm/ 5' 1''
W: 135 cm/ 4' 5''
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Textile Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Silk
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
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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