1780s Tapestries

Georgian Sampler, 1783, by Eliz Taylor Aged 9. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, blue, red...

Georgian Sampler, 1787, by Marion Erskine. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering floral border. Colours green, blue, red, gold, ...

This particular tapestry is a Verdure Aubusson circa 1780 / 1790. ‘Verdure’ (foliage) tapestries were woven throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries, featuring wooded landscapes, refle...

A very pretty Aubusson tapestry of the end of 18th century rich in colors and very d, animeaux and animated - N ° 1327 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized...

18th century French Beauvais Louis XVI neoclassical Hunting Tapestry after the painting " Halali du Loup" by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1725, now part of the collection of Chateau Chantill...

Tapestry 18th century - Louis XVI style - N° 1175 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you works of art in fabric ...

a very pretty 18th century Aubusson French tapestry with very pretty colors Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also Our know-how, we are pleased to present to you ...

Very pretty 18th century tapestry character from Aubusson.

1114 - 18th Century tapestry Aubusson greenery with very pretty fresh colors.

1026 - Luxurious 18th century Aubusson tapestry with a very beautiful design of nature, with a very pretty river coming from the mountains. A pretty bridge, and at the top of the mou...

967 - end of 18th century Aubusson tapestry, fresh colors.

18th century George III silk embroidered nautical scene, circa 1780, a refined picture made by hand-embroidered silk on silk, with hand painted details, depicting a version of the Classic "Sailor's Farewell" with a Patrician young lady standing on shore leaning against a fouled anchor, with a ship sailing away in the background with presumably her beau. The quality of the embroidery is exquisite as is typical with these early silks, and the painted details include very delicately done facial features, hair, arms and feet. The image is in an oval cartouche bordered by silk thread bound to resemble a braid of the lass' hair, and is placed above the embroidered legend "HOPE." These silk embroideries are thought to be the work of young ladies, no doubt from the upper classes to be able to afford such a dear material (as opposed to the thread and linen used by the middle class gals in their much more common finishing school Samplers. Georgian embroideries most often depicted stylized mourning or genre scenes; nautical pictures are really quite scarce. This is a lovely companion piece to another Georgian nautical silk embroidery we have listed. Silk is extremely fragile and does not age well over the centuries, so this piece is actually in extremely good condition. There is some discoloration, mostly around the perimeter, probably due to sunlight o perhaps some water over the years. Between subject and condition, this is one of the best Georgian silk embroidery...