American Tapestries

Navajo rug flat woven rug tapestry beige Measures: 4' x6' (3'11" x 5'7") 119cm x 170cm Circa 1920 "The woolen rug has a white background color on which are three stylized figures on each side of a center cornstalk. All are surrounded on three sides by a "guardian "figure - one side is the head and the body - the other side are the legs. The rug is a Navajo Yei rug. All the figures are holding prayer sticks; there are feathers attached to the elbows of the figures in a vertical line. The colors of the rug are white, red, maroon, blue, tan, brown, grey, orange, rust and gold. The most common type of Navajo Yei rug are those with a white background color. Navajo Yei rugs were made at Lukachukai or in the Shiprock area or even Ganado. It is a fact that a Navajo Yei rug with many Yei figures and many colors will garner the highest value. While Yei rugs are technically woven for the floor, they were often placed on couches, or hung on the wall like paintings, few actually touched the ground. The Yei figure is a frequently used pattern in Navajo rugs. Male Yei figures are generally pictured with round heads, and female Yei figures with square heads. Modern Yei rugs are more often pictorial compositions, showing a row of front-facing stylized stick figures with a Rainbow Guardian which protects the figures on three sides, indicating the sand painting roots of this particular style. The Yei rug portrays ceremonies on a desire for healing, not only physical health, but also mental, spiritual, and even material well-being. The "Holy People...

Late 19th century wrapping cloth / furoshiki, Japan Hand-drawn resist-dyed (tsutsugaki) in natural indigo, this large wrapping cloth (furoshiki) disp...

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Nice mid century South American tapestry with beautiful design with eagle and brown and yellow colors, entirely hand woven with wool on cotto...

Vintage Korhogo handspun, handwoven and hand-painted cotton mud cloth by the women of the Korhoga Village who spin the cotton, while the men weave and sew the cloth...

A beautiful, large blue and white Ewe Kente man's cloth. These cloth’s are particularly satisfying, the strict grid pattern with each panel containing a different woven design has en...

This colorful vintage tapestry shows the European hunting scene in the 18th century. It is 100% wool quilted and comes with 4 loops for easy hanging. This wall-hanging tapestry is m...

This vintage scenic tapestry shows courting couples in an idyllic country setting by a lake and a cherub statue, waterfall. It is made in a soft, light color palette of greens, pinks...

Named after the Greek Goddess of Dawn, EOS is a tufted wall rug designed to introduce tactile enrichment for the walls. Wall rugs come with a hanging att...

Antique Suzani textile made of hand embroidery intricate scrolling of eight large flowers motifs on a handwoven cotton background. Professionally cleaned and backed with fine textile...

Nice embroidery from Indonesia mid-20th century entirely hand embroidered with a Lyon design and nice colors.

We have a unique Japanese sense of beauty. We will also introduce unique items that only we can make, purchasing routes in Japan, experience gained so far, and methods that no one el...