Tapestry Portiere Country House Terrace Birds

Rare folk, naive, vernacular tapestry - Mythical quality depicting reminiscent of a garden of paradise with the animals and birds in harmony with each other. - Charming tapestry de...

- Striking set of architecturally inspired chairs which are very decorative - Sturdy and suitable for daily use - Rich and lustrous patina - I ...

Exceptionally rare, Italian, 17th century, green and ivory, damask, linen, woven bedcover - Made as a luxury item in the mid-17th century, woven with a damask pattern characteristic...

Spetchley park, Bargello, silk, bed curtains adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century • The use of silk, patterning and size suggests that these striking Bargello hangings were almost certainly conceived as bed curtains. In the Green Chamber at Parham House the State Bed is hung with Bargello curtains, pelmets and valences c1620. Like the Parham bed curtains, the Spetchley Park bed curtains have two horizontal pattern repeats in each drop. Needless to say, surviving bed curtains from this period are exceptionally rare as they had value as hangings and for upholstering domestic objects when removed from the bed. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains are really beautiful and luxurious. They were made as elite objects and have not lost their gravitas or their character and charm. • The Spetchley Park bed curtains were adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century. They are versatile and could easily be reinstated as curtains or panels within larger curtains. • Bargello work has a classic timeless quality to it and blends with most decorative schemes whether period or contemporary Each panel is made from two sections of bargello. The step (pattern) comprising two rows of short vertical stitches over two threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down with two rows of long vertical stiches over six threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down. Worked in graduating shades of blue, green, brown, red, tan and ivory silks on a hessian ground. The four edges of each hanging are faced with a 19th century, dusky pink fan...

An exceptional, museum quality, ottoman, baroque, gold velvet bedspread, hanging, bedcover or table cloth embroidered with gold threadwork and embelli...

The gilded, stylised scrolling foliage design is embossed into the grey leather enhancing the effect of the relief. The eighteen panels were pressed from moulding blocks which were m...

Kiki van Eijk develops an iconographic alphabet of wall hangings that bring a contemporary twist to the tradition of wall tapestries. The focus of the piece is designed by cutting a...

Called portière, these antique wall hanging tapestries were handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century. They both feature floral and foliage decor in a deep red and beige palette. Portière tapestries were traditionally used in French chateaux and palaces in past centuries, they are unique in that they are designed to fill narrow wall spaces. A portière is a hanging curtain...

Called portière, these antique wall hanging tapestries were handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century. They both feature floral and foliage decor in a deep red and beige palette. Portière tapestries were traditionally used in French chateaux and palaces in past centuries, they are unique in that they are designed to fill narrow wall spaces. A portière is a hanging curtain...

Called portière, these antique wall hanging tapestries were handwoven in Aubusson, France in the late 17th Century (c 1680s). They both feature floral and foliage decor in a beige palette. Portière tapestries were traditionally used in French chateaux and palaces in past centuries, they are unique in that they are designed to fill narrow wall spaces. A portière is a hanging curtain...

Decorate a living room, or a staircase with this elegant and colorful suite of tall "Portieres". Handwoven in France circa 1970, each 8" feet wall piece features allegoric figures wi...

3774 French country scene framed tapestry.